Family Poverty in Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

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Introduction
There are many different topics that we often get to see in the books, films and many
other such mediums. These mediums or the many different forms of entertainment like the
television shows, movies, literary pieces available in boos and all other such materials always
helps us in getting a very clear view about the different kinds of aspect that are present around
us. These different aspects are poverty, same sex marriage, step family and many other such
societal concerning issues. This easy will be dealing with the issues of family poverty that is
present on many families. However it is through the reading of the different books and the
magazines that all the individuals are able to know about the different ways in which poverty
enters into these families and how this might affect the lives of several people. This easy is about
the portrayal of family poverty in the families through the book Oliver Twist by Charles
Dickens.
Literature Review
The book called Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is one of the most useful books that
have been able to present the topic of poverty in a proper manner as it can bring to light many
evil practices that were carried on during the regime of the Britishers. The poor families were
forced to send their little children in to labor so that they could get some cash inflow for the
sustaining of their family. The storyline of this book mainly shows the struggle and the harsh life
of the people. This medium mainly revolves around the storyline of the evils of the workhouses
where the little kids were sent so that they could earn some money for the overall sustaining of
their families.

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As per the opinion of Dickens (2017), this medium has been able to do a justice towards
the proper portrayal of the lives of the poor families that loved during those times. Dickens has
been able to show the harsh and the very cruel picture of the tortures and the kinds of
punishments that the little kids were entitled to. Thus this book is really a very useful piece as it
helps in understanding the concept of family poverty and that of child labor. The main characters
that one comes across in this book are Oliver Twist who is like the victim of poverty and the
cruel laws that were used by the Government during this period.
The other prime characters that one can get to see in these areas are the characters named
Mr. Bumble and Mrs. Bumble who are the symbols of how much cruel society can be towards
the ones that are underprivileged and are poor. As per the opinion of Singh (2019), poverty in the
real life scenario is also one of the major concerns that need roper attention from the Government
and also from the other people of the society who are in the right position to take some steps.
Howeverthis novel has a proper connection within the actual social condition of the Canadian
society as well. This is because of the fact that in Canada the rate of child labor is also
increasing. Stubbs (2015) has suggested in the similar context that the people which are in owner
to take care of the growing level of poverty are not doing their works properly. As a result of this
the incidence of poverty in Canada is increasing day by day and the children are often the major
victims of poverty. Pereira and Unicef (2016)have suggested that the policy makers take the
advantage or the undue advantage of their position and then they forget about the actual
problems or the harsh impacts that are being created over the poor people. Stubbs (2015) has also
suggested in this similar context that the homelessness is one of themmajor embodiment of
poverty that is highlyprevalent in the society.