Sunday, June 1, 2014

Ending

I just finished the book, and I was pleased with what happens to the characters for the most part, but I also wasn't that much of a fan.  Firstly, I was very happy for Oliver that he ends up with Mr. Brownlow, and that Fagin is hanged, but the ending seemed sloppy to me. The entire novel is very realistic, and Dickens highlights many of the flaws of London at the time, yet in the end, everything turns out perfectly, which just didn't seem right to me.  Also, I was confused by the last couple lines that talk about Agnes, even though she's dead, and I don't think that people in this time period were very spiritual or thought about the ways that the "spirit" interacted with the world after death, so I was surprised that Agnes comes back and Dickens even says that she may have a place of forgiveness in the Church.

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