Directions: Please read Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, Chapters 26-34. Please compose a comprehensive blog using at least THREE of the chapters from the reading. Make it a cross section of the chapters, one from the beginning, middle, and end of the reading selection. You may discuss characterization, plot developments, make predictions, and/or ask questions. Your blog response must include your personal insights, as well as 3-4 direct quotations from the text to back-up your responses. Remember to engage with one another.
Oliver Twist Audiobook
Celia Hoffman
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 29, it starts out with descriptions of Mrs. Maylie and her niece, Miss Rose. Mr. Losberne, a surgeon, arrives at their house, to help Oliver with his gunshot wound. He helps Oliver for a while. When he returns, he asks the women if they have actually seen the thief. They haven’t, and, since Giles has enjoyed the praise for his bravery, he has not told the women that the thief he shot is a small boy. The ladies go with the surgeon to see the culprit, Oliver, for the first time.
In chapter 32, Oliver begins to recover. He begs for some way to repay everyone who has been helping him. They tell him he can do so after he recovers fully. He wants to tell Brownlow and Mrs. Bedwin what has happened to him. Mr. Losberne takes Oliver to London to see them. Oliver and Losberne find out that Brownlow, Mrs. Bedwin, and Mr. Grimwig have moved to the West Indies. Mrs. Maylie and Rose then take him to the countryside. Oliver improves his reading and writing skills. He creates a strong relationship with Mrs. Maylie and Rose.
In chapter 35, Oliver calls for help because he sees Fagin and a strange man in the window. Harry and Giles rush to Oliver. Oliver told them and they search the fields around the house but find no trace of them. They spread a description of Fagin but find no clues to his whereabouts. Harry declares his love for Rose. Although she returns his love, she says she cannot marry because his station is much higher than hers, and she does not want to hold him back. Harry says that he plans to propose marriage one more time, if she refuses again, he won’t mention it again.
Dowol Lee
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 26, Fagin rushes into a pub called the Three Cripples to look for a man named Monks. He did not find him so he goes to Sikes. At Sikes’s, he finds Nancy, who was very drunk. She reports that Sikes is hiding. Fagin returns to his house and finds Monks at his residence. He asks him why he didn’t make Oliver just into a pickpocket instead of running this errand. Monks has interest and Oliver. They are interrupted after they think they saw a shadow of a woman. By seeing how hard Fagin is trying to look for him and take him back. Fagin does not want Oliver to be a hard thief. It i shown in the quote that he cares about him:”'What is it?' pursued Fagin, mad with rage. 'When the boy's worth hundreds of pounds to me, am I to lose what chance threw me in the way of getting safely, through the whims of a drunken gang that I could whistle away the lives of! And me bound, too, to a born devil that only wants the will, and has the power to, to—'”
In Chapter 31, Two Officers named Duff and Blathers examine the crime scene, while the surgeon and woman try to hide what Oliver’s part in the crime. The officers come to a decision that a boy and two men were involved. Mr. Losberne tells them that Giles merely mistook Oliver for the guilty party. He tells them that Oliver was wounded accidentally by a spring-gun while trespassing on a neighbor’s property. Giles and Brittles state that they cannot swear that he is the boy they saw that night. The officers leave without any incident. “This,' said Mr. Losberne, speaking softly, but with great vehemence notwithstanding, 'this is the lad, who, being accidently wounded by a spring-gun in some boyish trespass on Mr. What-d' ye-call-him's grounds, at the back here, comes to the house for assistance this morning, and is immediately laid hold of and maltreated, by that ingenious gentleman with the candle in his hand: who has placed his life in considerable danger, as I can professionally certify.'”
In Chapter 35, Harry and Giles rush to help Oliver. When hearing about Fagin and the man, they looked in the fields around the house but couldn’t find anything. Harry then declares his love for Rose, although she does love him back she says that they can’t get married because Harry is more wealthy and rich and Rose would just hinder his ambitions..
