Oliver Twist
Published on Nov 24, 2015
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Crime in Oliver's Time
ELLIE FIELDEN, MARY ROSE HITT, ARABELLA WERNER, CRISTINA FLORO
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Throughout 1674 to 1829, many victims of crime had to be responsible to pursue the suspected felon. They would frequently cry out "stop thief!" or "murder!" to notify others that something had happened since there still wasn't an enforced police system. They later invented the "Watch Act", including a day-watch and night-watch in efforts to prevent murders, suspicious activity, and late night break-ins.
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"In the very instant when Oliver began to run, the old gentleman, putting his hand to his pocket, and missing his handkerchief, turned sharp round. Seeing the boy scudding away at such a rapid pace, he very naturally concluded him to be the depredator; and, shouting "Stop thief!" with all his might, made off after him, book in hand" (Dickens 97).
Crimes that are more prevalent today than back in Oliver's time are drug trafficking, shootings, and terrorism. An example of crime that happened about a year ago is the Sandy Hook shooting, killing 26 people. During Oliver's time there weren't many records of mass murders as compared to serial killers. Jack the Ripper is an example of a serial killer during the Victorian Era.
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"The housebreaker freed one arm, and grasped his pistol. The certainty of immediate detection if he fired, flashed across his mind even in the midst of his fury; and he beat it twice with all the force he could summon, upon the upturned face that almost touched his own...It was a ghastly figure to look upon. The murderer staggering backward to the wall, and shutting it out the sight with his hand, seized a heavy club and struck her down" (Dickens 408).
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Crime today isn't very different from back in Oliver's time. In large crowds at events people still get pick-pocketed, people are still murdered, and there are still things such as gang violence and human trafficking. Compared to Oliver's time, we have more improved techniques and technology to investigate crimes such as murders and robberies.
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Crime is used in the novel to show how life was during his time and how people lived by stealing from others as if it were their jobs. He also used crime to connect the characters in his book to one another. An example of this would be Oliver having a brotherly connection with Jack Dawkins, seeing him as a role model. Fagin was also like a negative father-figure for Oliver.
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