Choices Flashcards
Topic sentence 1
Dickens shows the importance of your choices and how it can impact your life as well has the afterlife
“I wear the chain I forged in life” “I guided it if my own free will”
Marley shows that because if his own choices he is suffering and urges Scrooge not to follow down the same path
“men’s courses will foreshadow certain ends”
Scrooge realises that the path he takes in life will decides how his life will be in the afterlife
Topic sentence 2
Dickens shows how Scrooge realises that the choices people make can have a big impact on others around them
“He has the power to render happy or unhappy”
Scrooge realises that as an employer his choices can make a big impact on Bob Cratchit
“A great many paybacks are included in it”
Scrooge has realised the power and influence he has had in the people around him and wants to make amends
Topic sentence 3
Dickens shows how Scrooge has learnt his lesson about the choices he had made and will try and be better in the future
“I will honour Christmas in my heart”
Scrooge will not forget the lessons the ghosts taught him and will make better choices
“As good a friend… as good a man … as good a master as one can be”
Scrooge has changed his way and is making better choices not just for himself but for the others around him
Dickens message about choice
Dickens message about choice is that the choices we make can have a big impact on other around us