Choices Flashcards
‘I wear the chain I forged in life…girded it on of my own free will’
L - verb
L - phrase
Jacob Marley tells Scrooge that his chain, which burdens him with guilt and regret, is made up of things he freely chose to do in life.
He implies that Scrooge should recognise some of the things that make up his chain and that scrooge will also be burdened in the afterlife if he does not change.
‘he has the power to render us happy or unhappy’
L - verb
Scrooge realises that, as an employer, he has power over his employees’ lives, and can choose to make them worse or better.
‘edge his way along the crowded paths in life’
L - metaphor
Scrooge is on the edge of society as he chooses to keep himself away from other as much as possible.
‘I can’t afford to make idle people merry’
L - verb
L - adjective
Scrooge believes the poor are idle and it is their own business to look after themselves. He chooses to not help them as he does not want to lose his wealth.
‘are there no prisons? are there no workhouses’
L - rhetorical questions
When the Ghost of Christmas Present throws Scrooge’s own words back at him, Scrooge realises he has chosen not to help the poor in the past and think the prisons or workhouses should look after them. He feels guilty for making such choices after seeing Ignorance and Want.
‘men’s courses will foreshadow certain ends but if courses be departed from, the ends will change’
L - verb
Scrooge realises that the path a man chooses in life will shape how their life ends. He hopes he can choose a different path and have a better end.
‘I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year’
L - active verbs
Scrooge has understand the spirit of Christmas time is about goodwill to all man and it shall be done all the year.
‘patted children on the head, and questioned beggars’
L - active verbs
This demonstrates how Scrooge actively tries to change his life and becomes a better man. He chooses to interact with the less fortunate in the society.
‘included a great many back payment’
L - adjective
Scrooge chooses to donate a large sum of money to help the poor to compensate his miserliness and to make amends for his sins in the past because he understands his social moral duty to help the poor as he has seen the impacts of ignorance and wants.
