Slavery in Charles Dickens’ Novel Oliver Twist

Abstract

This research discusses the slavery experienced by the characters in the Oliver Twist novel. Those who have no family and no place to stay eventually become slaves who are forced to work for the benefit of the owner. They are treated as property and often get physical violence. This research aims to analyze the types of slavery that are reflected in Oliver Twist novel. This research using descriptive qualitative methods. Researchers used the Marxist approach and slavery theory to find the types of slavery contained in Oliver Twist novel. From the results of the analysis, it was found that there are 4 types of slavery in Oliver Twist novel, namely forced labor, sex slavery, child slavery and domestic servitude.

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“…The method of analyzing data is descriptive qualitative analysis [2]. Starting from reading the novel and also understanding every conversation of the main character with another character, the behavior of the main character, and others.…”

“…Meanwhile, literary works are not only used as an expression of the writer, but also, sometimes, a critique of reality. We can see that during the revolution in England, Charles Dickens described the social reality of the era by writing a literary work in the form of a novel, Oliver Twist [1] [2]. Through literary works, readers are taken to see the world in a real and deeper way than everyday life.…”