Question
Down and Out in Victorian London from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens questions I don't understand.
1. What is a parish? (not in religious content)
2. How did social values affect the treatment of the poor?
3. What were "workhouses" and how did they operate?
1. What is a parish? (not in religious content)
2. How did social values affect the treatment of the poor?
3. What were "workhouses" and how did they operate?
Answers
Ms. Sue
1.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/parish
2. Many people believed (and some still do) that we'll always have poor people and they're not worth much.
3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workhouse
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/parish
2. Many people believed (and some still do) that we'll always have poor people and they're not worth much.
3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workhouse
Bethany
Thank you Ms. Sue!
Ms. Sue
You're welcome, Bethany.