Yasmiin Ali
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 26, Oliver is dead. He was shot and Sikes and Fagin left him in a ditch. Sikes finds Nancy and tells her what happened and she cries hoping Oliver is dead because she believes that being in custody of Fagin is worse than death. Fagin returns to his house to find the Monks waiting for him and wanting to ask him why he sent Oliver on a mission then make him a pickpocket. It's obvious that the Monks have an interest in Oliver. Fagin realizes this and says that the Monks only want Oliver so they can make him a hardened thief. The Monks are alarmed and stop talking when they see the shadow of a woman. “He declined any renewal of the conversation, however, for that night: suddenly remembering that it was past one o'clock. And so the amiable couple parted.”
In chapter 30, Oliver is not dead but he is going to be in trouble if the family that he was accused of stealing thinks he is up to something. However Miss Rose says that he cannot possibly be a burglar and that an evil man must have forced him. She begs to not send the child to prison. Oliver was asleep when this conversation was happening so he didn't hear Mrs. Maylie say that she will send him prison but wait and see how Oliver acts. Later in the evening, Oliver tells then his life story leading us to the present, bringing tears to both women. The police officer in London later arrives and assess the situation. “‘and might have been equally helpless and unprotected with this poor child, have pity upon him before it is too late!'.”
In chapter 34, Giles and Harry Maylie arrive to see Rose and Harry is angry that his mother has not written to him about Rose being sick. Mrs. Maylie tells her son that Rose needs love and he must marry Rose for love. In the short run, he must choose between material gain and his love for Rose. Then Harry declares that his love for Rose is long lasting and while Rose recovers, he and Oliver collect flowers for her room. One day Oliver falls asleep reading and he has a nightmare about a Jew and a man talking about death and Oliver woke up in fear. Then he sees Fagin and the stranger when he mailed a letter peering through the window. They disappear rapidly as Oliver calls for help. “He stood transfixed for a moment; then, leaping from the window into the garden, called loudly for help.”
Dylan Brenner
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 26, Oliver surprisingly hasn't came back from the robbery yet so fagin starts to think that he’s missing, but really he got shot in the arm and was left in a ditch. As Oliver gets stable on his feet he heads to a house but little does he know that the house he will be going to was the house that he actually broke in to. Since he is not back yet fagin thinks he either went missing, got killed or is in jail by now.
In chapter 30, we find out that Oliver is not dead and was just not found and was at someones house for a while. If the family that Oliver and Sike stole from found out Oliver would not be in a good situation. Olivers caretaker Ms. Rose that Oliver is a good boy and Oliver couldn’t have robbed the house on his own take. She really hopes and tries that Oliver does not go to jail.
In chapter 34, Ms. Rose becomes sick and Oliver is sad. In this chapter Oliver seems happier than usual I think because he is around a good family. Ms. Rose eventually got better. I think Oliver likes this family because they care about him and treat him right.
Shruthi Saravanan
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 28 Oliver wakes up in the ditch that Sikes left him after their failed attempt to rob a house. He was very weak because they didn’t do much when Oliver got shot in the arm by the people who were in the house, so he was losing too much blood. He managed to get up and slowly stumble until he came across a house. When approaching it is only when he noticed it wasn’t any random house he stumbled upon, “it was the very house they had attempted to rob (253)”. When he knocked on the door the person who apparently shot him, Mr. Giles, brought him inside and showed off how his aim is amazing due to the fact that he managed to hit his target this well while it was even dark.
In Chapter 30 Oliver is recovering on their bed, the two men want to call the police to observe this scene and take the boy to prison for the robbery that was attempted. Though Miss Rose observing how young and little Oliver was she doesn’t think the boy was part of the robbery “can you really believe that this delicate boy has been the voluntary associate of the worst outcasts of society? (263)” Even if he was, he was forced into doing it. She feels like he’s too much of an innocent boy to commit a crime like this at his age. So because of this Mr. Losberne, the doctor, goes down to Brittles and Giles and asks them if they can swear that the boy who tried to rob their house was definitely this boy whos upstairs. Though be for they could say it two police officers from London show up.
