Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Family (Fatherhood (Scrooge ('a second father' (By becoming part…
Family
Fatherhood
Scrooge
'a second father'
By becoming part of a family, Scrooge is able to overcome his selfishness ad isolation and appears healthier
-
Bob
'he loved the child [Tiny Tim], and wished to keep him by his side'
Bob's relationship with his children contrasts to the relationship Scrooge had wth his father. Bob's children seem to be full of joy and have fun whereas Scrooge was a 'lonely child'
The Cratchits
Dickens uses the cratchits to present how family is the most important thing, they are very poor, yet much happier than Scrooge or the other characters we meet without a family. He shows us the benefits of being in a loving family
-
'They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from being water-proof; their clothes were scanty, But, they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another'
-
Fezziwig's party
Everyone at Fezziwig's party is seen to form some kind of family. The have a sense of belonging and togetherness. This scene is very lively and jolly
Dickens uses the repetition 'In came' to link all the characters together, they are all similar and find joy from being in this form of family
-
Belle
Belle shows the reader that Scrooge was capable of family relationships despite his past. However she shows how Scrooges love for money has overtaken her. Scrooge shows the dangers of putting money above family though Scrooge. He loses all contact with family (Fred) and his health is poor
-
'I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you'
Fred
Fred's role is to juxtapose Scrooge to emphasise how miserable and unpleasant he is. Scrooge's only living relative, yet he still pushes him away
Fred surrounds himself with friends and seems to attract family-like relationships. He is shown to be happy and physically healthy, showing that family is the most important thing, he is Dickens idea of what Cgristmas should be about, acts a role model to the readers
-
-
-