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Over the years, millions of people have enjoyed the stories told by Charles Dickens. Many believe, though, that his novel Oliver Twist was not written entirely for entertainment (although it did serve this purpose as well). Dickens’ referral to the poor, rich, and other social classes shows that he may have been trying to prove a point. In the novel Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens seems to be trying to enlighten society, along with entertaining the reader. The most recognized group in the entire novel is the less fortunate lower class. The main character, Oliver, is one of the only moral orphans, and is constantly faced with thieves and villains who are not far from his age. John Dawkins and Charles Bates are two young children who are master thieves. Even those who know little of them consider them, and kids like them, trouble. Older, low class citizens ar