Family

• Belles family quotes

  • “The noise in this room was perfectly tumultuous“ - juxtaposition, reiterates family is valuable, shows what Scrooge has missed out on, not used to company
  • “Spring time in the haggard winter of life“ - also shows what he’s missed out on, his isolation
  • Dickens message: important to be grateful for family that we have, to support them and cherish the
• Cratchit family quotes

  • ‘Sudden declension in high spirits‘ - shows need for families to be together at key times
  • ‘Universal admiration’
  • Dickens message: family is more important than money and own selfish gains
• Scrooge end of novella family quotes?

  • “I have come to dinner” decided to embrace family
  • “he was a second father” the past can be overcome, Scrooge enjoys being part of families
  • Dickens message: family provides you with moral grounding: you learn from examples set by those who care for you