or. During its time of publication, Oliver Twist took the form of a new type of English prose. It depends heavily on the use of abstraction, or the avoidance of various facts, like how Oliver just happens to meet old family friends and relatives in the vast city of London. However, the novel has it’s own form of narration. Oliver Twist is written in the third person, therefore the reader gains a view of the story from the position of an onlooker or outsider, making the reader semi-impartial and allowing the reader to form their own opinions about the characters from "watching them." With a theme dealing primarily in social injustices Oliver Twist has a lot to offer society in terms of pointing out many problems which still exist today, such as child abuse and injustice to the poor. All of which are bad things in our society that are not usually in the spotlight. In order to conquer these evils, they must first be understood and explaining the severity of these experiences seems to be a job that Charles Dickens did very well. ...
