After reading chapter eight, I went through to find a paragraph which is important. Heres one, paragraph 9.
The sun was rising in all his splendid beauty, but the light only seemed to show the boy his own lonesomeness and desolation as he sat with bleeding feet and covered with dust upon a cold door-step.
This passage leads the reader to contemplate a life which is so lonely, each day serves to illuminate the hopelessness of your situation. This is also still applicable to many hpmeless children in that time period, not only Oliver. I would also like to point out that this passage would be much less effective if it did not have the imagery. Charles Dickens is an amazing author!
I agree with you that that's a really good passage full of imagery. I think that it does a very good job illustrating Oliver's loneliness after he has left and is stuck all alone. It once again makes me feel a lot of sympathy for him since he is stuck alone in pain. I really like the way that Dickens
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The imagery really helps you picture the scene. It brings me back to middle school, when the teachers would say "show, don't tell.". Charles Dicken's is definitely a good resource for writers who want to improve their imagery. Sometimes I'd rather that Dicken's not use as much imagery. It makes me feel that much worse for Oliver!
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