Type your answer here... oliver became a rich boy and he was help to others who need help

Do you mean for casting or for viewing?

For casting, Fagin's boys can be all ages of young men. A general age range would be from about 9-15 years old (or any young boy having the look of a 9-15-year-old).

For viewing, it should really be a parent's decision. There is a little bit of rough language (I mean, slightly offensive, but nobody drops the F-Bomb or anything), and some of the themes contained within may be more than a young child can handle (some scenes deal with issues ranging from prostitution, to murder, to homelessness, to theft). It depends on what you, as a parent, think your child is prepared to be exposed to. Despite some of the dirty, real-life issues in the play, the story is about love and family, and finding a real home, and is really beautiful.

Oliver Twist is about boy with a very hard life. Chapter 21 is called the murder. Sikes murdered Nancy by grabbing by the throat and draging her to the floor

RELYON JAKE THE RAKE as BULLSEYE in OLIVER TWIST

He was absolutely great in the 1948 film, how on earth did they train

him to scratch frantically at the door to get out during Nancy's murder

by Bill Sikes

By the late Jimmie Russ (1976) taken from the winter issue The Stafford 2010

All dogs are actors, but Relyon Jake the Rake, or "Belsen" as he was dubbed - by me, was in the Richard Burton Class.

He eventually furnished into the fine stafford seen acting the part of "Bullseye" to perfection in the film "Oliver Twist", from the novel by Charles Dickens.

It is legendary that Charlie knew a thing or two about dogs which is the reason why he was sensible enough to favour a Stafford type terrier as his companion and made one the centre of his story.

It is conceivable that if dog shows had been popular in his time, that with his flair for telling the tale and his advocacy for this type of dog, he would have been elected to the Secretaryship of a Staffordshire Bull Terrier Club.

As the film is such a perennial favourite shown nationwide television around each Chrisitmas, I feel that the part of Bullseye as played by Belsen has done a lot to advertise the Stafford, and for this reason I have never regretted letting him go.

I bought him from Charlie Townsend as a six week old puppy for £4.00, at the Society's first Championship show in 1946, and sold him for the princely sum early 1948 to Charles Cruft Junior, the agent for the film producer Ronald Neame, who was in the process of making "Oliver Twist" at Pinewood Studios, Buck., and who was badly in need of a canine character suitable for the part in the film.

Unlike his co-stars, the late Robert Newton (Bill Sykes), Sir Alec Guiness (Fagin), Anthony Newly (The Artful Dodger) and John Howard Davis (Oliver Twist), Belsen needed no make-up as he was a dead ringer for the part of Bullseye. How well he performed and how representative he was of the breed, can be judged when this film comes into viewers homes each Christmes.

I went to Pinewood Studios several times to assist with his training. On one occasion I was asked to show Robert Newton how to pretend to kick Belsen without hurting him. This was done with the side of the foot and is quite easy when one knows how. However, when Robert tried, the dog took a dim view of it and immediately flew at Robert worrying hard at his "Bill Sykes" boots, and that part was cut forthwith.

I got into a shocking row with my wife, whose favourite he was, for selling him, and she reckoned that I would sell her if I got the chance, but as I was carrying a lot of dogs at the time, and all things considered, I did what I thought best.

As a Best of Breed winner he has inspired, to my certain knowledge, a number of people to take up the breed.

Through the medium, he is the ultimate in breed advert, and my family , along with millions of others enjoy him when the film is shown, and this could not possibly have happened in any other way.

Ronald Neame took a great fancy to him and after the film was completed, he took him into his care as his own dog.

Unfortunately, like a lot of Staffords, Belsen had no road sense, and, one day whilst chasing a cat across a road, he was knocked down by a large American car and killed

It's old and amazing!

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Because it deals with some enduring topics: poverty, crime, and prostitution. It's impact on the public was tremendous and many credit CD with inspiring dramatic and positive changes to the was England treated the poor.

Yes, He wrote it in 1839.

Bath - Circus

Dickens uses Satire (the use of irony or sense of humor(i think)). He has Sarcasm and Exaggeration.

FAgin teach oliver the game of pickpocketing.

Oliver met Fagin when Oliver ran away from home and Fagin took him in and taught him to steal in return

yes the dog is called Bullseye

Oliver Twist is a fictional character in a novel by Charles Dickens. He is a little boy who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is placed with an undertaker, from whence he escapes and travels to London where he meets the Artful Dodger, leader of a gang of juvenile pickpockets. Oliver is led to the lair of their elderly criminal trainer Fagin, naively unaware of their unlawful activities.

He began life in a Baby Farm, where he was kept until about eight years old, when he was taken by Mr. Bumble to the workhouse. From there, he lives with the undertaker's family, the Sowerberrys, for a brief period, then runs away to London. While in London, he lives with Fagin, Mr. Brownlow, and Mrs. and Miss Maylie. He's still a child at the end of the book, so technically isn't finished growing up.

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Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist was published in 1838, so is 175 years old this year (2013).

Mr Brown low wears a bottle green coat and gold rimmed glasses.

The cast of Oliver Twist - 1948 includes: Ivor Barnard as Chairman of the Board Johnny Briggs as Undetermined Minor Role Erik Chitty as Workhouse Board Member Mary Clare as Mrs. Corney Michael Dear as Noah Claypole Maurice Denham as Chief of Police Diana Dors as Charlotte Kenneth Downey as Workhouse Master Deidre Doyle as Mrs. Thingummy Graveley Edwards as Mr.Fang Henry Edwards as Police Official Alec Guinness as Fagin Kathleen Harrison as Mrs Sowerberry John Howard Davies as Oliver Twist Maurice Jones as Workhouse Doctor Frederick Lloyd as Mr. Grimwig Edie Martin as Annie Gibb McLaughlin as Mr. Sowerberry Fay Middleton as Martha Arthur Mullard as Undetermined Minor Role Anthony Newley as Artful Dodger Robert Newton as Bill Sykes John Potter as Charlie Bates Nosher Powell as Undetermined Minor Role Michael Ripper as Barney Eustace Shipman as Doctor Who Delivers Oliver Henry Stephenson as Mr. Brownlow Ralph Truman as Monks Amy Veness as Mrs. Bedwin Kay Walsh as Nancy Dennis Wyndham as Man In Street Who Punches Oliver

Monks is oliver twist's half brother and Rose Maylie is his aunt

Bill Sykes killed her after he found out that she had told the authorities about Oliver Twist. Later Bill Sykes is killed for the murder of Nancy and Oliver gets home all right. Fagin is hung for being a criminal.

this famous line reads, " could I have a little more?" he wanted more gruel ( a thin stew) because he was very hungry.

Mr bumble gives Oliver his name because his mother died almost straight after he was born. Clair

Fagin's greed signifies all that is bad in London at this point in time, especially in Dickens' eyes. Perhaps his sentence of death is symbolic. It marks the end of evil, greedy tendencies and the beginning of generosity and kindness as the norm. It makes for a happy ending that the bad guys go down in flames. I am not sure if he could legally be sentenced to death, but maybe Dickens was coming from a different angle. There are many reasons for Fagin's death. Simply put, he's the bad guy, and the bad guy's just getting what's been coming to him. Since he's portrayed as evil, no one can identify w/ him at the end b/c he's almost subhuman. But it's also important to consider how much Dickens emphasizes Fagin's religious background. With all of these stereotypes going on, he is also ostracized on another level b/c in society-at-large, he's apart from the unsympathetic majority. Check out the link attached for more info and the complexities of this issue.