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课件网) Literature Oliver Asks for More Extract from Oliver Twist MODULE 3 By Charles Dickens He was able to write very well about the problems of poor people because he had actually experienced it himself. Charles Dickens (1812-1870) is one of England’s most famous novelists. He wrote a large number of popular novels that are still read today. Among the most famous are Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. The 19th-century London is a combination of wealth and poverty. Faced with the rapid growth of the city, as well as increasing social problems, great writers, such as Charles Dickens, started to expose these social problems in their works. It was the best of times; it was the worst of times... — Charles Dickens In this part, we will mainly study Oliver Twist written by Charles Dickens. Read the passage and complete the mind-map. Fast-reading Oliver asks for more when where who what cause: why course: how result When: The event happened in one evening after Oliver and the other boys devoured their small bowls of soup. By then, they have starved for three months. Where: The event happened in the large stone hall of the workhouse, in which Oliver and the other boys were fed. result: Oliver was locked in a room and was to be sent to work as child labor. what course: The boys had a meeting and Oliver was chosen to walk up to the warden and ask for more food. The evening arrived and Oliver did it. cause: Oliver and the boys have starved for three months until finally they became wild with hunger. However, they are still served with only small bowls of soup. To know about the plot beginning: development and climax: ending: reasons for asking for more soup course(process) of asking for more soup results of asking for more soup (Para.1-2) (Para.3-10) (Para.11-13) main idea Oliver Asks for More The boys became quite ___ ____ _____ Children ____ Oliver to ask for _____ and he did so Oliver was _____ in a room and maybe would be _____ plot hunger chose more soup locked hanged wild with Read the passage carefully and do character analysis in groups. Careful-reading It was meal time. The warden, helped by two women, was serving the soup from a pot. Each boy was allowed one bowl of soup and no more. The bowls never needed washing, as the boys cleaned them with their spoons, trying to eat every bit of soup. When they had cleaned their bowls in this way, they would staring at the pot with eager eyes, as if they wanted to eat the bowls. used to being hungry all the time. He told his friends that he if didn’t have another bowl of soup each day, he might eat the small young boy slept next to him. There was one boy who was tall for his age, and was not warden after supper that evening and ask for more food. They draw lots to decide who should go. It was Oliver Twist who was chosen. The boys decided that one of them should walk up to the down the boys’ throats. The ... ...
