Poverty And Injustice Flashcards

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Introduction

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Dickens and Shaw, Scrooge becomes aware of his own poverty

Subvert Victorian misconception of poor as indolent

Poverty can destroy lives

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The rich ignored the suffering of the poor and justify their neglect

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Are there no presents… Are there no work houses?

They had better do it and decrease the surplus population

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The pool must make deal with very little showing the vast social divide

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The clerks fire was so much smaller

He has the power to render us happy or unhappy

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The consequences of poverty and injustice

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If these shadows remain unaltered… The child will die

The boys ignorance. The girl is want.

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Scrooges commitment to justice and the fact that poverty is not inevitable

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I will honour Christmas in my heart

Raise your salary and endeavour to assist your struggling family

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