In Chapter 33 Rose catches on a bad fever and becomes very ill, and because of this Oliver is sent out to get Mr. Losberne, the doctor, a letter so they can come and help her get over the bad sickness. Though on Oliver's way back to the house he bumps into a man who gets angry at Oliver but then falls over, Oliver makes sure he gets the poor man the helps he needs and then goes back to the house. When the doctor arrives and checks on Rose he states that there only small hope for recovery though she managed to be strong and skips over death by a close call and starts to recover slowly by the end of the chapter.
Michael DiCenzo
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 26, Oliver surprisingly hasn't come back from the robbery. So Fagin starts to think that he’s missing, but when really Oliver has gotten shot in the arm and was left in a ditch by Sikes. As Oliver gets on his feet he heads to a house but little does he know that the house he will be going to was the house that he actually broke in to. Since he is not back yet Fagin thinks he either went missing, got killed or is in jail by now.
Chapter 28
The night after the failed robbery Oliver gets up and goes over to the same house Sikes tried to get him to rob. Inside, Mr. Giles and Mr. Brittles, amuse the other servants with the details of the night’s events, presenting themselves as intrepid heroes. Oliver’s feeble knock at the door frightens everyone. Brittles opens the door to find Oliver lying on the stoop. They exclaim that Oliver is one of the thieves and drag him inside.
In chapter 30, we find out that Oliver is not dead and was just not found at the house for a while. If the family that Oliver and Sike stole from found out Oliver would not be in a good situation. Olivers caretaker Ms. Rose that Oliver is a good boy and Oliver couldn’t have robbed the house on his own take. She really hopes and tries that Oliver does not go to jail.
Robbie Mahlebjian
ReplyDeleteChapter 30: In chapter 30 Olivers bullet wound is recovering and he has a talk with the Niece of the mistress about his life and his story. I think this scene is important because Oliver is surrounded around good people who care for him and his situation. You can get this sense he is surrounded by good people because the mistress is caring as you can tell with this quote “My dear love,' said the elder lady, as she folded the weeping girl to her bosom, 'do you think I would harm a hair of his head?”
Chapter 31: In chapter 31 the police officers investigate the home to maybe find out what happened there. The easier way to put it is that the residents of the house does not want the cops to find out Oliver was trying to rob the house. In the middle of the chapter the police ask the residents about what they were talking about with the boy oliver, but they refused and changed the subject.
“‘Now, what is this, about this here boy that the servants are a-talking on?’ said Blathers.”
“'Nothing at all,' replied the doctor.”
I think this is an important scene in the chapter because it shows the dedication of protecting Oliver and supports my evidence that Oliver will be a good person if he's surrounded by good people.
Chapter 34: At the end of chapter 34 Oliver is gathering flowers for Rose who fell very ill and Oliver sees Fagin and the man in the cloak who he saw when he was getting a doctor for Rose. This is a key scene in this chapter because we know they will probably hatch a plan to kidnap Oliver.
Anthony Dimuzio
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 26, Fagin goes into a bar called the Three Cripples to look for a man named Monks. He couldn't find him so he goes to Sikes. At Sikes’s he finds Nancy who was drunk and she tells fagin that Sikes is hiding. Fagin goes back and finds Monks at his residence. He asks him why he didn’t make Oliver just into a pickpocket instead of running this errand. Monks has interest and Oliver. They are interrupted after they think they saw a shadow of a woman. By seeing how hard Fagin is trying to look for him to his house and takes him back. Fagin does not want Oliver to be a thief. It is proven in the quote that he cares about him:”'What is it?' pursued Fagin, mad with rage. 'When the boy's worth hundreds of pounds to me, am I to lose what chance threw me in the way of getting safely, through the whims of a drunken gang that I could whistle away the lives of! And me bound, too, to a born devil that only wants the will, and has the power to, to—'”
In Chapter 31, Two police officers investigate the house to find out about the robbery. The owners of the house did not want to tell the officers that oliver was robbing the house and they refused to talk to them. This is important because oliver is now with people that he can trust and want to keep him safe.
