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1、Promoting the Goodness in Oliver Twist by Analyzing the CharactersAbstract: Dickens is one of the founders of critical realism in the 19th century. Oliver Twist is one of his masterpieces. The great of Dickens lies in the fact that he creates several vivid and lively characters of different personal

2、ities. But the most well-known and successful thing is that he created the typical and symbolic characters, such as the good and honest Oliver, he is born a person of morality who know how to thank others for their helps; as for the character of Fagin who is of the quality of craftiness, ferocity an

3、d miserliness, at last, he was given a capital punishment which he rightly deserved; and the character of Nancy is of the quality of kindness which is reflected on her evil, the most complex character Nancy fell into the hands of thieves den for the living and the persistent love affair, but she her

4、self has the tendency to become a kind-hearted person. All these characters make a strong impression on the readers. This paper attempts to analyze the different personalities of these characters and deeply research the intentions of creating these characters. Finally, the author indicates that the

5、kindness is the indispensable part of the human nature, and only a person is consistently kind can he gain the happiness.Key words: Oliver; Nancy; Fagin; character; goodness人性善的讴歌析雾都孤儿中的人物性格摘 要狄更斯是19世纪批判现实主义的奠基者。雾都孤儿即为其强有力的代表。狄更斯的伟大之处在于他在这本小说中创作了不同性格的人物，刻画得栩栩如生，形象逼真。但是最成功之处还是在于他刻画的善良的主人公奥立弗，邪恶中透着善良的

6、女贼南茜和吝啬凶残的代表费金。奥立弗天生就是一个有道德的人，懂得知恩图报；南茜因为生活所迫和对爱情的执着，使她堕入贼窟，但她本人却有着向善的心；以及阴险狡诈的费金。本文旨在分析这些人物的性格，深入挖掘作者的创作意图，最后得出善良是人性中不可或缺的一部分。只有始终如一的坚持善良的品性，才能得到幸福。关键词奥立弗; 南茜; 费金; 性格; 善Charles Dickens, one of the most famous writers, is the founder of critical realistic literature in the 19th century. Most of his

7、works all belong to the literary masterpieces at home and abroad, which have the far-reaching influence upon the literature. The age he lived was the rising period of English capitalism. The transformation and the development of the society provided rich materials for his writing. Dickens wrote many

8、 works, connecting his miserable experiences with the capitalist society. In that period, Dickens was “the classics known by everyone” and “the symbol of the mythic nationalism”, which was described by the modern literature critic, Phil Collins.On February 7, 1812, Dickens was born in a poor family

9、in the south of England. Dickens had to make a living independently at the age of ten. He worked as an apprentice in a shoeshine workshop. Dickens became an accomplished person mainly through self-study. At 16, Dickens worked for a lawyers office as an articled clerk, then he mastered the skills of

10、shorthand, he worked as a reporter in a newspaper office. From 1828 to 1836, he wrote many manuscripts for several newspaper offices in London, meanwhile, he insisted on going to the British Museum to study by means of self-study. At 25, he has published the works Sketches by Boz and The Pickwick Pa

11、ppers, which made him become famous overnight. In the following 34 years, his success as a novelist continued, producing Oliver Twist (1837-39), Nicholas Nickleby (1838-39), The Old Curiocity Shop, Dombey and Sor (1848), David Copperfield (1849-50), Hard Times (1854) and A Tale of Two Cities (1859)

12、and so on. In addition, he wrote many other works, such as novellas, the short stories, satirical essays, plays and comments. He passed away on June, 7, 1870 and was laid to rest in the Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey.A kaleidoscopic world about the capitalist society of England was fully exposed

13、in the novels of Dickens in the 19th century. The works of other temporary writers in the same time can not be matched with that of Dickens. The works of Dickens with vivid imagery greatly appeal to readers. Aside from the traditional rules, Dickens mainly described darkness of society and “the typi

14、cal little figures” that came from the bottom of the society in the 19th century in England. In his works, we can clearly see that Dickens showed his deep sympathy to the tragic experiences and the misfortune of the poor. In addition, it deeply reviewed the ugly masks of the greedy and hypocritical

15、capitalists and various horrors and violence hidden underneath the narrow and dirty streets in London. Dickens sincerely hoped that everyone can live in a bright society, in which everyone was equally respected and cared for each other. His novels not only have the far-reaching social influence, but

16、 also have the great artistic value, which was greatly received by the people abroad and at home.Dickens takes the relationship between good and evil as the main device to reflect the value of requirements in the community between people, which puts forward the code of ethics the people should follo

17、w. Dickens believes that moral education can lead people to be kind and strenuous, change peoples status and improve peoples life. In his novels, a large number of features are created, especially the image of many orphans, through which people can feel the strength of moral.Oliver Twist is one of t

