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A christmas carol - Coggle Diagram
A christmas carol
Stave 1
Key events
1) Dickens first description of Scrooge
About Scrooge
"Hard and sharp as flint"
Strict
Has control on the heat like he does with Bob
Linked to coldness/weather
"The cold within him"
His selfishness and mood is affecting everything
"Carried his own low Temperature"
He caused all the coldness around him
"Didn't thaw one degree at Christmas"
"iced his office in the dog-days"
Dog-days means hottest day of the year
So even on hot days hes cold
"External heat and cold had little influence on scrooge"
It is himself that causes the coldness
"No warmth could warm"
Proves that its not the cold thats making him moody
"No wintry weather chill him"
He doesn't feel the coldness but is causing it
"Even the blind men's dogs appeared to know him" - "would tug their owners into doorways"
Even people he doesn't know, know to be weary of him
Solitary as an oyster
Alone
Lonely by choice
How he treated other people/himself
"Scrooge had a very small fire"
He was trying to be cheap
"the clerk ... warm himself at the candle"
"The clerks fire was so cold he had to use a candle"
Scrooges selfishness
Scared of poverty
Affects others
"Scrooge kept the coal box"
Doesn't trust Bob to have the coal himself
Cheap
About Marley
"Marley was dead: to begin with"
Starting the story off with a dark thought
Sets the setting for the play
"Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail"
"Marley was dead"
"Scrooge never painted out Old Marley's name"
Shows how much he didn't care about Marley
Weather
"cold, bleak, biting weather; foggy withal"
"brewing on a large scale"
Ominous
"the fog came pouring in at every chink and keyhole"
Possibly Scrooge causing all of the coldness
Fred visits Scrooge
Charity collectors and Scrroge
Marley's Ghost
Characters
Marley
Scrooge
Bob Cratchit
Charity Collectors
Fred
Themes
Past, Present and Future
Family
Greed, Generosity and Forgiveness
Christmas and Tradition