How does Dickens portray the Cratchit family? What part does this family play in Dickens’s intentions for this novel? In Victorian times there was a big gap between middle and lower working class. The working day was 12-hours long‚ but during the winter the days were shorter because if the shorter daylight hours. They were disciplined a lot because if they were late for work then the gates would already be locked so they would loose their pay for that day. The life for the people that did work
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it was a humbug. Bob Cratchit‚ every year from the year I die on‚ for thirty years‚ you will get one percent of my money. Over the time of the thirty years‚ you will get thirty percent of my money. I also will you my business and ten percent of my money directly to you for the business and for your family. I give you the business because you a loyal and kind-hearted man and I wish I was more like you. The Cratchit children‚ ‘Tiny Tim’ also known as Timothy Cratchit gets five percent of my
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being truly happy; something money could never buy. In contrast to Scrooge‚ Fezziwig is generous and “jovial”‚ whereas Scrooge is a “tight-fisted covetous old sinner”. His “cold” and harsh demeanour not only affects his life‚ but that of his clerk Bob Cratchit‚ whose “fire was so very small… it barely looked like one coal.” The lack of care for his clerk is purposely depicted through Scrooge to represent the divide between the rich and poor‚ and how those with power to help the less fortunate most often
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Scrooge was shocked but the ghost laughed crazily O_o then the ground changed to a another family party it was the Cratchits party it showed Martha hiding in a closet and when the dad comes home (Bob Cratchit) and Mrs. Cratchits says “Martha won’t be coming home today” Bob was disappointed Martha couldn’t stand him like this she appeared and Bob was so happy to see her. Mrs. Cratchit put out a big delicious goose and tiny tim was the one Scrooge was worried about he asked the ghost “will he survive
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little care for anyone’s wellbeing. He lives a miserable life in a miserable home‚ cold and alone not wanting to send a pound on anything nice. Scrooge refuses to take time off for it will cost him a lot of money. Working for the miserable man is Bob Cratchit. A young business man trying to provide for his family of six. Christmas Eve came with visits from his late
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The Spirit is putting a dust on people and their food. When Scrooge asks what this powder is the Spirit says that he is blessing them. They walk to Bob Cratchit’s house and go in. There they find the Cratchit family preparing a meal for themselves. A daughter of Bob has come home from a business trip to earn more money for the poor family. When Bob comes home they all eat the small turkey. When it comes to dessert the only thing they have to eat is a very small pudding the share. After the Spirit
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How does Scrooge change over the course of the book? At the beginning of the book‚ “A Christmas Carol”‚ Ebenezer Scrooge starts off as a bitter‚ greedy and unthankful old man without a Christmas spirit. He is lone and solitary‚ and his only friend is money. However‚ when he is visited by three Christmas spirits‚ to help him change his ways‚ towards the end of the book he becomes a different man. I think the author‚ Charles Dickens‚ wrote this book (in Victorian London) when he witnessed even poor
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because of his misery ways‚ does not appear in the film‚ as were the two starving children Want and Ignorance who hid within the folds of the ghost of Christmas yet to come segment. In this production unlike the original story‚ Scrooge actually fires Cratchit rather than just threatening to do so. Unlike other portrayals on film‚ the cratchit’s Christmas Eve dinner is
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Edit with the Docs app Make tweaks‚ leave comments‚ and share with others to edit at the same time. NO THANKSUSE THE APP Untitled document Q.4 Play Response On Nov 25‚ 2015 I went to Calgary Theater‚with my class‚ to watch a Charles Dickens play called Christmas Carol. Christmas Carol reveals about poverty and social injustice during the Victorian Era‚ these topics are discussed during Christmas time in this novella.In this play‚ Dicken shows class differences of Victorian England and the selfishness
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insists‚ "It’s not my business. It’s enough for a man to understand his own business and not interfere with other people’s." The main character’s Bah! Humbug! attitude is further seen in his treatment of his one employee‚ Bob Cratchit. The author characterizes Bob Cratchit as meek and gentle‚ which sharply contrasts
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