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[fridayish]

I recently finished Oliver and need major help. :sick:
Can anyone help with how Oliver's innocence cannot be corrupted?

[fuzzer1]

Well take a good look at Oliver. He was beaten, abused mentally, emotionally, and physically, he was part of Fagin's gang, he was associated with Nancy the prostitute, and was constantly surrounded by munipulation, corruption, cruelty, greed, ect. Oliver just wanted to belong, but Oliver would never hurt someone to attain his goal, this is what made Oliver so special. Try finding examples in popular culture today. In most tv shows, there is a hero who overcomes evil. Oliver had strong morals, and I think because he had gone through all this pain that he didn't want to torment anyone else. Either that or he was extremely naive to what was going on and did not recognise the evil around him. At the end of the novel, Oliver prays for Fagin. Oliver has a tremendous amount of empathy. (Note:Oliver at first didn't understand the concept of orphan in the beginning. A fine example of his innocence.) But then take a look at other characters, Nancy's role was that people can maintain a sense of good no matter how corrupted by socity.