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1、AnAnalysisoftheMainCharactersofOliverTwist1.Introduction1.1AbriefintroductiontotheauthorCharlesDickenswasborninLandport,Hampshire,onFebruary7,1812Hisfather,JohnDickens,wasaclerkintheNavypayoffice,buthewasanextravagantspender,andcouldnotmakebothendsmeet.whenCharleswasnineyearsold,hisfami
2、lymovedtoLondon.Therehisfatherfellintodebt,andwasthrownintothepoor-debtor’sprison.Atelevenyearsofagetheboywastakenoutofschoolandsenttoearnhislivinginablackingfactory,Afterwardsasmalllegacybroughtthefatheroutofprison,andCharleswassenttoschooloncemore.AtWellingtonHouseAcademyhelearnedlitt
3、le,buthelaidbyastoreofmaterialforfutureuse.Atfifteenheleftschoolandwenttoworkasclerkinalawyer’soffice.InhissparetimehestudiedshorthandandvisitedtheBritishMuseumlibrary,wherehedidmuchreading.AttheageofnineteenhebecameaParliamentaryreporter.FromhisearlyyearsheformedthehabitofroamingLondon
4、foot,oftenadozenormoremilesaday,orpreferablyatnight,observingthelifeofthepoorandoppressed.Heknewthatsufferingmeant.Althoughhislifehewastokeephissympathyforthepoor.DickensistheoutstandingrepresentativeofEnglishcriticalrealism.1.2AbriefintroductiontothenovelOliverTwist,oneofthemostfamousw
5、orksofCharlesDickens,isanovelreflectingthetragicfactofthelifein19thcentury.TheauthorwhohimselfwasborninapoorfamilywrotehistwentieswithaviewtorevealtheuglymasksofthosecruelcriminalsandtoexposethehorrorandviolencehiddenunderneaththenarrowanddirtystreetsinLondon.Oliverisaboyborninaworkhous
6、e,whohasnoideaofhisparents’identity.HismotherAgnesdiedinchildbirth.Bypurechanceheischosenasascapegoatbytheotherstarvingboys,andismadetogoandaskforanextrahelpingatamealtime.Asaresultofthisbreachofetiquette,heis“sold”bytheworkhouseasanundertaker’sapprentice.Thecrueltyhesuffersatthehandsof
7、anolderapprenticenamedNoahClaypolecauseshimtorunaway,andhefindshiswaytoLondon,whereheistakenunderthewingoftheArtfulDodger,aboycriminal.TheDodgerintroducesOliverintohiscirclefriends,whoincludeFagintheJew,acriminalmastermind,andhisbrutalally,BillSikes.Oliveristaughtcrimessuchaspi
