CRATCHIT FAMILY

• (mrs cratchit)

  "dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown but brave in ribbons"


  VERB PHRASE ("twice turned gown")

  • makes the best out of a bad situation
  • apritates what she has

  METAPHOR ("brave in ribbons")

  • wears a lot of ribbons
  • positive mindset
• (the children)

  "danced around the table"


  VERB PHRASE

  • giddy
  • chaotic
  • joyful atmosphere
• "the family have universal admiration for the dinner and 'everyone had enough' "


  ADJECTIVE AND NOUN ("universal admiration")

  • everyone gets enough
  • all greatful and happy with what they have
• (after dinner)

  "all the Cratchit family drew round the hearth"


  METAPHOR AND MOTIF ("HEARTH")

  • metaphor for fire
  • tradition
  • heart of the home

  NOUN PHRASE ("ALL THE CRATCHIT FAMILY")

  • connection
  • dickens social comment
• " they were not well dressed, their clothes were all scanty, but they were happy and grateful"


  ASYNDETIC LIST

  • contrasts
  • shows the happiness that comes from love and connection not money or materialistic items
  • dickens social comment
  • foil to scrooge

  ABSTRACT NOUNS ("HAPPY, GRATEFUL")

  • happy
  • feelings are more important that inanimate objects
• dickens uses the cratchit family to show how connection is more important that money or materialistic items
• cratchit family are a foil to scrooge
• DICKENS SOCIAL COMMENT

  • MONEY DOESNT EQUAL HAPPINESS
• although the cratchits live in poverty, they make the most out of what they can afford and what they have