What was the Artful Dodger's profession?
Artful Dodger Artful Dodger Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in the Charles Dickens novel "Oliver Twist". The Dodger is a pickpocket, so called for his skill and cunning in that occupation. He is the leader of the gang of child criminals, trained by the elderly Fagin. In the novel, he becomes Oliver's closest friend (although he betrays Oliver when Oliver is caught) and he tries to make him a pickpocket, but soon realizes that Oliver will not succeed, and feels sorry for him, saying "What a pity it is he isn't a prig!" He also has
Artful Dodger science-fiction TV series "Doctor Who" was originally envisioned as an Artful Dodger-style character. In Walt Disney's 1988 animated feature film version of "Oliver Twist", "Oliver and Company", the character of the Artful Dodger was changed to a streetwise anthropomorphic mutt simply named Dodger. The voice was provided by musician Billy Joel. In 1996, Jean Loup Wolfman played the role in an adaptation by Seth Michael Donsky entitled "Twisted". The film is set in a contemporary New York City underground populated by drag queens, drug abusers and hustlers. The Artful Dodger is a gay rent boy and hustler called Arthur, better