Christmas Carok Flashcards
Quote about even animals avoiding Scrooge
“Even the blindmen’s dog appeared to know him, and when they saw him coming on would tug their owners into doorways and up courts” - Stave I
Quote about how people feel about him in his town
Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say… My dear Scrooge, how are you? - Stave 1
Simile showing how his greed isolates him + recurring temperature motif
“Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire ; secret and self-contained and solitary as an oyster” - Stave 1
Quote showing isolation in childhood can affect adulthood
“A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still.” -Stave 2
Quote from being left in isolation during school holidays
“Why it’s Ali Baba!.. One Christmas when yonder solitary child was left here all alone he did come”
Two contrasting quotes between Stave I and II showing how Scrooge is no longer as unfeeling
“No wind that blew was bitterer than him” - Stave I
“In pity for his former self, ‘Poor boy!’ and cried again.” - Stave II
Quote showing Scrooge enjoys his isolation
“But what did Scrooge care? It was the very thing he liked” -Stave 1
Quote showing after seeing family at Christmas he wishes he had one
“Another creature, quite as graceful and full of promise might have called him father, and been a spring-time in the haggard winter of his life” Stave 2
Quote showing Scrooge is beginning to forget his isolation and join in with some form of a community
“they all played, and so did Scrooge; for wholly forgetting in the interest he has in what was going on” - Stave 3
Quote that shows Scrooge finds company in enjoying Christmas
“So gay and light of heart, that he would have pledged the unconscious company in return” - Stave III
Quote showing Scrooge embracing the Christmas spirit and being part of his community
“Scrooge regarded every one with a delighted smile… three or four good-humorous fellow said ‘Good morning Sir, a Merry Christmas to you’”
Quote showing religious contexts of Christmas and more community
“He went to church, and walked about the streets… patted children on the head, and questioned beggars.. He had never dreamed that any walk—that anything—could give him so much happiness.” - Stave 5
Showing Scrooge’s love for family at the end of the novel
“He was at home in five minutes” Stave 5 (Talkong about Fred’s party
Showing when he is redeemed and not isolated he carries the spirit (haha) of Christmas with him
“He knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge”
