Family

• Lack of family leads to misanthropy and isolation
• solitary as an oyster
• Why cannot we be friends?
• Are there no prisons?
• Can't afford to make idle people merry
• Family is necessary for happiness
• A solitary child, neglected by his friends
• Father is much kinder than he used to be
• The three fezziwig's beaming and loveable
• Another idol has displaced me
• Family unites people with love
• bright, gleaming berries
• as good as gold and better
• drew round the heart in circle
• who suffers by his ill whims, himself always
• I pity him
• Maintaining family connection is crucial
• He broke down all at once
• I think he has walked a little slower these past few evenings
• Family bonds transcend lineage and are irrevocable
• taking the old gentleman by both his hands
• he was a second father to tiny tim
• his own heart laughed
• Dickens uses the didactic novella to show family is integral for love and it transcends valuable commodities. Dickens utilises characters like Fred and the Cratchits as vessels to show family is a necessary support system as they embody typical Christian values of forgiveness and generosity.