Oliver Twist: resumo de Chapter 2

O que acontece

1. Mrs. Mann keeps most of the children's allowance, while official visits and testimony conceal neglect and deaths.
2. On Oliver's ninth birthday, Mr. Bumble takes him from the branch workhouse, leaving him distressed at losing his companions.
3. The board questions Oliver and orders him to begin picking oakum the next morning.
4. The board restricts food and separates families, while deaths increase and the number of inmates falls.
5. After three months of hunger, the boys draw lots, choosing Oliver to ask the master for another serving.
6. The master attacks Oliver, the board confines him, and a notice offers five pounds to anyone taking him as an apprentice.

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O que observar

Oliver voices the boys' basic need for food. The officials treat this modest request as rebellion and move to remove him.

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