the cratchits

Question 1

What has dickens used the cratchits for

Answer 1

-Dickens humanises those in poverty through his portrayal of the cratchits
-someone like Scrooge would not see this
-dickens portrayal of the cratchits family allows him to demonise poverty and those who maintain it
-highlight the importance of Christmas to the poor

Question 2

What do the cratchits represent

Answer 2

-represent the working class at large
-dickens has done this to increase the wealthy readerships sympathy towards the poor

Question 3

How does the quotation
”the clerk put on his white comforter and tried to warm himself(..) he failed”
Represent bob cratchit

Answer 3

-presents bob as pitiable
-shows the conditions he is forced to work in
-portrays him as meek as he lacks to courage to ask for anything to warm himself but the candle

Question 4

What is tiny Tim a symbol of

Answer 4

-poverty
-class disparity me
-tiny Tim is a pure character

Question 5

Tiny Tim states at the family meal
“God bless everyone”

Answer 5

-the attachment of everyone to his exclamation shows that he wished for gods blessing to all humanity
-shows tiny Tim as kind and generous because he shows unwavering compassion towards humanity

Question 6

cratchits quotes

Answer 6

-“God bless everyone”
-”the clerk put on his white comforter and tried to warm himself(..) he failed”
-“small pudding…large family”

Question 7

“small pudding…large family”

Answer 7

-oxymoron small and large illustrates the cratchits poverty
-however in spite of their poverty they were still happy due to them being together as a family
-contrast to scrooge who had so much but was still lonely