Bob Cratchit

Question 1

Introduction

Answer 1

Symbolic of lower class

Compassionate, virtuous, kind spirited

Devoted father and husband

Question 2

T.C.F.W.S.M.S

Answer 2

The clerks fire was so much smaller

unnamed highlighting how the lower class had no individual identity

Bob is an immediate source of sympathy

Question 3

H.T.T.W.H.A.T.C

Answer 3

He tried to warm himself at the candle

use of pitiful verb to create a sense of helplessness

the anticlimactic ‘candle’ shows the poor provisions in place for Bob

Question 4

I.B.H.I.P.O.T.T.S.M.D.O

Answer 4

I’ll be home in plenty of time to see my dear ones

Prioritisation of family shows Bob’s values
Dickens presents Bob as a model of working-class virtue and love

Question 5

W.A.R.G.B.U.E

Answer 5

We’re all right. God bless us everyone

Bob’s gratitude in adversity reinforces Dickens’ Christian ideals.
He teaches that happiness isn’t tied to wealth.

Question 6

I.G.Y.M.S.T.F.O.T.F

Answer 6

I give you mr Scrooge, the founder of the feast

exemplifies his patience and compassion

he elevates Scrooge showing inequality between rich and poor

Question 7

H.R.I.A.T.G.S.A

Answer 7

He regarded it as the greatest success achieved

shows his appreciation towards his family - idealised

embodies gratefulness and the pudding represents the unity of the family

Question 8

M.L.L.C.C.B

Answer 8

My little little child, cried Bob

Repetition and exclamation expose Bob’s raw grief.
Highlights the emotional cost of social neglect, encouraging compassion.

Question 9

I.O.O.A.Y.S.P.B

Answer 9

It’s only once a year sir, pleaded Bob

Polite pleading tone reinforces Bob’s submissiveness to authority.
Dickens criticises a society where the poor must beg for basic kindness.