“The workhouse would become the only type of help offered to anyone seeking help, and the level of relief there would have to be worse than the standard of living of the lowest worker poorer on the outside” (Richardson 226 ). This new law caused a scandal because it never differentiated between timid workers and the disabled, the sick and the healthy, infants and the elderly, so they were all treated the same. This created a life of poverty for more people because the help people received was minimal compared to the help they needed and sought. Dickens was actively opposed to this Poor Law. In fact, “Dickens is known to have had numerous arguments with a newspaper editor over the policy of the Poor Law” (Richardson 233). Knowing how Dickens was so opposed to the Poor Law explains why Dickens made this law the basis for Oliver Twist. Dickens describes Oliver as one of the many victims of this law. Dickens reveals the brutality of the system by showing the treatment Oliver receives as a result of having been in the Workhouse system his entire life. Oliver never complained; he is neglected, repeatedly threatened, whipped, detained, insulted, sent as an apprentice to an undertaker, fed animal remains, and constantly taunted. Essentially, Oliver is constantly mistreated by society everywhere he goes. Also because of the Poor Law, Oliver repeatedly falls into the hands of brutal people. Most brutal people