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Chapters 1 to 6 A short summary chapters from 1 to 6 In 1837 A weak baby was born in a local poor house English Town.  After giving birth the mother died, kissing the baby.  The baby was then adopted by the local poor house. The baby boy was given the name Oliver Twist by Mr.Bumble the town beadle according to the Alphabetical order.  Mr.Bumble ill treated the poor orphans.  Mrs.Maan too was selfish lady like Mr.Bumble and did not look after the orphans with love and care. Oliver on his Ninth Birthday was put in a cellar after a sound thrashing for the great crime of daring to be hungry.  Mr.Bumble came to take Oliver to a new local house.  There they made more strict rules to the kids.  Oliver was punished so severely for asking more food and sold to a local undertaker.  There too he was treated brutally.  Oliver ran away and reached London.  He was tired and hungry. There he was helped by a strange boy whose name was Dodge...

Literary Devices Alliteration :  Number of words, having the same first consonant sound occur close together in a series.  Ex:  H e h ad a H unting H at    Analogy :  It is the comparison of an idea or a thing with another.  Ex: Metaphors and similes, Go is to Green as Red is to Stop Allegory :  An Allegory is a story that is used to represent a more general message about real - life issues or events.  Ex: Animal Farm is an  Allegory as it represents the Russian Revolution. Allusion : It is an indirect reference to a figure, place, event or idea originating from outside the text.  Ex: You are behaving like a Socrates.  It is an Allusion to the famous real life character. Anachronism : It occurs when there is an error in the time line of a text.  They are often used for comedic effect.  Ex:  Anaphora :  It is a word or phrase repeated at the beginning of multiple  sentences througho...

Summary chapter 1 1. What was Oliver Twist born?  Why was his early life unhappy? Oliver Twist was born in the local poor house in a certain English Town in 1837. 2.How was Oliver’s birth itself a victory his circumstances? In a certain English Town a baby boy was born in the local poor house.  For several minutes after his birth, the sickly baby struggled feeble to breathe.  The child won his first lonely battle in lie and setting up a feeble cry to announce his arrival. 3.What was ironical about the doctor’s comment ‘Oh you must not talk of dying yet? The doctor knows the critical condition of the baby's mother.  she is in her death bed due to sickness. 4.Which ’old story was the doctor referring to? The doctor raised her left hand, and saw there was no wedding ring.  The doctor was disappointed and said with sadness that she was not married but had given birth to a baby in a poor local house. 5.What was strange about the names ‘Twis...

A Short summary Chapters 1 to 6 Silas Marner a linen weaver  lived and worked near the village of Raveloe.  he had come to Raveloe from Lantern Yard.  Fifteen years before he was a pale young man with large, shorts sighted brown eyes.  he lived alone and never spoke to anyone.  Occasionally, he was taken ill with a kind of fit and be unconscious of anything going around him.  Once he lived in a town and had been an important member of a religious sect in Lantern Yard.  His close friend Williams thought himself wiser and better than his  fellows.  Silas had been engaged for some months to marry Sarah.  one day after Silas had had one of his fits at a prayer meeting, William said that this might be caused by the evil in his soul.  Then Silas was falsely accused of stealing the funds of his congregation while administering help to the sick deacon.  The money is discovered in Silas' house.  Silas' best friend framed h...