How does Dickens show the social injustices of Victorian England in the opening of Oliver Twist?

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How does Dickens show the social injustices of Victorian England in the opening of Oliver Twist?

During Charles Dickens' life he wrote many books, although they are different, but they reflect each other in many ways. I believe the biggest similarity in his collection of books is with 'Oliver Twist' - a story of a young boy who lives in an orphanage and 'Great Expectations' which is a story of a young orphan named Phillip Pirrip, or Pip as he is more commonly known.

Both books are semi-autobiographical as they hint upon Dickens' life as he grew up in a workhouse and was horrified by the social conditions of Victorian Britain. He used his work to help reform the class system. Few among the social classes recognised or cared about the conditions suffered by children in the workhouses. Some children turned to crime or, worse, died of starvation.

Dickens had gone through the anguish of being pulled out of school and put to work in a shoe-polish factory. His father had been sent to a well known debtors' prison called Marshalsea and there was no money for Dickens' education. To his embarrassment, Dickens was moved to