Oliver Twist | Topics for Discussion

1. Is Nancy a morally complex character? What evidence supports your conclusions?

2. Is Oliver really the central character in the book that bears his name?

3. At the end of many Victorian novels, the author rewards and punishes his or her characters. To what extent do the characters of Oliver Twist get what they deserve in the end?

4. Which characters in this novel seem most realistic to you? Do you find that certain types of characters seem more believable than others? Why?

5. Some readers object to Dickens's treatment of Fagin and other Jews in...

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