I don't want to be captious, but you seem to post a lot to threads you've started yourself, and that comes across as a bit wrong. There might be a parable about writing here: think about it lots, and write once.
As for Oliver Twist, make Brownlow a predatory paedophile, Fagin a Muslim, Sykes a wounded war hero, and get Bumble appointed commandant of Guantanamo Bay. Oh, and Oliver is a feral yoof.