The forsaken childhood portrayed in jorge amado’s captains of the sands and charles dickens’ oliver twist
Our study discusses the portrayal of poor childhood in England and Brazil, displayed in the works “Oliver Twist”, by Charles Dickens, and “Captains of the Sand”, by Jorge Amado, respectively, in the 19th and 20th centuries. We aimed to identify social and institutional criticisms presented in both works, understanding the existing singularities and adjacencies between them, and to report on the social abandonment experienced by those kids and teenagers.