"Please, sir, may I have some more?" A quote that would sum up Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist would be no different. Amazing details outline each part of the novel as it flows through the mysterious story of Oliver Twist, a young boy born in an orphanage and destined for a rather cruel fate. The book chronicles his misadventures and adventures as he fights for life, captured and free. Oliver Twist tells a story with a fascinating yet tragic plot, written in Dickens' famous style, accompanied by a mix of meaningful human qualities and a theme that we can still identify with now. Dickens' second novel brings his readers back to a depressing and dangerous atmosphere. streets of Victorian England, where the poor live to survive; although the sad location does not prevent Oliver Twist from becoming one of Charles Dickens' most famous works, as the author drives the story with excellent flow and devoted heart. "There are books of which the back and cover are by far the best parts." But with this novel it's exactly the opposite. Dickens does a commendable job of keeping the reader on their toes and chasing what will happen with each turn of the page. One of the strengths of the novel is its colorful characters who could probably stand alone to create an intense story of good and evil. Bad. Dickens takes his memories to the point of personalizing characters based on people he met when working in an almshouse as a boy, people like Fagin, named after Bob Fagin, an older boy than Dickens. Fagin, also known as the Jew, is a Jewish thief who could be characterized as the stereotypical villain in any story. Described as a "repulsive reptile" and having "fangs such as those of a dog or a mouse should have been", Fagin is ugly, sim... middle of paper... were you born too? Are we destined to commit crimes? These questions never apply to just one period of time, and even the answers themselves make some realize how the world still hasn't changed in some way. So Oliver Twist has survived for so long, but not only because of its developed characters or because of the developed plot, but because of the deep meaning of every word and the personal thoughts of Dickens that make the story almost historical, telling us about the world of that time . The realistic descriptions paint our minds with images of young Oliver Twist and his life struggling to survive and discover who he is, the way out of the cursed orphanage which you could also call a blessing; and although the novel is published in monthly installments, it has many plot threads that Dickens manages to tie together to keep readers wondering what might happen next.