Christmas carol

• Scrooge: '"if they would rather die they had better do it and decrease the surplus population"'
• Scrooge: '"I wear the chain I forged in life"'
• Others about Scrooge: '"his wealth is of no use to him, he don't do any good with it"'
• Narrator: '"the boy is ignorance, the girl is want"'
• Narrator: '"Scrooge is hard and sharp as flint"'
• Scrooge

  He believes he must act and behave in a particular way, creating walls that prevent others from seeing the real him
• Scrooge is hard and sharp

  It produces a character who is literally stuck behind walls he has created, that no one can change because it hurts to get near him
• The spirits try to break down the walls and world that Scrooge has created
• I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school boy and I am as giddy as a drunken man: 'Shows the dramatic change in Scrooge's character and mood'
• The Cratchit family

  • Despite having a large family, low income, and a son with needs, they still make it work together as a loving, supportive unit
  • Contrasts with the isolated, selfish way Scrooge lives
• A church yard overrun by weeds, the growth of vegetation's death not life, a worthy place: 'This quote shows Scrooge realizing his life will end in a dark, depressing way if he doesn't change'
• Scrooge becomes conscious of a thousand orders floating in the air, each one connected with a thousand thoughts and hopes and joys long forgotten

  Shows the chains controlling him loosening as he changes