The document presents a comparative analysis of Charles Dickens' novel 'Oliver Twist' and the film 'Slumdog Millionaire', focusing on themes such as child exploitation, poverty, and societal oppression. Oliver, an orphan in Victorian England, represents the struggles of the poor, while Jamal, the protagonist of the contemporary film set in Mumbai, embodies resilience and hope amid similar issues. Both works highlight the harsh realities of orphaned children within their respective societies across different centuries.

1. comparison of Oliver twist and Slumdog
millionaire
presented by
BHUNGANI CHINTAVANKUMAR N.
M.A. (SEM -2)
Paper no.6:-Victorian Literature
Roll no:- 6
Enrollment no:-PG15101006
Email id:- cnbhungani7484@gmail.com
Submitted To
Smt. S. B. GARDI DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
MAHARAJA KRUSHANAKUMARSINHJI BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY

2. OLIVER TWIST
CHARLES DICKENS

3. DESCRIPTION OF MAIN CHARACTER
in novel
•Oliver Twist The novel’s protagonist. Oliver is an orphan born
in a workhouse, and Dickens uses his situation to criticize public
policy toward the poor in 1830s England. Oliver is between nine
and twelve years old when the main action of the novel occurs.
Though treated with cruelty and surrounded by coarseness for
most of his life, he is a pious, innocent child, and his charms draw
the attention of several wealthy benefactors. His true identity is
the central mystery of the novel.
•Fagin A conniving career criminal. Fagin takes in homeless
children and trains them to pick pockets for him. He is also a
buyer of other people’s stolen goods. He rarely commits crimes
himself, preferring to employ others to commit them—and often
suffer legal retribution—in his place. Dickens’s portrait of
Fagin displays the influence of anti-Semitic stereotypes.

4. Dickens themes used in the
Slumdog millionaire movie:
•Child exploitation
•Prostitution
•Abductions or kidnapping
•Crime
•Religion(muslim vs hindu)
•Poorty
•Government system

5. Oliver Twist
• Written by Charles Dickens
• Central theme: child labour
Condition of orphan child in
Victorian era.
• Based on metropolitan city:
London(England).
• Oliver survived by
obligation of Mr. Brownlow
• Oliver depends on other for
survived .
Slumdog Millionair
• Directed by Danny Boyle
• Central theme: poverty,
child labour,life style
• Based on metropolitan city:
Mumbai (India)
• Condition of orphan child in
21st century
• Protagonist (Jamal)survived
by his own will power.

6. Oliver Twist
• Orphan
• Work as a child labour by
force
• Suppressed by society
• Intellectual
• He knows his way very well
• Not clear on his vision
• No beloved
Jamal
• Orphan
• Work as child labour by
force
• Suppressed by society
• Intellectual
• Jamal also knows his way
and work for it.
• Clear in his vision.
• Beloved (Latika) and for him
most important part of life

8. CONCLUSION
Dickens's style is florid and poetic, with a strong comic
touch. Comparisons of children orphaned by shareholders
or furniture diners with some of his most acclaimed ironies.
He used social class comparisons
Oliver Twist is one of the earliest social novels of
the literary history.
So by the comparison of novel and movie we can say
that the same problem and issue shows by author in text
form and in the movie director also shows same theme with
television form .so we can see that two different form of 19th
century and 21 century text book and movie is medium of
presenting the real society.