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"solitary child neglected by his friends" - Coggle Diagram
"solitary child neglected by his friends"
Language
Juxtaposition
"neglected" with "friends" invokes sympathy from the reader
Links
"solitary"
Links to "solitary as an oyster", but this time he did not have a choice
Response
"sobbed"
Similar emotional response when shown Fezziwig, Fan, and Belle
His sobbing suggests that he understands that shouldn't have neglected his relationships in return for money, and it is relationships, not money, that brings him happiness
The fact that empathy and compassion are now able to elicit an emotional response from scrooge signifies the start of his transformation
Deeper meanings
Empathy
We empathise with Scrooge as we now understand that is was not really his decision to be lonely, but his exclusion from society that has led to his decline
By encouraging the reader to feel sorry for scrooge, Dickens is inviting the reader to take an interest in his transformation and celebrate with him at the end of the novella
Dickens was neglected as a child, his mother wanted him to stay in the workhouses to earn money - message to readers
Links with ignorance and want, as they are separated from society - it shows what happens when children are separated
Loneliness
By contrasting this forced decision of being lonely with his later conscious one, it shows that one of the reasons why he is like this is because of his upbringing, encourages change in the reader
Shows that he was once a child that didn't neglect his friends but instead they neglected him