Ignorance and want

• “Ragged”

  • Refers to their clothes which are torn and tattered- the poor couldn’t afford to buy basic amenities because their employers didn’t pay them enough
  • refers to ragged schools in which dickens travelled to and were appalled by the dreadful conditions.
  • warn the readers of the consequences of not educating the poor as they will rebel against the rich- foreshadows the 1848 revolutions across Europe of the poor
  • warning the readers that if they don’t Change their selfish ways, they too will suffer.