COMPREHENSION

1-Where are the Children?

The children are in a large stone hall, where they are going to eat.

2-What do the children do after they finished eating?

They casted lots in order to make one of them ask for more food.

3-Are they happy with their food?

No, They aren’t. They are slowly dying for starvation and so they need more food.

4-What does Oliver do?

He stands up and asks the master for more food with courage.

5-What are the reactions of the master, beadle and board?

The reaction is paralyzed. He is not able to manage the situation and so ask his superior for an advice.

INTERPRETATION

1-What is your reaction to the story? Are you:amused, irritated, surprised, puzzled, bored, saddened?

I’m saddened and speechless as regarding the children exploitations and conditions.

2-Focus on the main features of Dicken’s style.

-Find examples of contrasts: “Of this festive composition each boy had one porringer and no more…”

-Find examples of hyperbole: “a council was held”

3-Who does the author sympathize with, the boys or the board?

The novelist sympathize with Oliver.

4-What type of narrator?

3^rd person reliable narrator.

5-What is the author’s serious aim in telling this episode?

The novelist wants to report the problem of exploitation of children of his society.