Ignorance Quotes

Question 1

I can’t ______to make ____ people _____.

Answer 1

I can’t afford to make idle people merry.

Scrooge just thinks that those who are in poverty are only like this because they are too lazy to earn any money

Question 2

“It’s ______ for a man to __________ his ___ ________(Scrooge)

Answer 2

“It’s enough for a man to understand his own business

Scrooge believes that everyone should just worry about themselves (capitalist mind which links to Mr Birling)

Question 3

This boy is _________. This girl is ____. ______them both… but ____ __ ___ beware this ___.

Answer 3

This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both… but most of all beware this boy.

Dickens personifies Ignorance and Want as two children who have been pinched and twisted into monster like creatures. The Ghost then tells Scrooge that these children are mankind’s responsibility. -The ignorance of the people has then led to children in poverty not getting a childhood

Question 4

two ________; ________, abject, _________, hideous, _________.

Answer 4

two children; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable.

The children are like this because of poverty and the ignorance of others who could help. The use of children creates the idea of destroying innocence

Question 5

“Have they no ______or ________?” _____Scrooge

Answer 5

“Have they no refuge or resource?” cried Scrooge.

Scrooge, who has started to change, is now worried about these children