What purpose do the characters Oliver Warbucks. and Rooster and Lilly serve in the musical Annie?

Answer 1

It may be argued the character Oliver Warbucks( usually styled daddy ) is a sort of updatd and reformed Scrooge, in his case a Defense contractor haunted by possible misuse of his products -hence guilt. the notion that charity is sprung from guilt-which sort of reduces (Love your neighbor) to the level of parking laws! is not too far removed. Oliver Warbucks-War Bucks, hence defense contractor, is in a loose sense a modernized and reformed Scrooge type. The character of Little Orphan Annie was originally introduced in a poem or song-poem by the American writer James Whitcomb Riley, as part of his (Riley songs O"Bliss) around l902. Thus in a sesne she is one of the oldest cartoon-strip characters though Mr. Riley did not intend it to be used as a cartoon strip. Riley, who hailed from Indiana was also credited with popularizing, though not inventing the concept of Arbor Day, grandaddy of Nature-oriented holidays usually associated with Planting Trees, and Nature Hikes.