18、he most important social novels in Dickens early works. It concentrates on the hard years of an orphan, Oliver Twist, who was against the criminal world of London. It is the first novel that readers are led to a very sad world. Oliver was a ten years old boy. He was born in the workhouse. Orphaned a

19、lmost from his first breath by his mothers death in childbirth and his fathers unexplained absence, Oliver was meagerly provided for under the terms of the Poor Law. He lived in this workhouse for nine years. As he “asked for more”, the workhouse authorities were so surprised that they decided to ta

20、ke on the boy as an apprentice. Then, Oliver became an apprentice in a coffin shop which undertook the funeral. Against that social background, he could not endure the masters maltreatment and unfairness and he decided to escape to London. Though there were many difficulties and frustrations, he rea

21、ched London finally. Unfortunately, Oliver met with a criminal gang. They were all good at thieving. The leader was a cold Jew called Fagin. Sikes and Nancy were the little leaders. Accidentally, he was saved by a gentleman, Mr. Brownlow (Finally, Oliver found Mr. Brownlow was his fathers good frien

22、d). Oliver felt very happy when he lived here, because Mr. Brownlow took good care of him. However, Oliver had to go back to the Londons underworld because of Fagins trick. At that time, Monks, Olivers brother, appeared. He wanted to get all of Olivers inheritance and revenged his father. He bribed

23、Fagin with a great amount of money and plotted with him to damage Olivers reputation. This terrible trick was overheard by Nancy. Though she was not enough brave to get rid of the robbers, she sympathized with Olivers fate. She decided to tell Mr. Brownlow about the thieves trick and Olivers innocen

24、ce. Finally, Oliver got himself his inheritance with the help of Mr. Brownlow. Fagin was arrested and condemned to the gallows. Nancy, the unlucky girl, was murdered by her lover. Oliver Twist was famous for exposing the dark sides of people lived that time. It exposed the hypocritical and cruelty o

25、f parish workhouse through depicting the little orphan boy Oliver Twists childhood in it. He gave realistic pictures of the horrible existence in workhouse. One of the important characteristics of Oliver Twist was the real and specific description of people who lived in the bottom of society. Their

26、miserable lives, gave the readers a real feeling: these were fictions. Also, it was the first time that many small potatoes appeared in English literature.Many researches have studied on this field in China. Zhu Jiang attempts to probe into the ideological significance and artistic features of two c

27、hildren images described by Charles Dickens which reflect the distinct characteristic of critical realism in his works. Wen Shengfang and Yuan Xiaodong mainly analyze the relationship between Nancys choices and her personalities from the important choices in her life. Nancy wants to be a kind and ho

28、nest person; she has no choice but to steal other peoples things to earn her living. Obviously, Nancy yearns for a bright and good life, but the family background decides that she could not have a bright life at all during that period. All of these are the reasons of her fate and the feudal hierarch

29、y. The last reason that but can not be ignored is that she insists on her meaningless love affair, which she pays for the price of her life. Chen Yin expresses the argument: Dickens works reveal profoundly social environment of British capitalism in the 19th century. Through the analysis of the thou

30、ght of Dickens novels from three aspects: criticism of reality, promotion of morals and exploration of human nature. Lai Qiaolin mainly analyzes the following points in her essay when she discusses the limitations of Dickens ideasThe disdain to the Jew and the praise to the capitalist class, reflect

31、ing on the personalities and behaviors.The researches of this area have received the fruitful achievements, though many problems still exist. The author digs out the new points based on the forefathers major findings. Various kinds of characters are created in the works which all have bright and dis

32、tinctive characteristics. All these images are all clearly reflected in Dickenss writing, for example, Fagin is a past master of machination and maneuver, the inner heart of the evil Nancy is not so bad; Sikes is very brutal; Oliver is distinctively kind. They are all the vivid images in the work. T

33、his paper aims to discuss the importance of kindness for peoples lives by briefly analyzing the characters in Oliver Twist. People have been advocating that people should be kind to all other things since the ancient times. But nowadays, kindness means being foolish in many peoples eyes to some exte

34、nt. Just like an old Chinese saying, “get no thanks for ones good intentions”. But in fact, only kind people can know the value of kindness. People can acquire happiness from kindness. And there is no other thing that is more valuable than happiness in peoples life. The essay is composed of three pa

35、rts. The first part mainly analyzes the characteristics of the main hero Oliver Twist; the second part presents the main characteristics of Nancy; the last part mainly discusses the characteristics of Fagin. At last, through the comparison of their own characteristics, the paper presents the nature

