Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Name: Dhruvi ChavdaClass: M.A Sem-2Paper: 6Roll No: 6Subject: “justice is Blind” in Oliver Twist

 Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is about an orphan boy 

who runs away from a workhouse and meets a 

pickpocket on the streets of London.

 Oliver is taken in by the pickpocket and he joins a 

household of young boys who are trained to steal for their 

master. 

•Charles Dickens was born on 7 February 1812 and died on 9 June 1870. •He was an English writer and social critic. •He created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters and is generally regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian period.

Situation of workhouse:Oliver is born in a workhouse. She dies right after giving birth to him, and Oliver is sent to the parochial orphanage, where he and the other orphans are treated terribly and fed very little. They were suffering from slow starvation. When he turns nine, he is sent to the workhouse, where again he and the others are treated badly and practically starved.

Spoiled Childhood:

Boys treated as a labor and they starving for needy stomach. feel humiliations and helpless condition of orphan children. When Oliver meets Fagin he eventually learns that Fagin's boys are all pickpockets and thieves.He observes and describes many categories of child abasement.

On a happier note, Rose Maylie turns out to be the long-lost sister of Agnes, and therefore Oliver's aunt. She marries her long-time sweetheart Harry, and Oliver lives happily with his saviour, Mr. Brownlow. 

While we conclude the novel we can say that Oliver gained all the things what he want. Dickens end up this novel with happy ending.But we can say that all the children of orphanage and workhouse were not gain the same.So we can say that “Justice is Blind”, because only Oliver get justice but other children remaining in the same position, they can get justice.

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