In Chapter 35, Harry and Giles go to help Oliver. When hearing about Fagin and the man they looked in the fields around the house but couldn’t find anything. Harry then tells Rose that he loves her although she does love him back she says that they can’t get married because Harry is more wealthy and rich and Rose would just use him.
Jacob Moore
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 28, Oliver wakes up after the night of the robbery and goes up to the house where he robbed the day before. When Oliver knocked on the door everyone was frightened but when they opened the door they noticed a small fellow laying before them. When they brought him inside they noticed how he had been wounded which is when they realized that he was one of the robbers 'Here he is!' bawled Giles, calling in a state of great excitement, up the staircase “here's one of the thieves, ma'am! Here's a thief, miss! Wounded, miss! I shot him, miss”-Chapter 28. Because Oliver was injured they bring him upstairs and call a doctor.
In chapter 31, two police officers arrive named Duff and Blathers where they take a look at the crime scene. The people who took oliver into their home don't tell the police officers that he was one of the robbers and instead lie to them. The officers couldn't determine that he was the boy so they left “I don't know what to think,' replied poor Giles. 'I don't think it is the boy; indeed, I'm almost certain that it isn't. You know it can't be.”-Chapter 31.
In chapter 33, the old nurse Rose became very sick and then Oliver is sent to deliver a message for requesting Losberne help. When Oliver is delivering the message he comes across and man who was being really crazy and cursed Oliver and then just fell to the ground “The man shook his fist, as he uttered these words incoherently. He advanced towards Oliver, as if with the intention of aiming a blow at him, but fell violently on the ground: writhing and foaming, in a fit.”-Chapter 33. After delivering the letter oliver returns to Mrs. Maylie and Rose. when Losberne shows up he thinks that rose will not survive but she ends up begging to recover
Suhani Karki
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 26, Oliver was shot and Sikes and Fagin left him in a ditch. Sikes finds Nancy and tells her what happened and she cries hoping Oliver is dead because she believes that being in custody of Fagin is worse than death. As Oliver gets on his feet he heads to a house but little does he know that the house he will be going to was the house that he actually broke in to.”'What is it?' pursued Fagin, mad with rage. 'When the boy's worth hundreds of pounds to me, am I to lose what chance threw me in the way of getting safely, through the whims of a drunken gang that I could whistle away the lives of! And me bound, too, to a born devil that only wants the will, and has the power to, to—'”
In chapter 30, Oliver is going to get in trouble if the family that accused Oliver of stealing thinks that Oliver is up to something. Later on in the story, Oliver tells then his life story leading us to the present, bringing tears to both women. The police officer in London later arrives and assess the situation. “‘and might have been equally helpless and unprotected with this poor child, have pity upon him before it is too late!'.”
In chapter 34, Giles and Harry Maylie arrive to see Rose and Harry is angry that his mother has not written to him about Rose being sick. In the short run, he must choose between material gain and his love for Rose. Later on in the story, Rose and Harry disappear rapidly as Oliver calls for help. “He stood transfixed for a moment; then, leaping from the window into the garden, called loudly for help.”
hanna Saad
ReplyDeleteFagin rushes into a pub called the Three Cripples to look for a man named Monks. Not finding him, he hurries to Sikes’s residence. At Sikes’s residence, he finds Nancy, who, in a drunken stupor, reports that Sikes is hiding.Fagin replies that Oliver is worth hundreds of pounds to him. He returns to his house to find Monks waiting for him. Monks asks why Fagin has chosen to send Oliver out on such a mission rather than make the boy into a simple pickpocket. It becomes clear that Monks has some interest in Oliver.
