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A Christmas Carol Revision - Coggle Diagram

- - - - "I should just like to be able to say a word to my clerk just now"
        
        This could show that Scrooge is a changed man - he is requesting to apologise to Bob for his poor treatment.
      - "A solitary child", "lonely boy", "feeble fire"
        
        These quotes highlight to the reader that Scrooge's past could potentially be a major reason for his present.
        
        "A solitary child" links to stave 1. It makes the reader feel a positive emotion towards Scrooge for the first time - sympathy.
    - - "If you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it"
        
        This could potentially show Scrooge's old self - "profit" has connotations of money.
        
        This could show Scrooge's willingness to change and redeem himself at this point in the novella.
      - "uncomfortably cold"
        
        The ghost represents happiness and generosity - this could show Scrooge's reluctance and scared to change.
        
        This could also link to stave 1 and Scrooge's progress thus far; "The cold within him froze his old features."
    - - "I fear you more than any spectre I have seen"
        
        This could potentially suggest that Scrooge fears the future.
    - - "glowing with his good intentions"
        
        This could link to Fred in Stave 1 - "all in a glow" - this could demonstrate Scrooge's change and shows how he has changed to reflect Fred's kind, welcoming character.
      - "the time before was his own to make amends in!"
        
        This could show Scrooge's intention to change.
        
        This could link to the theme of redemption as Scrooge wants to redeem himself and make amends.
    - - "Solitary as an oyster"
        
        The word 'solitary' shows that Scrooge was friendless and isolated.
        
        Oysters sometimes contain pearls - this may hint at Scrooge's redemption and could show that Scrooge can show compassion.
      - "Are there no workhouses?"
        
        Workhouses were particularly harsh, often splitting up families and subjecting them to intense labour. This makes this message particularly harsh and heartless as much of the poor "would rather die."
        
        This could potentially reflect the middle and upper class in Victorian Britain as they believed that the poor should go to workhouses.
  - - - This is the first time we meet Fred. The fact that he is described as having a "cheerful voice" could suggest that this is his most prominent quality.
      - The exclamation marks could show Fred's extremely cheerful voice.
      - The words 'god save you' could show that Fred wants to wish goodwill upon Scrooge, someone who has given Fred a lot of grief. This shows Fred's forgiving nature.
  - - - "went down a slide... twenty times"
        
        This could also be because he is cold from poor/lack of clothing - missing an overcoat (?).
        
        This could show Bob's childlike, joyful nature.
    - - "Threadbare clothes darned up and brushed"
        
        "Threadbare" could highlight Bob's impoverished state as his clothes are barely together.
        
        This presents Bob as someone who takes great care in what he has. He is optimistic as he tries to make the most out of a bleak situation.
    - - "'My little, little child!' cried Bob, 'My little child!'"
        
        The repetition could highlight Bob's immense sadness as he is struggling to string a sentence together.
        
        The exclamation marks could show Bob's immense sadness as he is unable to control his emotions.
    - - "I am very sorry, sir."
        
        The word 'sir' shows Bob's respect and politeness towards Scrooge despite his poor treatment.
        
        This is the first thing Bob says to Scrooge when he arrives - this could suggest Bob's polite nature but also the fact that he is desperate to keep his job and so he is overly apologetic as Scrooge is a harsh master.
- - - - Dickens believed that the rich should take responsibility for the poor, else they would face doom.
    - - This could be Dickens criticising the government introducing the new poor law which worsened the living conditions of the poor in workhouses.
      - The word "guilty" puts blame on the governments and shows that they need to have more social responsibility.