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1、AnAnalysisoftheMainCharactersofOliverTwist1.Introduction1.1AbriefintroductiontotheauthorCharlesDickenswasborninLandport,Hampshire,onFebruary7,1812Hisfather,JohnDickens,wasaclerkintheNavypayoffice,buthewasanextravagantspender,andcouldnotmakebothendsmeet.whenCharl
2、eswasnineyearsold,hisfamilymovedtoLondon.Therehisfatherfellintodebt,andwasthrownintothepoor-debtor’sprison.Atelevenyearsofagetheboywastakenoutofschoolandsenttoearnhislivinginablackingfactory,Afterwardsasmalllegacybroughtthefatheroutofprison,andCharleswassenttosc
3、hooloncemore.AtWellingtonHouseAcademyhelearnedlittle,buthelaidbyastoreofmaterialforfutureuse.Atfifteenheleftschoolandwenttoworkasclerkinalawyer’soffice.InhissparetimehestudiedshorthandandvisitedtheBritishMuseumlibrary,wherehedidmuchreading.Attheageofnineteenhebe
4、cameaParliamentaryreporter.FromhisearlyyearsheformedthehabitofroamingLondonfoot,oftenadozenormoremilesaday,orpreferablyatnight,observingthelifeofthepoorandoppressed.Heknewthatsufferingmeant.Althoughhislifehewastokeephissympathyforthepoor.Dickensistheoutstandingr
5、epresentativeofEnglishcriticalrealism.1.2AbriefintroductiontothenovelOliverTwist,oneofthemostfamousworksofCharlesDickens,isanovelreflectingthetragicfactofthelifein19thcentury.Theauthorwhohimselfwasborninapoorfamilywrotehistwentieswithaviewtorevealtheuglymasksoft
6、hosecruelcriminalsandtoexposethehorrorandviolencehiddenunderneaththenarrowanddirtystreetsinLondon.Oliverisaboyborninaworkhouse,whohasnoideaofhisparents’identity.HismotherAgnesdiedinchildbirth.Bypurechanceheischosenasascapegoatbytheotherstarvingboys,andismadetogo
7、andaskforanextrahelpingatamealtime.Asaresultofthisbreachofetiquette,heis“sold”bytheworkhouseasanundertaker’sapprentice.ThecrueltyhesuffersatthehandsofanolderapprenticenamedNoahClaypolecauseshimtorunaway,andhefindshiswaytoLondon,whereheistakenunderthewingoftheArt
8、fulDodger,aboycriminal.TheDodgerintroducesOliverintohiscirclefriends,whoincludeFagintheJew,acriminalmastermind,andhisbrutalally,BillSikes.Oliveristaughtcrimessuchaspi