雾都孤儿 analysis of Oliver twist 读后感.doc

Social Protest by Oliver Twist Charles Dickens was born on February 7,1812, in Portsea, England.Although his parents are middle-class, they still suffered financially. When he was twelve years old,he was forced to quit school and work in a blacking factory. The horrific conditions in the factory haunted him for the rest of his life. Apparently ,he never forget the day when a more senior boy named Bob Fagin instructed him how to do his work efficiently. Dickenss resentment of him reached a fevered pitch in the characterization of the Villain Fagin in Oliver Twist. After the introduction of the writer,lets come to the plot of the novel.It is a novel of social protest with a sentimental,ironic,hyperbolic,crusading tone.Oliver Twist was born in a workhouse in 1830s ,England,and Dickens uses his situation to criticize public policy towards the poor in 1830s England. Though treated with cruelty and surrounded by coarseness for most of his life,he was an innocent child,and his charms drew the attention of several wealthy benefactors. Mr.Brownish,with whom the Machine had reunited Oliver,confronted Monks and Wrings the truth about Olivers parentage from him. Finally,Mr.Brownlow adopted Oliver,and they retired to a peaceful countryside and lived a happy life. As we all know,themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.(Todays Most Popular Study Guides) in my opinion, themes of this novel can be divided into two parts. The first part is the failure of charitable institutions. Much of the first part of Oliver Twist challenges the organizations of charity ran by the church and the government. According to the Poor Law ,labor was required,families were almost separated,and food and clothing were not provided enough.The idea upon which the workhouses were founded was that poverty was the consequence of laziness and that the dreadful conditions in the workhouse would inspire the poor to better their own circumstances.Yet the economi