Oliver twist

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For my English Coursework, I will be focusing on the character of Nancy in Oliver Twist.

This is the story of a young orphan named Oliver, who was born in a workhouse, his father was dead before his birth and his mother died straight after giving birth to Oliver. I will not be writing about what happened at the start of Oliver Twist instead I will begin from when Oliver was born. Where living conditions were very bad children were given one bowl of gruel One day Oliver went to the chef and asked for more gruel and unfortunately got quite a bad response from the chef a couple of days later, Oliver was sold off, reason being because he asked for more which was very strictly forbidden from someone who worked in a workhouse. After getting treated badly by his new owner Oliver decided to run away, and was found by two thugs named Jack Dawkins the artful Dodger and Charlie. They took Oliver to a large house owned by two criminals, Fagin and Bill Sikes. Oliver twist was introduced into the criminal world where he met quite a few people including Nancy who was actually a prostitute but she was still very caring and came forward as good character. Nancy liked Oliver because he was very polite and had good manners compared to most of the other people in that house. She was a paradoxical character and he was

"The victim of a systematic course of treachery and deception"

A few days later Oliver went out with the Artful Dodger and Charlie to the market, where they saw a rich man named Mr. Brownlow, the artful dodger had removed a wallet from Mr. Brownlow's pocket without him even noticing and he put the wallet into Oliver hand, and began to shout thief, For that Oliver was taken to court but luckily Oliver was freed he didn't have anywhere to go to. Then Mr. Brownlow Offered Oliver to live with him, Oliver was kidnapped by Bill Sikes who brought him back to Fagin, Oliver was put into a quite room, this was all because of
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Mrs. Leeford and her son Edward Leeford otherwise known as Monks, he was Oliver half brother and all this was his plan to defame Oliver so he could get to all his fortune, Bill Sikes on the other hand wanted to use Oliver for his own good so they went on a little burglary mission that went wrong and Oliver got shot Bill decided to leave Oliver there because if he didn't they all would have got caught.

Oliver's mother Agnes's sister young Rose found Oliver outside in the gardens she decided to take him in until ...

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