that if you are poor and unable to look after yourself , the government will help you by working in a workhouse in exhange for food and accomodation
what was wrong with the law
the condition of workhouses were horrible , dehumanising and exploitative , children as young as four and five were sent there and separated from families
how does the 1834 poor law link to a christmas carol
scrooge prompts the workhouses ss a good alternative to keep the poor there, dickens does this to expose the ignorance of the upper class
“ are there no prisons and the union workhouses?”
why does dicken feel empathy for people in workhouses
since he had to work there and he was affected by his experience , he believes they should stop as there exploitative
