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1、AnAnalysisoftheMainCharactersofOliverTwist1.Introduction1.1AbriefintroductiontotheauthorCharlesDickenswasborninLandport,Hampshire,onFebruary7,1812Hisfather,JohnDickens,wasaclerkintheNavypayoffice,buthewasanextravagantspender,andcouldnotmakebothendsmeet.whenCharleswasnineyearsold,h
2、isfamilymovedtoLondon.Therehisfatherfellintodebt,andwasthrownintothepoor-debtor’sprison.Atelevenyearsofagetheboywastakenoutofschoolandsenttoearnhislivinginablackingfactory,Afterwardsasmalllegacybroughtthefatheroutofprison,andCharleswassenttoschooloncemore.AtWellingtonHouseAcademyh
3、elearnedlittle,buthelaidbyastoreofmaterialforfutureuse.Atfifteenheleftschoolandwenttoworkasclerkinalawyer’soffice.InhissparetimehestudiedshorthandandvisitedtheBritishMuseumlibrary,wherehedidmuchreading.AttheageofnineteenhebecameaParliamentaryreporter.Fromhisearlyyearsheformedtheha
4、bitofroamingLondonfoot,oftenadozenormoremilesaday,orpreferablyatnight,observingthelifeofthepoorandoppressed.Heknewthatsufferingmeant.Althoughhislifehewastokeephissympathyforthepoor.DickensistheoutstandingrepresentativeofEnglishcriticalrealism.1.2AbriefintroductiontothenovelOliverT
5、wist,oneofthemostfamousworksofCharlesDickens,isanovelreflectingthetragicfactofthelifein19thcentury.TheauthorwhohimselfwasborninapoorfamilywrotehistwentieswithaviewtorevealtheuglymasksofthosecruelcriminalsandtoexposethehorrorandviolencehiddenunderneaththenarrowanddirtystreetsinLond
6、on.Oliverisaboyborninaworkhouse,whohasnoideaofhisparents’identity.HismotherAgnesdiedinchildbirth.Bypurechanceheischosenasascapegoatbytheotherstarvingboys,andismadetogoandaskforanextrahelpingatamealtime.Asaresultofthisbreachofetiquette,heis“sold”bytheworkhouseasanundertaker’sappren
7、tice.ThecrueltyhesuffersatthehandsofanolderapprenticenamedNoahClaypolecauseshimtorunaway,andhefindshiswaytoLondon,whereheistakenunderthewingoftheArtfulDodger,aboycriminal.TheDodgerintroducesOliverintohiscirclefriends,whoincludeFagintheJew,acriminalmastermind,andhisbrutalally,BillS
8、ikes.Oliveristaughtcrimessuchaspi
