读书笔记之雾都孤儿(全英)

The Reflection of Oliver Twist

Tell the truth, I could not understand this novel well . About five weeks ago ,I watched the same name film which had a deep impression on me . I was touched by the hero from this novel whose name is Oliver Twist . So then I opened the book to read again . Although there were some differences between the film and the novel, it presented the same thing . I feel that all the facts described is to make the real inner sense more thought-provoking.

The themes in this novel can be divided two parts–positive and negative aspect.

The first positive theme was kind .In this novel ,kind had defeated the evil .Oliver, Nacy and Rose who were all the representatives of the kind . Although they were born in a poor family and grew up in the dark and criminal world .They still kept an unsophisticated world and a kind heart. No matter how hard they were, they never gave up and corrupt. They showed us their gracious quality .In addition , Nacy treated Oliver as her young brother so that she helped and cared him in many situations even she finally killed by his bloody husband for rescuing Oliver. Brown protected Oliver from murdering because he was kind and sympathetic to him. All they were strong due to their kind hearts ,so in the end , they defeated the evil and conquered.

It also told us that everyone should have dignified. I admired Oliver’s bravery . while suffering from starvation and malnutrition for a long period of time, Oliver was chosen by the other boys at the orphanage to request more gruel at dinner one night. He begged for some more soup just because he was very hungry. Nobody can do that . The trainee shamed his mother and he revolted against the trainee. Even he was weaker than the trainee when he was caught by the Fagin, he cried and begged them to send the money and books back to Brownlow. He wanted to preserve his dignify and showed his honesty. I was touched by all these behaviors.

The another positive theme is about dream and it is important to us. Just like Oliver, he desired a happy life and the dream made him strive. He just want to have a meal which made him no longer hungry . Finally he realized his dreams because he was kind and aspirant .He obtained Brown’s sympathy and caress and adopted by him . Brown let him live a colorful and happy life. In the end of the novel , with the birds singing, flowers blossoming and breeze playing on face, Oliver worn glasses and seated in the bench and read the famous literary book at their garden. This scene meant a happy ending and Oliv er’ s bright future . I felt excited about it .So I firmly believe that I will achieve my goal , if I make my efforts to do it . In most cases, what you believe is what you will become.

With all of the symbolism and moral issues represented in Oliver Twist, all seem to come from real events from the life of its author, Charles Dickens. The novels protagonist, Oliver, was a good person at heart surrounded by the filth of the London streets. Filth that Dickens himself was forced to deal with in his everyday life. But through morals and mere chance Oliver becomes a living symbol. He suffered a lot when he was in his childhood. So I believe that he still wanted to reveal the ugly and cruel and poverty society in which children were treated unkindly at that time

Obviously, it presented a theme--poverty. Poverty leading to crime and crime resulting in isolation are the other Themes in the novel. The other had the opportunity to observe the residents of the London streets from close quarters. In order to escape the pangs of hunger and shadow of insecurity, the poor children took to lied ,stolen ,cheated .and they did all criminal things what could do . Nacy's story relates the tale of an unfortunate woman who had fallen into the evil hands of Fagin because of her poverty and destitution. She was haunted by her guilt and regretted her presence in the criminal world. However, she felt helpless in the midst of criminals who fail to understand her feelings and offer her no sympathy. She felt isolated from the world arou nd her. We should have a deep contemplation from Nacy ’death.