Acknowledgements First and foremost, my sincere thanks and appreciations go to Professor, for his guidance, support and encouragement. He helped me during the writing of this paper and offered me valuable suggestions in the academic studies. In the preparation of this paper, he has spent much time reading through each draft providing me with precious advice. Without his patient instruction, insightful criticism and expert guidance, the completion of this paper would not have been possible. 44252
I also owe special gratitude to all the professors and teachers in School of Foreign Language, who devoted teaching and enlightening lectures I have benefited a lot and academically prepared for the paper.
I should finally express my gratitude to my beloved parents who have always been helping me out of difficulties and support me without a word of complaint.
An Analysis of Social Significance of Oliver Twist
Abstract Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Oliver Twist was set in the foggy city of London narrating the story of the orphan Oliver, who starts his life in a workhouse and is then apprenticed with an undertaker. He escapes from there and travels to London where he was involved in a gang of juvenile pickpockets, which is led by the elderly criminal Fagin. Finally with the help of kind men, he found out mystery of his life and lived a happy life.
The novel reflects the bitter life of people living at the bottom of the society and exposed a lot of social problems, such as the operation of the workhouse, child labor and juvenile delinquency. These problems still have significant influence for the development of modern society.
The paper was pided into three parts besides the introduction and conclusion. The first part focuses on the background from the perspectives of economy, politics and the author’s personal experience. The second part of the paper looks into the social problems revealed as well as their causes. Last part of the paper is an analysis of the goodness in nature and progressive social significance.
Key words: Charles Dickens; Background; Social Significance
分析《雾都孤儿》的社会意义摘要查理斯·狄更斯是19世纪英国的作家和社会评论家，他创造了出了世界上一些最著名的小说角色，被认为是维多利亚时代最杰出的小说家。《雾都孤儿》是查理斯·狄更斯批判现实主义最著名的一本小说。小说以雾都伦敦为背景，讲述了一个孤儿悲惨的遭遇。主人公奥利弗在孤儿院长大，经历学徒生涯，艰苦逃难，误入贼窝，最后在善良人的帮助下查明身世获得幸福。
小说反映了当时的背景下社会底层人民的悲惨生活，揭露了许多当时的社会问题`751|文\论*文-网www.751com.cn，如救济院、童工、以及帮派吸收青少年参与犯罪等。这些问题对当代社会的发展依然有着重要的启示作用。
这篇论文主要分析小说中所反映的问题及它所具有的社会意义。论文第一部分描写了当时英国的背景，分别从政治，经济以及作者个人经历三方面着手。第二部分分析小说中揭露的社会问题，通过小说中的故事情节，从资本主义社会的弊端，极端社会阶级分化以及人性道德的缺失三方面谈论问题,并总结造成这些问题的原因。 最后一部分分析小说中人性的善良以及积极的社会影响并且论述其给现代社会的启示。
毕业论文关键词：雾都孤儿；背景；社会意义
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. Background 2
2.1 Background in economy 2
2.2 Background in politics 《雾都孤儿》的社会意义:http://www.751com.cn/yingyu/lunwen_45479.html