Report 1 Name: Aditya Agung W

Class : Sasing B
NIM : 11211141024

Title : Oliver Twist

Author : Charles Dickens (simplified by Sugeng Panut)
Publisher : Kesaint Blanc
Year of Publication : November, 2009
Town of Publication : Bekasi
Theme : Struggle of orphan child to get the better life
Character
& Characterization :
1. Oliver Twist : patient, sociable, brave, kindhearted, innocent
2. Mr. Bumble : corrupt, fierce
3. Noah Claypole : ignorant, liar, rude
4. Mr. Fagin : wicked, rude
5. Mr. Brownlow : kindly, lovely, generous, responsible
6. Miss Nancy : lovely, kindly
7. Mr. Sikes : angry, cruel, sadistic
8. Monks : greedy
9. Rose : kindly, sociable, lovely, caring
Setting :
 Setting of Time : 1815-1930, last night, next month, for a week, when the
evening, the next morning, on the seventh morning, next day, summer evening,
fortnight.
 Setting of Place : UK, workhouse, undertaker’s shop, cottage, at Pentonville, public
house, in London.

Summary :

Oliver was born in a workhouse that built in UK, 1815-1930. His mother dies almost
immediately after his birth. Nobody knows who she was, but the doctor notices that she wasn't
wearing a wedding ring. For the next ten months, Oliver became the victim of treachery and
deception. The hungry situation of infant orphan was reported to the parish authorities. On
Oliver Twist’s ninth birthday, he became a pale and thin child. And then Mr. Bumble, the leader
of orphanage sells Oliver to the undertaker, Mr. Sowerberry. Oliver left to himself in undertaker’s
 shop. Someday, Oliver was angry when his mother was accused of being criminals by Noah and
Oliver beat him. ). After being abused some more, Oliver decides to set out for London on foot.
Then, Oliver became acquainted with the group leader of Fagin's thieves and sadistic villain
named Bill Sikes. Fagin taught him how to become a thief. Someday, when Oliver begin thief with
his two friends, he caught. But, old men the owner of book stall, Mr. Brownlow, help Oliver and
defend him.
Mr. Brownlow rescues Oliver from arrest and brings him to his house, where the housekeeper,
Mrs. Bedwin nurses him back to life after he had fallen sick, and for the first time in his life he is
happy. However, with the help of the brutal murderer Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy Fagin
kidnaps Oliver. Not long afterwards, Bill Sikes and another thief say they need a small boy to help
them break into a house outside of London; Fagin volunteers Oliver. The plan goes awry when
the servants of the house wake up and catch Oliver in the act of sneaking in. Fortunately, Oliver is
picked up by the people who catch him, a family that turns out to be as nice as Mr. Brownlow.
They become Oliver’s caretakers. Meanwhile, Fagin is at his wits’ end wondering what happened
to Oliver. He lets slip that a mysterious man named Monks offered to pay him hundreds of
pounds to corrupt the young boy. Nancy pretends not to know what’s going on, but secretly
resolves to help Oliver, and to figure out why Monks is so keen on having Oliver turn to crime.
Fagin and his gang are still trying to track Oliver down. Nancy finds out about it and gets in touch
with Rose Maylie to warn her about Monks’s plot with Fagin. Unfortunately for Nancy, Bill Sikes
(her lover) finds out about it and brutally murders her. Sikes tries to escape, but he’s haunted by
what he’s done. Eventually, he's killed while trying to escape from the police: he falls off a
rooftop while he’s trying to lower himself down, and inadvertently hangs himself. Meanwhile,
Mr. Brownlow has managed to find Monks. Mr. Brownlow was an old friend of Monks’s father
and knows all about him. As it turns out, Monks is actually the older half-brother of Oliver, and
was trying to corrupt Oliver so that he’d secure the entire family inheritance himself. Monks
chooses to admit to everything rather than face the police. Oliver ends up with what’s left of his
inheritance, is legally adopted by Mr. Brownlow, and lives down the road from the Maylies.
Everybody lives happily ever after. Except for Fagin, who is arrested and hanged, and Monks, who
dies in prison.

Comment :
This novel was so excited. This novel shows to the reader the orphan life. We can get many
values from this novel, and uplifting. But, in the simplified Novel, the language is difficult to
understand. And many of the character don’t explain first, just appears with a sudden. This novel is
good for give many values to children or to the public.