Context

Question 1

How are poor viewed

Answer 1

• poor are living in poor working conditions
• poor are looked down on in society
• government response to poverty was poor laws, workhouses

Question 2

Purpose of the book

Answer 2

• shine a light in situation of the poor in Victorian Britain
• reality of the situation of the poor
• encourage people to change their attitudes
• make reader consider what’s valuable

Question 3

Context of covetous

Answer 3

Proof dickens was Christian
Covetousness is a sin and exodus in 20:13 in Ten Commandments