36、of goodness is one of the most necessary character for a whole person. 生命列车The Train Of Life1. 不久以前，我读了一本书。书中把人生比作一次旅行。2. 人生一世，就好比是一次搭车旅行，要经历无数次上车、下车; 时常有事故发生; 有时是意外惊喜，有时却是刻骨铭心的悲伤 3. 降生人世，我们就坐上了生命列车。我们以为我们最先见到的那两个人-我们的父母，会在人生旅途中一直陪伴着我们。 4. 很遗憾，事实并非如此。他们会在某个车站下车，留下我们，孤独无助。他们的爱、他们的情、他们不可替代的陪伴，再也无从寻找。

37、5. 尽管如此，还会有其他人上车。他们当中的一些人将对我们有着特殊的意义。 6. 他们之中有我们的兄弟姐妹, 有我们的亲朋好友。我们还将会体验千古不朽的爱情故事。7. 坐同一班车的人当中，有的轻松旅行。8. 有的却带着深深的悲哀 还有的,在列车上四处奔忙，随时准备帮助有需要的人 9. 很多人下车后，其他旅客对他们的回忆历久弥新 但是，也有一些人，当他们离开座位时，却没有人察觉。10. 有时候，对你来说情深义重的旅伴却坐到了另一节车厢。你只得远离他，继续你的旅程。11. 当然，在旅途中，你也可以摇摇晃晃地穿过自己的车厢，去别的车厢找他 12. 可惜，你再也无法坐在他身旁，因为这个位置已经让别人给

38、占了 .13. 没关系。旅途充满挑战、梦想、希望、离别 就是不能回头。因此，尽量使旅途愉快吧！14. 善待旅途上遇见的所有旅客，找出人们身上的闪光点。15. 永远记住，在某一段旅程中，有人会犹豫彷徨，因为我们自己也会犹豫彷徨。16. 我们要理解他人，因为我们需要他人的理解。17. 生命之谜就是：我们在什么地方下车？坐在身旁的伴侣在什么地方下车？我们的朋友在什么地方下车？我们无从知晓 18. 我时常这样想：到我该下车的时候，我会留恋吗？我想我还是会的。和我的朋友分离，我会痛苦。让我的孩子孤独地前行，我会悲伤。 我执著地希望在我们大家都要到达的那个终点站，我们还会相聚 19. 我的孩子们上车时没有

39、什么行李，如果我能在他们的行囊中留下美好的回忆，我会感到幸福。20. 我下车后，和我同行的旅客都还能记得我，想念我，我将感到快慰。21. 献给你, 我生命列车上的同行者, 祝您旅途愉快!1. Not long ago, I read a book, in which a mans life was compared to a journey.2. The life of a man is just like a hitchhiking，during which many times we go up and down. Now and then things will happen accid

40、ently, some of which are to be unexpected excitement，while some heart-breaking sorrows. 3. When first embraced the world，we are already on the train of life. We take it for granted that the first two persons, our parents, whom we are encountered with, will accompany us all the way.4. Sadly，things do

41、 not go on as we thought.Our parents will get off the train at a certain station，leaving us, bereft and helpless.Their love and emotion to us and their irreplaceable company can be found in nowhere.5. However，there will be somebody else who will get on the train. Some of them will have special meani

42、ng to us.6. Some of them may be our siblings , relatives and friends, and we will also expereince the imperishable love.7. Some of our travelling companions are quite light-hearted on the way.8. While some may bear immense sorrow.Still some ,back and forth, are ready to hold out their hands for othe

43、rs who need help.9. Some people alight off the train, yet they are still kept in the mind of the other passengers for long;some, to the opposite, leave their seats without being noticed.10. Sometimes, the one,who is dear to your heart, has huddled into another carriage. Nothing but one you can do is

44、 just to keep on going, far away from him.11. Of course, during the journey, you may stagger to another carriage to look for him.12. Its a pity that you will never seat yourself beside him because the seat has been engaged by others. 13. Never mind. The journey is full of challenges,dreams, hopes an

45、d departures- but only one thing is that you cant turn back. So, have a good journey with heart and soul.14. Show your good-will to all the passengers you are encountered with, and find the merits of theirs.15. Remeber that someone may oscillate just as we do in the journey.16. We should understand

46、others just as we need others understanding.17. The enigma of life is：Where shall we get off the train of life?And how about the companions beside us?And our friends?We dont know.18. Sometimes I think：When my time comes to get off the train，shall I miss it？I think I will.It is a suffering when I par

47、t with my friends.I will be sorry for leaving my kids going alone.I firmly hold that when we get to the terminal，we will have another reunion.19. When my kids get on the train of life, they have only little luggage in their travelling bags. However,if I can leave the beautiful memory in them,I will be happy. 20. After getting off the train of life, I will be content if my fellow passengers will remember me and miss me.21. To you , the companions on my train of life.May you have a good journey!8