family life

• dickens was born into a

  middle class family

  
• dickens had the good fortune of being sent to

  school

  
• Charles Dicken values

  education

  
• dickens father came into some

  financial difficulties

  
• Charles Dickens father was put in

  debtors prison

  
• Charles Dickens father was called

  John Dickens

  
• John Dickens was a

  clerk like Bob Cratchit

  
• the Cratchit's house is based on

  Dickens house growing up

  
• the narration of the Cratchits is sympathetic because

  it idealises Dickens childhood to some extent

  
• dickens was split from his family at the age of

  twelve

  
• dickens was sent to live and work at the

  Warrens Blacking Factory

  
• At 12 years, Dickens endured the appalling 


  working conditions that many of the poor faced.

  
• dickens experienced

  poverty firsthand

  
• dickens went to portray his

  image in many novels

  
• at 3 years at the factory ,John Dickens inherited some money 


  so charles could go back to school

  
• dickens experience highlighted the unjust experience between the

  rich and poor

  
• Dickens was forced to work when in financial difficulty but was able to enjoy education after receiving money.

  
• the negative aspects of Dickens childhood is mirrored by his character

  scrooge

  
• the purpose of the past in Christmas carol was to show the reader how

  childhood can shape a person