In the book, Oliver Twist, Oliver, an orphan apprentice to Mr. Sowerberry, an undertaker, attends a funeral with Mr. Sowerberry to gain experience in the funeral trade. There are many things to learn about the customs and procedure of funerals of that time. On the day of burial, the undertaker and bearers of the coffin arrive at the client’s house to retrieve the deceased person. They put the corpse in the coffin and transports …showed first 75 words of 347 total…

…showed last 75 words of 347 total…saw his wife, she was starved and feverish. The irony of her death is that the woman was given medicine in a blackening bottle to help her, but the husband said that she can’t take the medicine and gave it back. Some people back then didn’t care much about the loss of life and some did. A funeral comes with many procedures and traditions which some are still used in today’s funerals.