Poverty And Injustice

Question 1

Introduction

Answer 1

Dickens and Shaw, Scrooge becomes aware of his own poverty

Subvert Victorian misconception of poor as indolent

Poverty can destroy lives

Question 2

A.T.N.P.A.T.N.W

Answer 2

Are there no prisoners… Are there no work houses?

Rhetorical dismissal exposes upper-class indifference to suffering.
Dickens condemns a system that punishes the poor.

Question 3

T.H.B.D.I.A.D.T.S.P

Answer 3

They had better do it and decrease the surplus population

Echoes Malthusian ideology – cold, utilitarian view of life.
Dickens critiques policies that devalue human dignity.

Question 4

T.C.F.W.S.M.S

Answer 4

The clerks fire was so much smaller

Symbol of inequality – Bob’s fire reflects social injustice.
Dickens highlights the daily struggles of the working class.

Question 5

H.H.T.P.T.R.U.H.O.U

Answer 5

He has the power to render us happy or unhappy

Spoken about Fezziwig – contrasts with Scrooge.
Dickens shows how employers can relieve injustice through kindness.

Question 6

I.T.S.R.U.T.W.D

Answer 6

If these shadows remain unaltered… The child will die

The ghost uses emotive prophecy to expose suffering.
Dickens uses children to personalise the consequences of poverty.

Question 7

T.B.I.I.T.G.I.W

Answer 7

The boys ignorance. The girl is want

Personification of social ills – warns of future chaos.
Dickens presents injustice as a moral failure of society.

Question 8

I.W.H.C.I.M.H

Answer 8

I will honour Christmas in my heart

Redemption involves fighting poverty through compassion.
Dickens links injustice to the absence of generosity.

Question 9

R.Y.S.A.E.T.A.Y.S.F

Answer 9

Raise your salary and endeavour to assist your struggling family

Scrooge becomes a force of justice, reversing previous neglect.
Dickens shows change starts with individual responsibility.