Oliver Twist, Chapter 50 summary
Chapter 50 of 53 · 17 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 50, Sikes takes refuge with Toby Crackit and his companions, but Charley Bates attacks him and calls for help as a crowd surrounds the house. His attempt to escape from the roof ends in accidental hanging, and his dog dies after jumping toward his body.
What happens
- At a ruined house on Jacob’s Island, Chitling reports arrests, Bet’s collapse, and the crowd’s violence against Fagin.
- Sikes’s exhausted dog arrives alone, followed hours afterward by Sikes, who asks for shelter.
- Charley Bates denounces Sikes, attacks him, and directs the approaching crowd toward the house.
- Sikes locks Charley away and climbs onto the roof with a rope, but finds the ditch drained.
- During another escape attempt, Sikes cries out about eyes, loses his balance, and hangs from his own rope.
- Charley calls for rescue, while the dog jumps toward Sikes’s body and dies in the ditch.
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What to notice
Sikes’s cry marks the instant when terror interrupts his escape. He loses his balance before moving the rope beneath his arms.
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Why does Sikes’s first plan to descend into Folly Ditch fail?
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