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        <title><![CDATA[did monks deserve half his father's  money?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[did monks deserve half his father's  money?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The most significant event in Dickens's &quot;Oliver Twist,&quot; which...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The most significant event in Dickens's &quot;Oliver Twist,&quot; which in fact has passed into folklore, occurs in Ch.2.Oliver Twist is in the workhouse and he and his companions are being virtually starved to death - they are only fed a small bowl of gruel daily. One day the boys draw lots as to who should ask the master for an extra serving of the gruel, and the lot falls to Oliver Twist. That evening, after they had all had their gruel,...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What can you say is a significant event in &quot;Oliver Twist&quot;?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What can you say is a significant event in &quot;Oliver Twist&quot;?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oliver Twist is given his name by Mr Bumble, the prosaic beadle at the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oliver Twist is given his name by Mr Bumble, the prosaic beadle at the workhouse according to an alphabetical system. What it emphasises is the insignificance of Oliver within a long list of other insignificant (notably nameless in the novel!) workhouse boys.Don't forget too that the concept of a &quot;Twist&quot; might well be seen to represent the many twists and turns of the plot of Dickens' novel: one often cited as an example of...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oliver Twist was named according to an alphabetical system used to name...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Oliver Twist was named according to an alphabetical system used to name orphans but the name is actually a play on words. Oliver Twist is, in fact, "all of a twist". Although born in a poorhouse, he really has an aristocratic background that is revealed at the end of the novel. But despite all the hardships he faces, he remains very kind-hearted, an unusual "twist" on the hard luck stories of many children who came out of the poorhouse system.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 7 Sep 2008 13:21:31 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How does Oliver Twist get his name?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How does Oliver Twist get his name?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[It's clear that he finds the theories about raising children in his...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It's clear that he finds the theories about raising children in his day were foolish.  Because this passage is full of sarcasm, one can read the underlying tone (and attitude about children) by looking at the superlatives that he uses: for example, the sentence &quot;Everybody knows the story of another experimental philosopher who had a great theory about a horse being able to live without eating,&quot; immediately highlights that the...]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:21:16 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What do you learn about Dicken's attitude towards children in this...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What do you learn about Dicken's attitude towards children in this extract from &quot;Oliver Twist&quot;? (Chapter 2)]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is one of the most famous scenes in the novel when Oliver Twist...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is one of the most famous scenes in the novel when Oliver Twist dares to say, &quot;Please, sir, I want some more,&quot; in reference to more of the dreadful gruel the boys are served. Dickens illustrates the harsh conditions for children during this time in England's history. In fact, the boys are &quot;desperate with hunger and reckless with misery.&quot; The injustice is overwhelming. At the close of the chapter, Twist is offered for...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is Dickens's attitude towards children in the bottom half of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What is Dickens's attitude towards children in the bottom half of chapter 2 of &quot;Oliver Twist&quot;?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[On the Question and Answer board, there is a limit to the amount of...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[On the Question and Answer board, there is a limit to the amount of words we are able to post.  The summary provided by the literature guide (link below) is longer than I would be able to give you here.  There is also a great link for the etext below - perhaps a scan of the chapter, combined with the Enotes summary, will provide you with the information that you need. ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:58:33 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I need a quick summary of chapters 1-9 of &quot;Oliver Twist&quot;, but...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I need a quick summary of chapters 1-9 of &quot;Oliver Twist&quot;, but on this site it will only give me a little bit.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fagin's depiction is definitely marked by antisemitism, but it is a...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Fagin's depiction is definitely marked by antisemitism, but it is a rather careless, traditional antisemitism rather than the malignant forms we are more used to since the Nazi era.Dickens based the character of Fagin on a real Jewish fence named Ikey Solomon, who was tried at the Old Bailey in June 1830 (he was not, however, sentenced to death). This contemporary reference, and the general antisemitic assumption that Jews were particularly...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How do anti-semitic influences shape Charles...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[How do anti-semitic influences shape Charles Dicken's portrait of Fagin in &quot;Oliver Twist&quot;?   ]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Even though he doesn't want to, Oliver is forced to take part in the...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Even though he doesn't want to, Oliver is forced to take part in the plan to rob the house.According to Bill Sykes's plan, the robbers need a boy small enough to crawl through a tiny window and unlock the door to the house.  Oliver is frightened and does not want to participate in the burglary, but Sykes is unyielding and threatens to kill him if he doesn't cooperate.  Oliver enters the house with the intent of warning the occupants of what...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the story Oliver Twist, did Oliver take part in Bill Sykes's plan to...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In the story Oliver Twist, did Oliver take part in Bill Sykes's plan to rob the house? ]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:23:59 PST</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What are the instances where Oliver Twist is feeling confined or ...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What are the instances where Oliver Twist is feeling confined or  imprisoned?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Did you look for them on eNotes? Visit the links below.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Did you look for them on eNotes? Visit the links below.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Where can I find profiles of the characters in Oliver Twist?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Where can I find profiles of the characters in Oliver Twist?]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Here is a summary of what happens to some of the characters at the end...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Here is a summary of what happens to some of the characters at the end of the story:Oliver: learns that he and Monks are half-brothers. Monks's father was in love with a girl named Agnes, who died giving birth to his child.Rose: she thought she was unfit to marry Harry because of her illegitimate birth, but Brownlow tells her that she had a much older sister who died before she was born. That sister was Agnes, Oliver's birth mother. When...]]></description>
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