Write something about Oliver Twist
Class III A
In November we started reading the novel “Oliver Twist” because it is part of our
Comenius Project. It was written by Charles Dickens and it was about the adventures
of an orphan, named Oliver Twist. This book taught me new grammar rules, a lot of
new vocabulary, the living conditions of children in the Victorian Age and what child
labour is. The novel is a sad story with an happy end; in fact Oliver Twist, the main
character in the book, was sometimes lucky and sometimes unlucky. The part of the
test that I liked most was when Oliver was adopted by Mr Brownlow, who was a
kind and generous man. Mr Brownlow gave him a home, new clothes, an education
and love. Finally he had a good life and a family, but in his life there were bad
experiences also after he was adopted. I really like this novel because it is based on
a true and interesting story. Giulia D’amico
It was a beautiful experience .My favourite character was Mr Brownlow because he
adopted Oliver and gave him a place to live, good nutrition an education and love .I
love this book because it was a sad story that has a happy end. This novel was set in
London in the Victorian Age. Poor children worked long hours in the Victorian age;
they were chimney sweepers , they worked in coal mines and in factories , they sold
newspapers . They worked in dark, dirty places for long hours . Oliver was born in a
workhouse ;then he went to an orphanage and when he was 9 he went to a
workhouse again .It was a dirty place where poor people lived. My favourite part
was when Oliver asked for more porridge; Mr Bumble was furious and hit Oliver
with a big spoon Marco Casale
Fagin was a very bad man. He was old and bold. He had brown eyes and big hears.
He had a brown beard. He wore a brown jacket. He was dishonest, miser, mean,
very rude and selfish. He exploited some children. He offered them a house and
poor food in change of stolen things. He was a thief and he had a secret box full of
jewels and watches. In the end he was arrested and he was hanged. Luca Visconti
Oliver Twist is a fantastic novel. This book taught me some grammar rules. I read
this book in three months! It was very easy to read it. I liked this book because it
was very interesting. Luca Pucarelli
We did a great work for the Comenius project: we made brochures, games, but the
thing I liked most was the work on the novel Oliver Twist: we read the book, had
tests and made games on it. The character I liked most was Mr Brownlow: he was so
kind with Oliver and he adopted him. He’s quite tall and fat, he’s got short, grey
hair and brown eyes. He has a big nose and a beard. I liked the work on Oliver Twist
because it’s useful to know the story of Oliver Twist, in fact I’ve learned, for
example, that I’m very lucky to have a loving family Lorenzo Aicardi
I’d like to describe my favorite character in the novel, Rose Maylie. She was a
beautiful girl of 17 years old with a friendly smile. She had blonde hair and blue
eyes, she lived with her aunt, Mrs Maylie. She was very beautiful, honest and very
rich. Maria Delli Compagni
The experience I had reading Oliver Twist was fantastic. I had the chance to learn
new grammar rules and to improve my English. This book was very interesting even
if I must admitt that I’m not a good leader, but I managed to read this book in one
week! And that’s a real record for me. This book gave to me precious information
about the life of children in the Victorian Age and how they were treated. They had
a tuff life and we should be happy to have the life we have. I really appreciated our
teachers’ work! Riccardo Lister
Oliver Twist is a novel which was written by Charles Dickens. It talks about Oliver
Twist and his adventures; he was an orphan who lived in England during the
Victorian age. We started reading this book in November because it is part of the
Comenius project. I really liked this book because it’s based on a true story and it
taught us a lot of things, not only grammar rules and new vocabulary, but also about
child labour and the living conditions in the Victorian Age, so we can compare them
to today living conditions. The main characters of this novel are Oliver Twist, the
protagonist , Mr Brownlow, Mr Bumble and Rose. My favourite character is Mr
Brownlow because he’s a very kind, honest man and he helped Oliver adopting him
and giving him education and home. The event I liked most is when Fagin was
arrested, because he was a very bossy and cruel man. Maria Elena Centorame
During the last term we read the novel “Oliver Twist”. It’s about a true story and I
really liked it because it’s a sad story, but it has a happy ending. My favourite
character is Mr. Brownlow because he was kind and generous; he gave Oliver a
house, education and love. Mr Brownlow was short and fat and he had short
straight gray hair. His eyes were small and black and he had glasses. He was rich and
adopted Oliver with Mrs. Maylie. Stefano Pezzella
We have recently read Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, a story of an orphan who
was treated badly and cruelly. After he ran away from the shop where he was
working , he met some young thieves with their boss, Fagin who taught Oliver how
to steal. Oliver met some kind people who gave him a home an protected him by
the criminals. I liked this novel very much because it’s a very sad story ,but it has a
very happy ending. Matteo Aicardi
The thing I liked was the conversation about Oliver Twist with our mother tongue
teacher, Mrs Gagliardi Antonella. My favourite question was “Who was your
favourite character ?”.
I replied “Nancy because she saved Oliver; she was sometimes kind and friendly to
Oliver ,but she was also dishonest. She had long, black curly hair.” To tell the truth
my favourite character was Oliver ; he was polite and optimistic. He had short, blond
hair. Pizzorulli Cecilia
I liked this novel very much because it is about children in the Victorian age when
the orphans lived in a workhouse and poor children couldn’t go to school; they
worked long hours in factories, sold newspapers and flowers along the streets,
cleaned people shoes or worked in cotton mills. My fabvourite character is Mr
Brownlow who adopted Oliver and gave him love , a comfortable home and sent
him to the best school. Marinari Andrea
This year at school for the Comenius project we read and talked about the famous
novel called Oliver Twist. I think it is an amazing book! My favourite part was when
Oliver was adopted because he was happy and had a comfortable house to stay with
people who loved him. I didn’t like at all the part when Nancy was killed by Sikes
because she had a bad life with sad facts. My favourite character was Oliver¸ he was
a sad boy with short straight ,blonde hair and blue eyes. He was very thin because
he didn’t have a proper nutrition. He wore dirty clothes because he was very poor,
like a lot of children who lived in the Victorian Age. I think we had the opportunity to
learn a lot of interesting things from this book like the importance of education. In
the end, Oliver was fabulous! Grilli Joanna
After reading Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens we have compared life for poor
children and rich children during the Victorian Age and we have learned that poor
children were exploited, they worked long hours and they were underpaid. The jobs
they did were: chimney sweepers, book sellers, flower sellers, shoe cleaners. They
often died because they had no food or house. They often lived in the streets. My
favoutite character was Brownlow because he was generous, kind, honest and
polite. He gave Oliver a house, an education , new clothes and love. In my opinion
Oliver Twist is not only a novel , but it is a piece of history because it is based on a
true story. I liked it very much ; at first Oliver was very unlucky because he had a lot
of misfortunes, but in the end he found a family that loved him. Giosia Christian
I love this book. I loved this experience. My favourite part in the novel was when
Oliver was adopted .Oliver twist was born in a workhouse and his mum died. I liked
Oliver because he is a generous , honest and polite boy. I didn’t like Fagin because
he is dishonest, mean, rude and selfish. The novel is set in the Victorian age when
poor children were exploited and worked in coal mines. Dicara Emanuele