The two kinds of Thievery

Charles Dickens indirectly makes fun of culture and society on how they view and react on the two kinds of thievery. There is the kind of thievery in which it is blatantly obvious that they are criminals and they are trying to steal. This is shown in Oliver Twist with Sikes, Crackit, and Oliver trying to rob a house. This is obvious that they are trying to steal something so people become alert and react by arresting and accusing the thief. However, there is a second kind of thievery in which it is not completely obvious that someone is stealing something. In Oliver Twist, this example is shown with Mrs. Corney who is a matron who gives herself more luxury than the other residents in her building. She gives herself a huge room with a heated fire for the winter. But the other people are forced to live in tiny crammed cold rooms. Therefore Corney is being a thief on taking away peoples lifestyles. However, this is not as blatantly obvious so there isn't much uprise against it. It is merely taking things from a group of people who have nothing, thus the authorities don't bother getting involved. This shows Charles Dickens the mockery of society and the governments lack of judgement and hypocrisy against the crimes in London.