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Charles Dickens Oliver Twist - Coggle Diagram
Charles Dickens Oliver Twist
LIFE
He received a short formal education and had a difficult childhood.
The novel that gave him popularity was The Pickwick
Papers (1836).
He began his career as a journalist in 1833.
He had ten children.
STYLE
Dickens' novels are
characterised by:
PLOT
Dickens' plots are
adventurous.
They have an episodic structure.
It is one of the effects of serial publication.
TONE
It is grotesque and humorous.
CHARACTERS
They have very peculiar traits.
They can often be caricatures representing particular vices or virtues.
They represent all social strata.
THEMES
The conditions of life of the poor and the oppressed
Cruelty of the workhouses
The evils of the Industrial Revolution
Exploitation of children
Indignation against social injustice
Social criticism