Social Injustice

• How is social injustice explored throughout the novella?

  • Scrooge refuses to give to the poor
  • Bob is poor and underpaid by Scrooge
  • Bob’s working conditions are very poor
• Why does Dickens use the theme of social injustice ?

  • Because he was poor growing up
  • Many people in Victorian society at that time were punished for that fact
  • The cycle of poverty was inescapable
  • Punishments such as prison and workhouses were particularly present and cruel at that time
• What class did Bob symbolise?

  The working lower class
• what class did Scrooge symbolise? 


  upper class wealthy
• What class did Fred symbolise? 


  Middle class
• How did Dickens present themes of social injustice throughout out the novella?

  • dickens used imagery of “brave in ribbons” to highlight the humbleness of the Cratchits which broke the stereotypes of the poor only wanting to be rich
  • Dickens used Tiny Tim as an example of what would happen if nothing changed
• How is social responsibility a theme in A Christmas Carol?


  Dickens presents the impact that social responsibility can have in a ​hyperbolic fashion.
• how does a Christmas carol affect the society which it was written for? 


  demonstrating to the Victorians that they could uphold the generosity of people like Fred to prevent the country from corruption And neglect of the less fortunate
• What did Dickens feel strongly about surrounding ideas of social injustice ?


  Dickens felt strongly that Victorian society ignored the poverty of its lowerclasses