Oliver is the main character in this novel, three other secondary but

significant characters in the novel, Nancy, Fagin, and Mr. Brownlow, express

good vs. evil and are important to how the story progresses. Throughout the

story we are introduced to each of these characters from an indirect point of

view, and are able to categorize them, good or bad, according to their

personalities, thoughts and actions. With each of their different levels of

honesty and social status, each of them play a crucial role in the

Mr. Brownlow represents purity, honesty and goodness. He, also, is

brought out from an indirect point of view but soon after we meet him we

see why he represents good. Though at first he accuses Oliver of robbing,

his concern over Oliver's welfare on the street is a direct hint of his

innocence which successfully helps him convince Oliver to stay at his house.

Mr. Brownlow is a generous and trusting man, very different than the

majority of malicious characters in the story. With honesty and great wealth

as his main qualities, he helps Oliver in his times of need and demonstrates

Fagin, as he deserves, ends up in prison and goes mentally insane, while

wanting to help Oliver stop from falling into fagin's business and her

It is the secondary characters of this story that permit it to use all the

accomplice in crime, but it also seems that he has supernatural powers to

beings should be able to distinguish between right and wrong and that's

In his opinion, "In every town there is a Jew, resident or tramping;... if a

understandable most of the time, in the end, she felt mainly devoted to

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Approximate Word count = 840
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)