Pudding quote

• Nobody said or thought it was a small pudding for a large family.: 'Stave Three'
• Quotation


  • Depicts the Cratchits' Christmas
  • Focus is not on overindulgence or wealth but family, compassion and love
  • Mrs Cratchit serves a Christmas dinner which is arguably insufficient, yet the Cratchits never consider that what they have might not be enough
• Juxtaposition of 'small' and 'large'


  • Emphasise the emotional wealth of the family as opposed their financial wealth
  • They are wealthy in love, compassion and gratitude
• Cratchit family


  • Demonstrates that the poor are not all idle and undeserving, as some sections of Victorian society believed
  • Contrary to what Scrooge believes at the outset of the story, there are loving, hard-working families who are trapped in poverty through no fault of their own