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Themes of A Christmas Carol - Coggle Diagram
Themes of A Christmas Carol
Stave 1
Christmas as a time of cheer - Fred
Greed - Scrooge
Social injustice - Scrooge is very rich - "If they would rather die," said Scrooge, "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population."
Death
Alone - Scrooge - repetition of 'sole'
Stave 2
Time and memory
His life when he was a boy and young man
Way that greed of money took first place in his life
The past can't be changed
The suffering Scrooge experienced then
Nostalgia
Pity - for his former self - Scrooge
Stave 3
Forgiveness - Fred - "I am sorry for him; I couldn't be angry with him if I tried. Who suffers by his ill whims! Himself, always."
The present time
Pity - for the Cratchits
Stave 4
The future - Spirit of Christmas to come
Change, redemption - Scrooge sees the error of his ways
Stave 5
Happiness and a Christmas Spirit
Forgivness - people are willing to accept his change of heart
Tiny Tim did not die and Scrooge was as good as a second father.
Scrooge - a good friend, good master, as good a man as the good old city knew.