远大前程1.1 第一部分第1章.ppt

One of Dickens most enduringly popular stories is Oliver Twist, an early work published 1837-8. Like many of his later novels, its central theme is the hardship faced by the dispossessed and those of the outside of tolite society. Oliver himself is born in a workhouse and treated cruelly there as was the norm at the time for pauper children, in particular by Bumble, a parish council official or eadle The story follows Oliver as he escapes the workhouse and runs away to London. Here he receives an education in villainy from the criminal gang of Fagin that includes the brutal thief Bill Sikes, the famous artful Dodger and Nancy, Bill whore. Oliver is rescued by the intervention of a benefactor - Mr Brownlow - but the mysterious Monks gets the gang to kidnap the boy again. Author brief introduction Nancy intervenes but is murdered viciously by Sikes after she has showed some redeeming qualities and has discovered Monk sinister intention. The story closes happily and with justice for Bumble and the cruel Monks who has hidden the truth of Oliver parentage out of malice. Accusations were made that the book glamorised crime (like the ewgate Group of the period) but Dickens wisely disassociated himself from criminal romances. His achievement was in fact in presenting the underworld and problems of poverty to the well-off in a way rarely attempted previously. Always hope and friends around petition, this is a major weakness of human. If they have money, we also want the money. If they are very poor, so we don't care about the same poor. We will not because of his stupid and ashamed, because we will only be around friends more than you feel ashamed. This is the "than" problem. 总是希望和周围的朋友攀比,这是人类的一大弱点。如果他们有钱,我们也希望有钱。如果他们很穷,那么我们也不在乎同样受穷。我们不会因为自己的愚蠢而羞愧,我们只会因为比周围的朋友更蠢才感到羞愧。这就是“人比人”的问题。 brief introduction about the book In fact, there are "looking ahead" problem. We have no missed what, if never expected to have. We are not disappointed because of p