Seriously, the stories are basically the same! Put Oliver and Fagin in dresses and Nancy in pants and they might as well be Annie, Miss Hannigan and Daddy Warbucks!
Even though these two stories seem so similar, I don't think the writer of "Annie" was trying to steal Dickens' story. These stories come from the times they were written. Oliver Twist was written to expose how children were mistreated during the Industrial Revolution. During these times children were forced into child labor and recruited by criminal gangs.
In the time period Annie was written the situation was different. Annie seemed to be more based on a corrupt system. Annie wasn't thrown into a workhouse (although, Miss Hannigan didn't seem to understand that).
One more similarity is that "Annie" and "Oliver Twist" have been made into movies and musicals! Now there are tons of ways to enjoy "Oliver Twist" and "Annie". So for all you "I'd rather just watch the movie" people, you have that option for both of these great stories (although I would recommend the originals to anyone that asks!)
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of Annie vs. Oliver
P.S. "Annie" was originally written as a comic strip titled "Little Orphan Annie", by Harold Gray just in case you wanted to check out the original!
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Image: http://deathbybacon.deviantart.com/art/Annie-VS-Oliver-Twist-199235144
Daddy Warbucks equivalent in Oliver would be more accurately Mr. Brownlow, the wealthy man who takes Oliver as his own.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Miss Hannigans equivalent would be more accurately Mr. Bumble/Ms. Corney in Oliver.
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ReplyDeleteOh my Fagan isn't the equivalent to bumble Fagan was a fool but actually meant well and thought he was helping the boys. Bumble couldn't even try to pretend to give a crap about the boys The real villain of Oliver was the maniacal psychopath Bill Sykes, who doesn't begin to compare to the buffoon Rooster or Miss Hannigan. He stood a level all his own.
ReplyDeleteWhat if Oliver Twist grew up to be Oliver warbucks
ReplyDeleteThat could actually work because Warbucks was an orphan himself so I could see that however “Annie” takes place in 1933 and I think “Oliver Twist” is more the early 1800s so the earliest Warbucks could be alive would be 1881 (his age was 52 in the comic strip).
DeleteThe difference is in Oliver, Oliver was the vehicle to tell the story of all the others. Annie,on the other hand is the story
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