Charles Dickens Charles Dickens, a nineteenth century writer, tells a story about a young boy in England and the adventures that happen to him. In reading the book the reader becomes entwined in the plot by Dickens^Òs expert writing and style. Using different scenes and scenarios, Dickens displays his characters' personality in a way the few other writers could. In the book Oliver Twist, Dickens uses different events that happen around Oliver instead letting …showed first 75 words of 583 total…

…showed last 75 words of 583 total…would let his readers guess the most probable outcome of the situation based on Oliver^Òs attitude and his previous decisions. By letting accidents direct the course of the story, dickens opens many avenues that the story could take that would not be previously open. Anything could happen to Oliver and the readers were always wondering what would happen. The winding story of Oliver Twist is one of Dickens classics, and a masterpiece of accidents.