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| 18019. OLIVER TWIST BY CHARLES DICKENS. This paper discusses how Dickens' novel about an orphaned boy in 1830s England shows the inhumane treatment of the poor at the time. Through the use of irony, Dickens points out that the Reform Act and the Poor Law Amendment resulted in making things much worse for the poor. The novel refers to such problems as workhouse conditions, hunger, cruel treatment, and the poor resorting to crime in order to survive. KEYWORDS: literature dickens oliver twist poor laws. Written 2006. MLA Style. 6 pages, 21 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources. 1,520 words. |
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