Oliver Twist NotesChapter 1• Oliver is born in an orphanage• Mother dies in childbirth• Does not wear wedding ringChapter 2• Sent to juvenile orphanage• Mrs. Mann (supervisor) receives $ per child; keeps $ and leaves kids hungry • Oliver ages out of care; Mr. Bumble takes him to the old people's home • Oliver loses the bet and asks for more food for dinner; it shocks the adults so much that they offer £5 to anyone who takes it from their handsChapter 3• Mr. Gamfield, chimney sweep, tries to take Oliver as his apprentice• The judge sees Oliver's pale face and asks him if he wants to be Gamfield's apprentice • Oliver says no; the apprenticeship is deniedChapter 4• Oliver becomes Mr. Sowerberry's apprentice (gravedigger)• Mrs. Sowerberry hates him, gives him table scraps and makes fun of his motherChapter 5• Oliver helps at a burial• He doesn't like him• The Mr. Bumble beats up boys playing in the cemetery• We learn about the terrible position of the poor in helping themselvesChapter 6• Measles kills many people, Oliver tries harder• Sowerberry gives Oliver nice clothes to attend the service, shocks Claypool• Oliver attacks Noah to insult his motherChapter 7• Charlotte and Mrs. Sowerberry beat Oliver and lock him in the cellar; Noah makes up a story about Oliver attacking him to get him into trouble • Sowerberry beats Oliver and puts him back in the cellar • Oliver runs away the next morning • Sees a boy named Dick in the workhouse courtyard; Dick promises not to tell anyone about Oliver's escape (I don't know if this will become important later???)Chapter 8• Oliver goes to London• He meets a boy named Jack Dawkins, called the Artful Dodger, who offers him a place to stay London• Oliver goes with him, the house is... middle of paper......5 pounds from Monks for information• He tells Monks everything and gives him the gold locket that Old Sally had stolen from Oliver mother• Inside the locket there are two locks of hair and a ring with the name Agnes on it; Monks drops the locket in the riverChapter 39• Sykes catches fever, Nancy helps him recover• Sykes asks Fagin for $; Both he and Nancy go to get the money when Monks shows up at Fagin's and asks to speak to Fagin in private • Nancy eavesdrops • Fagin pays Nancy, who runs to Sikes a little surprised • Nancy goes to Maylie to speak to Mrs. Maylie Chapter 40• Nancy tells Rose that Fagin is Oliver's brother and that Monks is trying to secure the family inheritance; Monks wants to kill Oliver but is not willing to risk getting caught • Rose wants to help Nancy have a better life, but says no because she is fond of Sikes