Poverty: Stave 4

Question 1

Dickens shows that crime comes from deprivation?

Answer 1

Mrs Dilber steals scrooges clothes

she calls it a “judgment on him”

Question 2

Tiny Tim died because of his illness and his dad’s poverty (scrooges fault because he didn’t pay him)?

Answer 2

“Still as statues”

Question 3

Scrooge is poor in the sense that he has a lack of connection with other people?

Answer 3

“neglected grave”