Oliver Twist and his companions suffered the tortures of slow starvation. They became wild with hunger. A tall boy of them announced that he would eat the boy who slept next to him unless he had enough food to eat. A council was held and it was decided that Oliver should ask the master for more. That evening after they had eaten the served gruel, Oliver went to the master and requested him for more. Thus, the hunger of the tall boy compelled him to say this. His hunger and misery too compelled him to say this.
