to his home and nurses him back to health because Oliver had fallen ill during the trail. While living with Mr. Brownlow, Oliver sees a picture of a young woman who has a very dramatic affect on him. “A portrait of a young woman catches Oliver's eye. It seems to affect him so much; that Mrs. Bedwin fears the emotion will wear him out”. (Dickens; chp.10) Shortly after this incident Oliver is kidnapped by Nancy, a girl who works for Fagin, and forced to rob a house where he is shot by the owners of the house and left to die in a ditch by the men forcing him to rob the house. The day after he is shot he is taken in by the people who shot him and lives there safely until Fagin finds him again. As it turns out Fagin wasn’t the only person looking for Oliver, a man by the name of Monks is also looking for him. Monks is also Oliver’s brother but does not want his identity to be revealed in order to receive his father’s inheritance. Nancy then tells Ms. Maylie a caretaker of the family where Oliver was staying his true identity. That very same night Nancy was beaten to death by Sites, the man she stayed with. Resolution: Meanwhile, Mr. Brownlow has captured Monks, whose real name is Edward Leeford. Brownlow was a good friend of his father, Mr. Leeford, who was a young man when his family forced him to marry a woman ten years older than he. The couple eventually separated, and Monks and his mother went to Paris. Leeford fell in love with a military man's daughter who became pregnant with Oliver. Leeford left a portrait of his beloved in Brownlow's care while he went to take possession of his inheritance. His wife, hearing of his good fortune, traveled with Monks to meet him there. However, Leeford took ill and died without a will, so his newfound fortune fell to his wife and son. Brownlow reports that he knows that Monks's mother Leeford had no will because his wife had actually burned. Leeford's wife and son then l...
