Analysis of the Dialogues in Oliver Twist
Analysis of dialogues in Oliver Twist
Book Review
北京大学 光华管理学院 00928015 翟静媛 联系方式：134-3987-9195 2010-12-25
Analysis of dialogues in Oliver Twist 00928015 翟静媛
Book review: Analysis of the dialogues in Oliver twist
Summary: As the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens has his own composing features, one of which is to utilize distinctive language as a salient method to form different characters. He forms very new and striking expressions out of rather special words so that almost all the speeches fit a ll the characters who speak them. In addition to a knowledge of figures ‟ personalities, we can also get a deep understanding of the theme，characters‟ psychology and their interrelationship through their dialogues. His special attention to language giving us flourish hints can be seen in most of his works, and Oliver Twist is no exception. This passage„s very purpose is to figure out what messages we can get, especially about the character through those dialogues by making a thorough analysis of each figure respectively.
·Oliver
In this classic novel, Oliver, as the most important figure, does not speak a lot. However, we can still learn lot from his speeches. To my surprise, when I first read this work, Oliver‟s language is very gentle and beautiful in a polite tone, making readers rather comfortable and pleasant. Given the background Oliver grew up, we know that he lacks in mother‟s love and careful education, all he has is poor litter food, insults, a selfish elderly female. No teacher teaches him;
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Analysis of dialogues in Oliver Twist 00928015 翟静媛
no one nurtures the poor child; everyone he gets in touch is shabby, bad-tempered or criminal. As a consequent, it is really hard to imagine that a boy growing in such kind of environment can speak graceful beautiful Engilish. Why? After deep thinking, I draw the conclusion that this is the author‟s refinement‟s result, for the reason that he wants to characterize
Book Review
北京大学 光华管理学院 00928015 翟静媛 联系方式：134-3987-9195 2010-12-25
Analysis of dialogues in Oliver Twist 00928015 翟静媛
Book review: Analysis of the dialogues in Oliver twist
Summary: As the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens has his own composing features, one of which is to utilize distinctive language as a salient method to form different characters. He forms very new and striking expressions out of rather special words so that almost all the speeches fit a ll the characters who speak them. In addition to a knowledge of figures ‟ personalities, we can also get a deep understanding of the theme，characters‟ psychology and their interrelationship through their dialogues. His special attention to language giving us flourish hints can be seen in most of his works, and Oliver Twist is no exception. This passage„s very purpose is to figure out what messages we can get, especially about the character through those dialogues by making a thorough analysis of each figure respectively.
·Oliver
In this classic novel, Oliver, as the most important figure, does not speak a lot. However, we can still learn lot from his speeches. To my surprise, when I first read this work, Oliver‟s language is very gentle and beautiful in a polite tone, making readers rather comfortable and pleasant. Given the background Oliver grew up, we know that he lacks in mother‟s love and careful education, all he has is poor litter food, insults, a selfish elderly female. No teacher teaches him;
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Analysis of dialogues in Oliver Twist 00928015 翟静媛
no one nurtures the poor child; everyone he gets in touch is shabby, bad-tempered or criminal. As a consequent, it is really hard to imagine that a boy growing in such kind of environment can speak graceful beautiful Engilish. Why? After deep thinking, I draw the conclusion that this is the author‟s refinement‟s result, for the reason that he wants to characterize