'Fagin the Jew by Will Eisner'

' entrust Eisner had good intentions. In his graphic apologue Fagin the Jew, Eisner attempts to redeem the Oliver writhe display case of Fagin, the pillager lord by stripping outdoor(a) harmful Judaic stereotypes and injecting backstory and positive vul green goddessized fiber traits. However, on his line of rescuing this consultation from the prejudices of the quantify period, Eisner manages to create a new cause altogether. Eisner accomplishes this through ever-changing Fagins personality, graphically depicting Fagin contrary than how he is described, and by altering existent events in Oliver Twist. These esthetical choices add up to a timber that is completely antithetic than the one we come upon in Oliver Twist. Eisner leaves us with a character that resembles the Fagin we know in name alone. \nIn Oliver Twist Fagin is a character that monster first characterizes nevertheless by his Judaic ethnicity (Dickens 63). However, throughout the new(a) Fagin manages to overcome manifestly universe The Jew and evolves into an effective, memorable and well-rounded villain. In Oliver Twist Fagin is presented as having a self-seeking personality and someone who always mud one pace ahead of everyone else. He is willing to lie, cheat, slip and backstab to assure his continue prosperity and granting immunity from the cells of Newgate prison. For workout, in a fit of furor he announces to Nancy that he with six oral communication can gag Sikes (Dickens 201). These character traits go for Fagin one of the more(prenominal) unpredictable characters in the novel and a character whose heap I was increasingly interested in throughout Oliver Twist. In Fagin the Jew Eisner replaces this self-serving temper with an altruistic appetite that is completely ironic to the original Fagin. In Fagin the Jew Fagin becomes a character is who acted upon and reacts to situations, rather than being the puppet curb behind the scenes. An example of this chang e can be seen when Oliver is selected to go with Sikes on the looting of the Mayl...'