0_Apprentice
Have you ever read the book Oliver Twist? It is about an orphan trying to survive.
1_Wizard
Yes i love that book, its really sad though. "Oliver Twist" is notable for its unromantic portrayal by Dickens of criminals and their sordid lives.
0_Apprentice
Yeah, I remember how he depicted criminals. Charles Dickens wrote some great novels. My favorite was "David Copperfield".
1_Wizard
Really good one i read it too although, I really wish their could be a solution to the amount of orphan kids their is in the world.
0_Apprentice
I agree we need to find a better solution. Some countries don't have the money to make sure they are being taken care of.
1_Wizard
While the exact definition of orphan varies, one legal definition is a child bereft through "death or disappearance etc, of their parents.
0_Apprentice
I always thought it was when the parents were dead. In many places the children become homeless. In the USA the government will place them in foster homes.
1_Wizard
The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating about 200,000 orphaned i think i'ts really nice that before and now people try to help
0_Apprentice
Definitely. There are many people who can't have kids and will adopt orphans. It's much better than it used to be for them.