The main theme of Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens encompasses a tale of a poor orphan who lived in a world of petty ***** and beggars. He was finally adopted by a wealthy man and lived happily.
This novel includes many genres. It is a novel that talks about serious issues. It is a mystery story and some chapter can even seem to belong to horror fiction.
The novel emphasizes the social injustices and the political oppression that the poor people were subjected to in the England of the 19th century. Oliver Twist was the vehement protest against the poor law of 1834. The main function of this law was the punishment to the poor for being poor and ensure that they never could rise out of their ***.
This novel is a ruthless satire. It effectively pierces the middle-class veil of complacency and snobbery and reveals the hypocrisies that plague society
