Oliver Twist Post

Oliver Twist is a orphan who lives in a workhouse. He is maltreated and get just enough food to survive and if anyone asked for more food they were punished. Oliver was put up for adoption and was eventually taken my a coffin maker. After a while Oliver was liked my his "father" but was bullied  fsdf around by his "brother"; Oliver eventually got into a fight and was forced to run away or otherwise be put away as an insane child. Oliver made his way into a group of child thieves and was falsely accused of stealing an elder man's handkerchief. The elder man Mr. Brownlow, realizing his mistake saved Oliver from the judge who would have killed him with months of hard work. But after Oliver recovered, he was kidnapped back in to the gang of thieves, and was forced to help with a burglary of a wealthy family. Shot in the resulting battle, Oliver was taken in by the family and nursed back to health. He lived with them for a while afterward and found out the truth of his family.
The characters of this book, the way that the plot is formed, and the connections to real events, makes this story a sad truth of what could of happened to many orphans back then. Oliver the orphan whose life was hard just kept on pressing down on him creating an almost hopeless life to lead. Oliver was a very strong person, living through many hardships and diseases, yet still pleasing many of the people he lived with. Mr. Brownlow a very nice man who saw how hard of a life Oliver had and wanted to help him very much. Fagen, the leader of the thieves whose only use for Oliver was a small good thief. The Maylie family, who made Oliver as good as their own child, beside the attempted robbery.
The way that they plot accelerated and twisted was amazing, you couldn't guess what was going to happen next, starting out as Oliver a workhouse child asking for more food. Then becoming a coffin maker's apprentice, suddenly running away to London, becoming part of a group of thieves. Oliver then became a favorite of wealthy Mr. Brownlow, then kidnapped back into the group of thieves. Being shot during a burglary, and becoming part of the victim's family.