tiny tim

• Tiny Tim is an inspiration from

  dickens own life

  
• dickens nephew was crippled similar to

  Tiny Tim

  
• IN THE NOVEL TINY TIM IS USED AS A TOOL FOR SCROOGE TO

  discover empathy

  
• at the idea of tiny Tim's death Scrooge felt an

  "interest he had never felt before"

  
• it is also one of the few times scrooge shows

  vulnerability showing his character development