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Solitary child quote
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Scrooge: ''A SOLITARY CHILD, NEGLECTED BY HIS FRIENDS, IS LEFT THERE STILL.''
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Scrooge's childhood
His father didn't allow him home for the holidays
He would stay at school completely alone rather than spending time with his family at Christmas
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Semantic field of isolation
'solitary' and 'neglected' creates pity for Scrooge as a young helpless boy
Scrooge's response is that he 'sobbed' suggesting an emotive-perhaps traumatising-effect on Scrooge
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Being able to relive this moment with Scrooge
Creates pathos
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Whilst Scrooge chooses to be alone now, the quotation suggests that he didn't have a choice in childhood
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This could perhaps serve as an explanation for his preference for a solitary life
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