TINY TIM

• (he behaves)

  "as good as gold in church"


  SIMILIE ("as good as gold")

  • connotations of gold
  • being compared with monetary value
• (bob says)

  "he gets thoughtful"


  VERBIAL PHRASE (" he gets thoughtful")

  • SOCIAL COMMENT
  • philosophical mind -- poor havent been given an oppertunity
• "God bless us everyone!"


  RELIGIOUS CONNECTION ("GOD")

  • destined to die but then is saved
  • bestowing Godly positivity
• " I see a vacant seat" replied the Ghost... "the child will die"


  VERB PHRASE (I SEE)

  ADJECTIVE (VACANT)

  DECLARATIVE SENTENCE (THE CHILD WILL DIE)

  • Tims life is in scrooges hands
  • turning point in scrooges life
• DEATH

  "quiet. very quiet. the noisy little cratchits were as still as statues"


  SHORT SENTENCES, REPETITION, QUALIFIER (very)

  • changed behaviours
  • Tiny Tim's death has had a huge impact on the whole family

  SIMILIE ( as still as statues)

  • depressing mood
  • thoughtful and grief
• BOB SAYS

  " my little, little child"


  REPETITION (little)

  • no young life should be taken
  • vulnerable and innocent

  PRONOUN (my)

  • personal connection
  • grief
• ( THE FAMILY SAY)

  "none of us will forget poor Tiny Tim"


  SOCIAL COMMENT

  • victorian society should take more care of the poor and vulnerable
• " we recollect how patient and mild he was"


  POSITIVE QUALIFIERS (patient, mild)

  • shows contrast between tiny tim and scrooge
• Dickens uses tiny tim to contrast scrooge

  Tiny Tim is Scrooges foil
• Dickens uses Tiny Tim to demonstrate his social comments about how victorian society do not look after the poor and vulnerable