Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

Setting:
Starts out in an orphanage when Oliver was young.
He moves to a city when he's around 9 years old.  He lives with the people who found him after his mom died.

Characters:
Oliver Twist - Smart, nice
Nancy - She's in Fagin's gang but she is nice.
Fagin - Theif with a gang
Mr. Brownlow - His adoptive father.  He is a kind man.
Bill Sikes - Theif
Monks- Oliver's brother, Oliver didn't know he was his brother

Main Events:
Oliver finds Fagin after running away from the orphanage.  He then runs away from Fagin because he doesn't want to be around a theif.

Problem:
Oliver needs a family.  He needs someone to love him.

Conclusion:
Mr. Brownlow adopts him and loves him.  He teaches him to read and write.  Oliver is very happy in the end.

I liked this book.  I think other people would like reading it, too.  I want Ethan to read it next.

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