Comparison and contrast between character of Tom Jones and Oliver Twist
1.
2. Oliver Twist
Title :Oliver Twist, or
The Parish Boy's
Progress
Author: Charles
Dickens
Published: February
1837
3. Tom Jones
Title: The History of
Tom Jones, a Foundling,
often known simply
as Tom Jones
Author: Henry fielding
Published: 28 February
1749
4. Comparison between Oliver and Tom
Oliver
Oliver is child hero
who is orphan.
He is noble hero.
He is not marrying.
He is innocent and
noble child and he is
not like other child,
and that he prove it
when he say ‘I want
some more’.
Tom
Tom is young hero who
is orphan.
He is anti hero.
He is marrying with
Sophia.
He is good but he has
affairs with many
women and that's why
he consider as anti
hero.
6. Both are archetypal heroes
Oliver is like ‘Ram’
who believed in old
morality.
Oliver is become
happy in the end of
the novel adopting
by some one and
getting parents.
Tom is like ‘Krishna’
who believed in new
morality.
Tom is become
happy at the end of
the novel marrying
with Sophia.
7. Conclusion
So after all comparing these two
characters, we can say that there are
various types of people every where
whether in India or England. Everybody
has their own good and bad side.
And those things we can see in
literature also. Everything made by us all
types of moralities, culture, rituals, etc.