tim

• "god bless us everyone"

  1. religious focus a child who embodies the spirit of Christmas
  2. "everyone" shows his compassionate, kind traits which makes him more endearing
  3. used as the last line in the novel shows his importance and a symbol of hope as positive outcomes can happen through personal and social reform
• "my little, little child" bob cried "my little child"

  1. dickens uses epitome to add to the weak frail characterisation of tim
  2. this makes the reader feel sympathetic and feel the weight of his death
  3. reader understand the strength of bobs emotions as he's at a loss for words only describe him as "little"
  4. connotations of ideas of innocence and helplessness
• "he told me coming home, that he hoped people saw him in the church, because he was a cripple, and it might be pleasant for them to remember upon Christmas day who made lame beggars walk and blind men see"

  1. allusion to Jesus highlights tims role as a moral compass
  2. emphasises the Christmas message