Home Flashcards
Topic sentence 1
Dickens shows the importance of a home and how they are supposed to be warm and welcoming
“A gloomy suite of rooms”
Scrooges home is dark and gloomy and as such nobody goes to his house as it doesn’t give of a warm,friendly or welcoming feeling
“Mrs Cratchit made the gravy hissing hot. Master Peter mashed the potatoes with vigour”
We know the Cratchits home is smaller than Scrooges but gives a more welcoming and friendly feeling as it is warm and there is lots going on. Shows how the cratchits home is more of a home than Scrooges as it is warmer and more welcoming even if it is smaller
Topic sentence 2
Dickens shows the importance of a home and how a good home can make you feel
“He was at home in 5 minutes”
Scrooge realises what joy he has missed out on and feels at home in 5 minutes which shows the reader that it’s not about how the home looks but it’s about the people inside it that make it a home. Scrooge feels at home in 5 minutes because he is with his family
“That homes like heaven”
Scrooges father was cruel growing up nut fan tries to invite him back saying his father is nicer now but Scrooge refuses. This may be the reason why he has never wanted to go to Christmas dinner with Fred because he doesn’t realise how happy he will feel in a good welcoming home
Topic sentence 3
Dickens shows how it doesn’t matter what a home looks like and that it is the people inside a home that make it a home
“A light shone from the window of a hut…they found cheerful company”
Even in the poorest of houses they found cheerful company as it is the people inside those houses that make the atmosphere happy
“Gloomy suite of rooms”
Scrooge is rich and has a big house but he lives alone in it so even though he can have almost everything money can buy it doesn’t feel like a home as he is alone inside it
Dickens message
Dickens message about home is that it is the people inside of it that make it a home and not the home itself
