英文论文雾都孤儿性格分析.doc

A Character Analysis of the Heroes of Oliver Twist and Great ExpectationsAbstractOliver Twist and Great Expectations are famous books of Charles Dickens, who is a great critic of reality. Both stories mainly describe the miserable lot of heroes, Oliver Twist and Pip. They both met with various peoples, some of them treat them bad or involve them into crime. However, some persons always help them and treat them well. During that time, they show many kinds of characters. Among this, the most especial ones are kindness and being grateful.Key words: kindness, grateful, ambition, innocenceIntroduction Oliver Twist was Dickens second novel, which marked the beginning of Dickens literary life. 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. The hero of this novel was Oliver Twist, an orphan, while reading the tragic experiences of the little Oliver; he was thrown into a world full of poverty and crime. He suffered big pain, such as hunger, thirst, beating; I was shocked by his sufferings. I felt sorry for the poor boy, but at the same time I detested the evil Fagin and the brutal Bill. To my relief, as was written in all the best stories, the goodness eventually conquered evil and Oliver lived a happy life at the end. Pip in the Great Expectations is at heart a very generous and sympathetic young man, a fact that can be witnessed in his numerous acts of kindness throughout the book(helping Magwitch, secretly buying Herberts way into business, etc) and his essential love for all those who love him. Pips main line of development in the novel may be seen as the process of learning to place his innate sense of kindness conscience above his immature idealsm. Olivers Kindness2.1 His Kindness to the PoorIn the life of his working in the coffin shop, he expressed sympathy to the poor who were more misfortune than him. For example,” A man and an old woman stood near the body, Oliver was afraid to kook at them.” why did Oliver dont want to see them? Thats because he was too kind to have the heart to the poor. The society was full of selfishness and crimes, people in that time were mostly poor. The peoples relationship were desolated, this relationship can be seen in adults abundantly. However as a child who was only ten years old, he was kindhearted to the poor, he wasnt influenced by that world. Thats valuable. 2.2 His Kindness to Companion Oliver regarded of their position was good or bad, he was always thinking about his friend whose name was Dick in the slum study. As he was detained by Mr. Brown, I thought: if we are him, we will fell so gratified flexibly, but Oliver didnt like that, he always thought that if he could had a look at little Dick, who was willing to endure hunger beaten; the small Dick probably just cried at that moment, after that, he still wanted to go to help him. This properly showed his kindness. He was so good, because he couldnt forget his companion even though he was only in a better place than before. Undoubted that from what did Oliver just said, it can be seen that Oliver was various to his friend, Thats Oliver, thats his Kindness to his friend. Pips KindnessPips inner value, innocenceThe theme of crime, guilt, and innocence is explored throughout the novel largely through the characters of the convicts and the criminal lawyer Jaggers. From the handcuffs Joe mends at the smithy to the gallows at the prison in London, the imagery of crime and criminal justice pervades the book, becoming an important symbol of Pips inner struggle to reconcile his own inner moral conscience with the institutional justice system. In general, just as social class becomes a superficial standard of value that Pip must learn to look beyond in finding a better way to live his life, the external trappings of the criminal justice system (police, courts, jails, etc.) become a superficial standard of morality that Pip must learn to look beyond to trust his inner conscience. ConclusionCharles Dickens is one of the greatest critical realists in English literature history. Oliver Twist is his masterpiece. It is Dickens favorite novel. Oliver Twist is a very moving story, it is the first novel that readers are led to a very sad world, and Oliver is such a role who has so many characters brave, kindness, innocence and so on. They are all showed from his attitudes towards the peoples and things around him. No matter whom they are, Oliver always expresses his kindness to them, no matter what the things are, difficult or good, he also showed brave. Thats the reason that he gets a good and happy life finally. While the most important theme in Great Expectations is that no external standard of value can replace the judgments of ones own conscience. Characters such as Joe and Biddy know this instinctively; for Pip, it is a long and hard lesson, the learning of which makes up much of the book.When we think of the bo