My academic presentation on Oliver's reflection in today's India. here I compared condition of Victorian Britain and 21st century India.

1.  Presented By: Abulhasan H. Aabedi
 Topic: Reflection of Oliver in India
 Paper No. 6 Victorian Age
 Roll No: 01
 Enrollment No: 2069108420180001
 M.A. Sem-2
 Batch: 2017-19
 Email id: abediabul@gmail.com
 Submitted to: Dept. Of English MK Bhavnagar University

2.  The novel “Oliver
Twist” by Charles
Dickens was
published in 1838.
 Major issues:
exploitation of child.
 Child labor played an
important role in the
industrial revolution.
 Child trafficking.

3.  “Child labor can be described as children who are
put to work at every young age. In most cases a
child takes part in labor to help their family’s
financial state, child labor prevents children from
going to School.”
 UNICEF: :child is involved in child labor activities if
between 5 and 11 years of age, he or she did at
least one hour of economic activity or at last 28
hours of domestic work in a week. In case of
children between 12 to 14 years of age he or she
did at least 14 hours of economic activity or 42
hours of domestic per week.”

4.  Made of people to leave
the agriculture.
 Oliver spent nine years
in workhouse.
 Attracted towards
factories and
machinery.
 Young and children
were forced to work for
their livelihood.

5.  Poverty and high
unemployment.
 Free education is limited
forcing children to work
at an early age.
 Over population
 Urbanization:
 movement of people
from rural areas to big
cities.
 Illiteracy.

6.  There are to kind of
child labour in
Victorian England.
 Illiteracy and poverty.
 Cruel law of Britain.
 Workhouse and
factories.
“Send your kids to class not
to wash tea glass”

7.  Curse of poverty.
 Lack of Educational
resources.
 Social and Economic
backwardness.
 Poor compliance laws.
 Family Tradition.

 Discrimination
between boy and girl.

8.  Oliver spent nine
years in Workhouse.
 Upper class exploits
not only children but
poor in general.
 “Please sir I want
some more”
 Satire on Victorian era.

9.  Abuse at orphanages
and shelters.
 Poor infrastructure.
 Falling adoption
levels.
 Orphans, despite
parents.

10.  Child trafficking by
Fagin In Oliver twist.
 He was the leader of the
gang of boy thieves.
 Give training for Pick
pocketing.
“Don’t be wild; only give
education to child”

11.  According to Trafficking in Persons Report(TIP)
2014, there are over 20 million persons trafficked
for various forms of exploitation worldwide.
 India is a major point for sourcing, destination and
trafficking of women and children. India is also a
transit point of boys who are sent to Dubai and
other middle-East countries for camel racing and
frequently sent to Saudi Arabia where begging is
an organized billion dollar industry, especially
during Hujj. According to the National Human
Rights Commission of India, over 40,000 children
are reported missing every year.

12.  To remove child laboring, recommended
actions to be taken by government and
society have to focus on Prevention,
Prosecution and protection.
 The time to act is now. Remember it could be
your child next….

13.  Works Cited
"Child labor in India." Indiacelebrating.com
(n.d.).
Child labor in ndia. 20 march 2018
<http://www.indiacelebrating.com/>.
Child labor in Victorian Britain. 24 March
2015. 20 march 2018
<http://reframingthevictorians.blogspot.in/2
015/03/child-labour-in-victorian-
period.html>.