Mr. Giles and Mr. Brittles, two servants, regale the other servants with the details of the night’s events, presenting themselves as intrepid heroes. Oliver’s feeble knock at the door frightens everyone. Brittles opens the door to find Oliver lying on the stoop. She sends Brittles to fetch a doctor and constable while Giles gently carries Oliver upstairs.
Upon seeing Oliver, Miss Rose exclaims that he cannot possibly be a burglar unless older, evil men have forced him into the trade. She begs her aunt not to send the child to prison. Mrs. Maylie replies that she intends to send him to prison nonetheless.Losberne hurries downstairs and asks if Giles and Brittles can swear before the constable that Oliver is the same boy they saw in the house the night before.
Xingyun Pan
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 26, Fagin and Monks are talking about the disposal of Oliver. Suddenly he sees a shadow “'Yonder! replied the man, glaring at the opposite wall. 'The shadow! I saw the shadow of a woman, in a cloak and bonnet, pass along the wainscot like a breath!” But when they search, they couldn’t find anything. Fagin tells Mr. Monks that no one is here and he already locks every door so they did not suspect much. I think there must be someone heard their plan and it will play a key role later.
In Chapter 29, Oliver meets Fagin and Monks. “There—there—at the window—close before him—so close, that he could have almost touched him before he started back: with his eyes peering into the room, and meeting his: there stood the Jew! And beside him, white with rage or fear, or both, were the scowling features of the man who had accosted him in the inn-yard.” Fagin comes out when we think Oliver will live a normal life with Rose forever. I think the story is about to reverse.
In Chapter 33, after Oliver sent the letter, he bumps into a man who is coming out of the inn. The man is really drunk and seems really angry, he said “ If I had only had the courage to say the word, I might have been free of you in a night. Curses on your head, and black death on your heart, you imp! What are you doing here?” From his words, we know that he recognizes Oliver and he hates him a lot. He said that there’s a word to free him it’s related to Oliver, I think this is a piece of important information which will appear again later. I think this man is Monks because I think he is the only man who hates Oliver for some reason that we don’t know yet.
Jillian Boyer
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 26, we have a lot that is hidden not from the characters, but from the readers. Its like reverse dramatic irony. When Fagin goes to the pub asking for Monks, he never uses his name and simply says, “Is he here right now?” and when he meets Monks, he refers to Oliver without his name as well. By leaving the Readers inferencing, we get a sense that this information is important, and that this is some main plot mystery stuff. We can see that because everything was always laid out for the readers, except at the beginning when we met oliver’s mother and have to inference about what happened to oliver’s family.
In the next chapter, 27, we go back to Mr. Bumble, being his hypocritical, ignorant, rude self. Mr bumble flirts with the lady of a rich house, in order to marry her for her wealth and for a promotion. Immediately afterwards, he goes to mr. Sowerbury’s to get a coffin for old sally. He sees noah and Charlotte lirting. He interferes because he doesn't believe that it is proper… however he just did the same thing on a much worse scale that same day. Dickens put these two events in the same chapter for the humor or it, for the irony of seeing Mr. Bumble make a fool out of himself for the readers once again.
Finally, in ch. 32, we see a happy Oliver again. Perhaps the happiest he’s ever been. When he is so happy, he is the countryside, with the bunnies and the flowers and a kind family. With a little background knowledge he on charles dickens, it’s easy to discover that this euphoria he placed Oliver in is the sort of paradise he imagines for himself, and the place he strives to be in.
Olivia Dionisio
ReplyDeleteChapter 27- Mr. Bumble returns and has been waiting patiently in Mrs. Corney’s room all this time. He had counted all the silver several times, he had also gone through the dressers and drawers. He then finds clothes tidily folded, and a locked boxed with coins. Mrs. Corney comes back flustered and mad, and Mr. Bumble blames the paupers.
Chapter 29- Oliver ends up in the breakfast room of the house. There were two ladies sitting and eating their breakfast, one lady is described as an older lady is very upright and elegant, and the other lady is described as a young lady is around sixteen or seventeen, and very lovely. The doctor also comes back and asked if they have seen the thief, Giles answers with no.
