Bob Cratchit Flashcards
Scrooge had a very small fire, but his clerk’s fire was so very much smaller, that it looked like one coal. But he couldn’t replenish it
The narrator describes the scene in Scrooge’s office where Scrooge rations the live coals needed to heat the place during winter. Scrooge relegates his clerk Bob Cratchit to a minimal fire, expecting Cratchit to work while cold. Bob knows that if he replenishes his fire, Scrooge will threaten to terminate his job. So he tries to warm himself as best he can without angering Scrooge. Despite the poor working conditions, Bob cannot afford to lose his job as he has a family to support. Bob suffers in silence for his family’s sake.
The office was closed in a twinkling, and the clerk, with the long ends of his white comforter dangling below his waist (for he boasted no great-coat), went down a slide on Cornhill, at the end of a lane of boys, twenty times, in honor of its being Christmas Eve, and then ran home to Camden Town as hard as he could pelt, to play at Blindman’s buff.
Here, the narrator describes the moment Bob Cratchit closes up shop, excited to celebrate Christmas Eve. He joins a group of boys sledding, despite not having a warm coat. Bob feels warmed by the good cheer of being with others in celebration. Although a good and mature man and father, Bob possesses a childlike appreciation of innocent fun—which may be, in part, why he is such a good father.
[H]owever and wherever we part from one another, I am sure we shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim—shall we—or this first parting that there was among us? … And I know… I know my dears, that when we recollect how patient and how mild he was; although he was a little, little child, we shall not quarrel easily among ourselves and forget poor Tiny Tim in doing it.
In a Christmas Yet to Come, Tiny Tim has just died. Here, Bob tries to turn his death into a life lesson for his remaining children. He asks them to behave towards each other as Tiny Tim always did. With these words, Bob shows his mature side as his family’s leader and guide—even in grief he tries to keep his family committed both to loving each other and to doing right.
What quote shows Bob cratchit as a resilient self sacrificing man
Scrooge have a very small fire, but his Clerks was so much smaller
What quote Shows Bob cratchit as a fun, childlike father
“went down a slide on Cornhill, at the end of a lane of boys, twenty times, in honor of its being Christmas”
What quote shows Bob cratchit as a mature father and leader that even in grief hes comitted to keeping his family strong
shall none of us forget poor Tiny Tim—shall we—or this first parting that there was among us
