Contents introduction chapter I. General facts about Charles Dickens

2.2.Reflection of childhood in “Oliver Twist “
“There was an evening at work, poor children without families working all day. But here the children stood their ground. The business owner wore a chef’s uniform. He was behind the boiler. to the guys. The food quickly disappeared. Some of the guys were talking quietly to each other. They closed one eye and winked at Oliver. Then the guys on either side of Oliver pushed him away. Oliver was a very hungry boy. His grief made him wild. He got up from the table. He approached the master. He held a bowl and spoon in his hand. He was a little afraid of his own courage. He said:
"Please, sir, I want more."
This is the beginning of Oliver Twist’s famous story.
Oliver Twist is one of Charles Dickens ’most famous novels. This industry is a sentimental novel about London’s underground world. The theme of the novel is the contradiction between good and evil. He deals with the real picture of the criminal world. He deals with pain and horror.
Businesses are a world of poverty, ugliness, cruelty and violence. Oliver is a novel hero who fights against his oppressors. Dickens described the hypocritical attitude of state institutions. He deeply loves and respects people. SHE IS
considered them the salt of the earth. In a preface to Dickens Oliver Twist:
“I wanted to show little Oliver that the principle of goodness would survive in any awkward situation and finally win, and when I thought about which comrades I could try my best, it was in whose hands Given the type of people, it happens naturally.
Dickens spoke out against the offenses in the community. He gave bad details about the oppressed and the downtrodden. Since it is a true Victorian era, the main focus in his novel is on child psychology and the responsibility of parents and society as a whole . His childhood and adolescence memories are articulated in his works. Oliver is the main protagonist of this novel. He is a church boy and an orphan. He finds his way through a city inhabited by criminals and perverts. In his novels, Charles Dickens describes the horrific living conditions of London’s poor and working-class poor. Oliver is a completely individual character. In the first sentence of the novel, Dickens describes him as the subject of death. It is associated with the world of office, the underground world, and the soft middle class people. Dickens wanted to show him the means to expose humanity and the brutality, the brutality of the office and the underground world. His deprivation of unhappiness is not the result of his own shortcomings, but of the injustice of society. Oliver Twist opposes the Victorian era’s idea that beggars and criminals were evil from birth, but instead argues that a corrupt environment is a source of evil. Oliver is forced to take part in the robbery. Dickens opposes saying that corruption is innate in the poor. Oliver Twist is a story about evil houses for the poor. In 1834, a new law was passed to amend the poor law. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, laws were passed to help the poor who could not provide for themselves.
The orphans were planted on boards, and then they were trained in handicrafts. Merchants were sent to correctional facilities. It was a position for the poor and offered to help them. Special buildings were built to provide employment for the poor. These buildings are known as working houses. Initially, there were separate facilities for the different needs of children, the elderly, or those who were mentally or physically ill. By the end of the 19th century, they had become a symbol of decline, neglect, and malnutrition. Dickens criticized the corrupt administrations and individuals. The novel is an attack on how laws are enforced. In the 19th century, the lower classes of Britain suffered from poverty and destitution. Cruelty to orphans and beggars, child labor, and low wages were common features of that period. The council contracted with the waterworks to provide an unlimited supply of water for the orphans and a bakery to supply it with a small amount of oatmeal from time to time, and to feed them half a day with thin porridge three times a day, and onions twice a week. kun. take a walk on Sundays. Under the law, the poor could receive state assistance only if they moved to public jobs. These businesses were in bad shape. There was very little food and clothing for them. Businesses did not provide any means for social and economic development. Businesses operated on the principle that poverty is the result of laziness. Oliver was born in an orphanage. At the beginning of the novel, no one wanted him, but because of his kind, compassionate and honest nature, he made many friends. Oliver’s good qualities are ingrained in the hearts of many. Business systems are created by poor laws. The poor were treated harshly. Dickens described indifferent Victorian society. People were selfish and calm. The lower classes were really unhappy. Dickens criticized the church for its inability to help poor and unhappy people. He described the hypocritical system of the church and its people. He condemned the Anglican Church. Charles Dickens made very effective use of fiction to illustrate the economic, social, and moral discrimination in society.
In Oliver Twist, he explores the evils of the London underworld and the plight of children. In the workplaces, children were exposed to prolonged starvation, corporal punishment, humiliation, and hypocrisy. For lunch they were given a spoonful of puree. Oliver was severely punished for asking for more porridge. These enterprises failed to feed the poor and solve the problem of poverty. In Dickens's novels, the mother has a special place. In her opinion, a mother plays a very important role in shaping her children. She was devoid of motherly affection. He was abused and neglected all his life. He described his fiction from a child’s point of view. His own life made him very sensitive to the fate of oppressed children. So Charles Dickens talked about his childhood experience. Oliver Twist is a unique portrayal of childhood. It was problematic. There was no symbol of a happy childhood in his childhood.¹