Chapter 31- Oliver becomes very sick, he catches a nasty fever. Oliver becomes sad that his old friends, Mr. Brownlow and Mrs. Bedwin, don’t know how happy he is. Mr. Losberne says that he’ll take Oliver to go see them as soon as he’s up to the journey. During the journey they pass a house that Oliver is familiar to. It reminds him of a house Sikes had taken him in earlier chapters.
Jillian Boyer
ReplyDeleteAt the beginning and middle of the book, most of the conflicts were caused by characters not knowing. Whether it was that they didn't know someone’s true intentions, they did know a characters background or their whereabouts. No that we are nearing the end, everything is becoming known for all of the characters. Monks knows where an who oliver is, Mr. Bumble knows as well. Fagin and Sikes know, and the two noble families are figuring it out. Us readers are even figuring it out, now that we know the intentions of monks and again, and also monks relation to oliver. This shows a turning point in the book, where now any conflict cannot be hidden or discreet. Whoever will end up getting their way will have to do it using their wit and the people on their side, rather than using the other characters unawareness of the situation.
By adding many sie stories, it shows that Dickens is an excellent writer. Having side stories makes the plot interesting, and have more depth. In this novel we see something more impressive. Dickens has tens of side stories, from little Dick in the workhouse to Rose and Harry, and he manages to connect them ALL to the main plot or the main theme. That takes a lot of planning out and intense plot planning. That being said, there is one sid story that i assume is simply in the novel for money. That is Rose and Harry’s story. I have learned recently that no matter how good a series is, it gets an insane amount more publicity if it has a love story in it. I'm sure dickens knew his, and so he added a classic love story to draw in a wider range of readers
Griffin Littlewood
ReplyDeleteChapter 26
In this chapter we see Fagin search for Mr. Monks he first went to a pub called the Three Cripples he doesn't find him. He then goes to sikes home where he only finds Nancy Drunk and saying "Death is better than living with Fagin.". Fagin ends up going home and finding Monks. Monks wondered why Fagin had Oliver go on that mission instead of having him be a simple pickpocket. Monks ends up wanting Oliver to be a hardened thief.
Chapter 27
Mrs corney spikes peppermint with Mr. Bumble. They also flirt and hangout all night and Mr Bumble tells her how the current master is on his deathbed so they should marry so they can get the masters money and live a nice lifeHe is the master of this establishment; his death will cause a wacancy; that wacancy must be filled up. Oh, Mrs. Corney, what a prospect this opens! What a opportunity for a jining of hearts and housekeepings!'. Bumble see's noah claypole getting oysters fed to him and he hates there immoral ways.
Chapter 28
After the failed robbery with sike's Oliver sees himself Mr. Giles and Mr. Brittles explain the situation to Oliver. They presented themselves as heroes they were the two servants of the home. Even though he broke into their home they still help him and give him aid for his wounds that recieved in the process
Sean Curtis-
ReplyDeleteChapter 28 : Oliver knocked on the door everyone was frightened but when they opened the door they noticed a small fellow laying before them. When they brought him inside they noticed how he had been wounded which is when they realized that he was one of the robbers 'Here he is!' bawled Giles, calling in a state of great excitement, up the staircase “here's one of the thieves, ma'am! Here's a thief, miss! Wounded, miss! I shot him, miss”-Chapter 28.
Chapter 33 : On Oliver's way back to the house he bumps into a man who gets angry at Oliver but then falls over, Oliver makes sure he gets the poor man the helps he needs and then goes back to the house. When the doctor arrives and checks on Rose he states that there only small hope for recovery though she managed to be strong and skips over death by a close call and starts to recover slowly by the end of the chapter.
Chapter 34 : Oliver is gathering flowers for Rose who fell very ill and Oliver sees Fagin and the man in the cloak who he saw when he was getting a doctor for Rose. This is a key scene in this chapter because we know they will probably hatch a plan to kidnap Oliver.