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Oliver Twist: Summary - Online Term Papers

Oliver Twist: Summary

Oliver Twist is born an orphan when his mother dies in the Parish Workhouse. Oliver is raised by parish charity, unloved, underfed, and overworked. When he was nine, he dared to ask for seconds at dinner one night in the parish workhouse. He was sold to Mr.Sowerberry, an undertaker, for his taking of seconds at dinner. Then Noah Claypole, a charity boy apprenticed by Mr.Sowerberry, talks about Oliver’s mother. Oliver gets mad and starts punching him then Oliver gets punished and put in a locked cellar. Finally Oliver runs away to London.
The First person Oliver meets in London is the Artful Dodger, who offers him a home with Fagin and his boys. Oliver was happy there until he found out ...

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of Oliver’s parentage- a locket left by his mother. Monk throws it into a river, then tells Fagin to make Oliver a thief again.
One day Nancy, a thief, overhears Fagin and Bill Sikes talking about Oliver and what they are going to do to him. Bill Sikes finds out Nancy told Rose Maylie and beats Nancy to death. Bill Sikes hangs himself accidentally while trying to escape with Oliver. Then Mr.Brownlow adopts Oliver and they all live happily in the country.
When Oliver lived in the poor environment he was taught to steal to survive. He was never clean, he wore rags, and had little food. When he was in the rich environment he didn’t have to do anything to survive. He was clean, wore nice clothes, had plenty of food, was loved, and most of all had a family.His mother’s locket was evidence of his parentage. The locket was proof that his mother was Rose Maylie’s sister and that he had a ...

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Added: 1/19/2008 11:58:51 PM
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