For example, when Oliver asked for more, instead of just writing. Oliver did the unacceptable thing of asking for more', he exaggerates to indicate just how unusual and unthinkable this action was. This quote indicates the overstatement in his writing;
"For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more".
This tells the reader that not only was the action wrong in the Master's eyes, but that it was completely wrong. I'm not sure whether the boys intended to get Oliver into that much trouble, but I think that everyone in the workhouse would realise the aftermath of asking for more. Maybe the boys at his table just wanted him to get told off, and didn't realise that just asking for more would result in such violence and abuse as Oliver suffered. Oliver thought nothing of the request; he was probably hungry on the amount and type of food that the children are fed by the workhouse.
I think that Dickens' intentions in writing Oliver Twist were to influence life in his generation. Although he knew that he couldn't really change anything, he wanted to make an impact on some people's lives, to make them think about the rules of regulations of their …show more content…
Although he didn't actually force any changes in the world, he may have helped with a few. He didn't specifically say You have to change this! And that! And this!' But he made comments about them, saying that they weren't right and should be changed. So I think that because of his writing, Charles Dickens did make a difference to the way the country and the world works, in a hidden and unrecognised