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    Fagin / ˈfeɪɡɪn / is a fictional character and the secondary antagonist in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel Oliver Twist. In the preface to the novel, he is described as a "receiver of stolen goods".

  3. Fagin is described as a “loathsome reptile” and as having “fangs such as should have been a dog’s or rat’s.” Other characters occasionally refer to him as “the old one,” a popular nickname for the devil.

  4. Fagin is the patron of a gang of child thieves in London. He is vile, physically, morally, and spiritually. Read a Fagin character analysis, central character in Oliver Twist.

  5. One of the novel's trio of antagonists, Fagin is in charge of the "boys," his thieves, and their exploits pay for his life in London. Fagin attempts to make Oliver a thief, but fails; Fagin is later sentenced to death. Fagin is Jewish, and described in extremely anti-Semitic terms by the narrator.

  6. There are some traces of human feeling left in Fagin's self-serving nature. On several occasions, he shows a trace of kindliness toward Oliver. On the night that he maneuvers Oliver into the Chertsey expedition, the old man checks his impulse to disrupt the persecuted child's sleep.

  7. Character Analysis. Fagin is pretty clearly a bad guy. We're not quibbling with the fact that a dude who thinks, "Ooh! Million dollar idea! Let's turn little boys into crooks!" is basically wearing a sticker that says Hello, My Name Is Evil.

  8. Fagin, fictional character, one of the villains in Charles Dickens’s novel Oliver Twist (1837–39) and one of the most notorious anti-Semitic portraits in English literature. Fagin is an old man in London who teaches young homeless boys how to be pickpockets and then fences their stolen goods.

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