... is caught. Fagin is a parasite of the criminal underworld. He is also described as physically repulsive: "The hideous old man seemed like some loathsome reptile, engendered in the slime and darkness through which he moved: crawling forth, by night, in search of some rich offal for a meal." Dickens also describes Monks in the least flattering manner, and seems to use what is outside as a mirror to what is ... in. Monks, I mentioned previously, is really the ... proof and against all evidence. He was wrong. Perhaps this was meant to tell us something about the times. And now in conclusio...

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... authorities think that they give them a lot, much more than the orphans deserve. He criticizes also English laws (especially the New Poor Law). It can be seen when Oliver is sent to a workhouse and he asleeps after hard day "What a noble illustration of the tender laws of England! They let the paupers go to sleep.". Direct criticism against the New Poor Law ... 't use any colourful words to make reality more beautiful. It can be seen for example in the description of the Jew (Fagin0 who is the leader of these criminals "...was a very old shrivelled Jew, whose villainous-looking and repul...

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