Mgbe o sigharịrị n'ụlọ ọrụ na padpous beadle Mr Bumble, Oliver na-ahụta onwe ya n'ime ọgba nke ndị ohi site n'ihe odide doro anya na nke a na-echefu echefu — Artful Dodger, onye ohi ohi Bill Sikes, nkịta ya Bull, na akwụna Nancy, ndị niile na-ele ya anya. Fagin nwere ohi ohi. Ejikọtara ihe dị iche iche nke Gothic Romance, Newgate novel na abụ olu ụtọ a ma ama, Dickens mepụtara ụdị akụkọ ifo a na-echekarị echefu, na-akọ akụkọ ọjọọ nke ọha mmadụ obi ọjọọ, na-echekwa banyere iyi egwu na ihe nzuzo dị egwu.
