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- When Mr. Brownlow initially mistakes Oliver for a pickpocket, he brings Oliver to the police, but his gentle nature immediately becomes clear as he hesitates to have Oliver charged and later ushers the boy back to his own house so that Oliver can recover from fever.
His final act of charity and love is to adopt Oliver and raise him as his own son. Like Rose Maylie, Mr. Brownlow, perhaps more of an archetype than a complex individual, represents the quintessential moral Christian. A detailed description and in-depth analysis of Mr. Brownlow in Oliver Twist.
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Mr Brownlow is a character from the 1838 novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Brownlow is a bookish and kindly middle-aged bachelor who helps Oliver escape the clutches of Fagin. He later adopts Oliver Twist by the end of the novel.
Mr. Brownlow. A man who becomes Oliver's adopted father at the end of the novel, Brownlow is robbed earlier in the novel by Bates and the Dodger, only to think that Oliver, who was with those two boys, was responsible.
Mr. Brownlow is Oliver’s first friend and mentor. He’s had a rough life—he was going to marry his best friend’s sister (Victorians were fond of doing that… it was the next best thing to marrying their best friend), but she died on the morning of their wedding day.
Mr. Brownlow in this famous Victorian novel acts as the guardian angel of Oliver, helping him and acting to save him from the fate that Fagan and others have...
When the Dodger and Charley pick Brownlow’s pocket, and again when Sikes and Crackit order Oliver into the house, Oliver reacts with shock and horror at the idea of stealing. It is unclear where he has acquired such moral fastidiousness.
Mr Brownlow is the benevolent old gentleman of the story, who takes care of Oliver, giving him kindness and love, the two things which the poor boy has been denied for his entire life. An old friend of Oliver’s parents, he instinctively trusts Oliver and decides to take Oliver into his home and take his part against Bill Sikes and Mr Bumble.
