Kamis, 04 September 2014

Oliver Twist

In this part, I wanna tell you a story from a novel "OLIVER TWIST" which I've read a month ago. This story was so touching. Here I wanna share some parts of the story. Just read it, and take the moral value you catch.

In 19th century England, young orphan Oliver Twist
(Barney Clark) is forcibly brought to a workhouse on his
ninth birthday by a parish beadle, Mr. Bumble (Jeremy
Swift). Oliver and the other resident children are treated
poorly and given very little food. Facing starvation, the
boys select Oliver (through a lottery) to ask for more food
at the next meal, which he tentatively does. This infuriates
the workhouse officials, who decide to get rid of him. After
nearly being made an apprentice to a cruel chimney sweep,
Oliver is sent to Mr. Sowerberry (Michael Heath), a coffin-
maker, whose wife (Gillian Hanna) and senior apprentice
Noah (Chris Overton) take an instant dislike to the
newcomer. After more poor treatment, Oliver snaps and
attacks Noah for having insulted his late mother. Knowing
his life with the Sowerberrys will only get worse, Oliver
escapes on foot.
With little food, Oliver embarks on the 70-mile walk to
London. A kindly old woman (Liz Smith) gives him food and
lodgings for a night after he collapses from exhaustion.
After a week of travel, he arrives at the city, penniless and
shoeless. He meets Jack Dawkins, or "The Artful
Dodger" (Harry Eden), a boy-thief who takes Oliver to his
home that he shares with many other young pickpockets,
and their eccentric elderly leader, Fagin (Ben Kingsley).
Soon, Oliver is being groomed to join their gang. On his first
outing with the pickpockets, two of the boys steal a man's
handkerchief and Oliver is framed. However he is proven
innocent by an eyewitness, and the owner of the
handkerchief, the wealthy Mr. Brownlow (Edward
Hardwicke) takes pity on Oliver, who had collapsed from a
fever during his trial. Brownlow informally adopts Oliver,
giving him new clothes and the promise of a good education.
However, while out running an errand for Brownlow, Oliver
is forcibly returned to the pickpocket gang by Fagin's
associate, the evil Bill Sykes (Jamie Foreman), and the
young prostitute Nancy (Leanne Rowe), who is in a complex
and abusive relationship with Sykes. Fagin and Sykes
worried that Oliver would "peach", and tell the authorities
about their criminal activity. Oliver is put under constant
supervision until Bill Sykes discovers the boy's connection to
the rich Mr. Brownlow. Sykes and his accomplice, Toby
Crackit (Mark Strong), force Oliver to aid them in robbing
Brownlow's house. They are discovered and Oliver is
wounded in a brief shootout between Brownlow and Sykes.
As the three escape, Bill decides to murder Oliver to ensure
his silence, but falls into a nearby river before he can take
action.
Bill survives his near-drowning, but is confined to bed with
a heavy fever. He and Fagin (who, despite treating Oliver
kindly, remains crime-focused) plot to kill Oliver when
Sykes has recovered. Nancy has a maternal love for Oliver
and does not want to see him hurt, but she is controlled by
the abusive Sykes. She drugs Bill and sneaks to Brownlow's
house where she arranges to have him meet her on London
Bridge at midnight so she can provide information about
Oliver. At the meeting, Nancy cautiously reveals that Oliver
is staying with Fagin and his band of pickpockets, and that
the authorities will find them easily. Brownlow leaves to call
the police. The Artful Dodger, who had been sent by a
suspicious Fagin to spy on Nancy, had heard everything and
is bullied out of the information by Bill Sykes. Sykes is
furious at Nancy's betrayal, and brutally beats her to
death in their apartment.
The next day, information about Oliver and Fagin appear in
the newspaper, along with Nancy's murder and the
suspected guilt of Bill Sykes. Sykes' ever-present dog,
Bullseye, is a dead giveaway to his identity. After
unsuccessfully trying to kill the dog, Sykes takes up
residence with Toby Crackit. Fagin, Oliver, and the boys are
hiding there too, after escaping their previous location
before the police could find them. Bullseye escaped his
master's cruelty, and led a group of police and locals to the
group's hideout. Eventually, Dodger, who is outraged at
Sykes for killing the kindhearted Nancy, reveals their
location to the authorities. Bill Sykes takes Oliver onto the
roof, knowing he will not be shot at if the boy is with him.
When trying to scale the building using a rope, Sykes loses
his footing and accidentally hangs himself.
Some time later, Oliver is living comfortably with Mr.
Brownlow again. Fagin was arrested (though the fate of the
pickpockets is unknown), and Oliver wishes to visit him in
jail. Brownlow takes him to the prison, where they find
Fagin ranting and wailing in his cell. Oliver is distraught at
Fagin's fate, as he had been something of a father figure
to Oliver. As Mr. Brownlow escorts a tearful Oliver to a
carriage, gallows are being set up in the courtyard.
Townspeople begin to gather to watch Fagin's execution.

From the story above, we can take some moral values that not everyone we met is good for us. All the things about criminal should be avoided. We've to be careful with everything arround us, because criminalnis everywhere.
What moral values do you catch?

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