Family Flashcards
‘not a handsome family’
‘shoes were far from being waterproof’
‘clothes were scanty’
L - adjectives
The Cratchits family is a poor family with very little possessions.
‘hugged his daughter to his heart’s content’
‘kissing her a dozen times’
Although the Crachit family has little material possessions, they are happy anyway because they have each other which shows the importance of family.
‘I want nothing from you; I ask nothing from you; why cannot we be friends ?’
L - repetition
L - question
Fred invites Scrooge to Christmas dinner but Scrooge rejects him.
‘father is much kinder than he used to be’
L - comparative adjective
R - creates pathos as Scrooge was abused by his father when he was a child. Him being a misanthrope as an adult may be the result of psychological damage from the past by his father.
‘a merry Christmas and a happy new year to the old man’
‘I could not be angry with him’
Fred shows Scrooge unconditional love even when it is not returned. Dickens uses Fred as an example of how family should treat each other - with an open heart and willingness to forgive.
‘she died a woman’
L - verb
As a child, Scrooge loved his sister, Fan, but as she died, Scrooge separated himself from his only relative, Fred, which makes him feels guilty.
‘could be a spring-time in the haggard winter of his life’
L - metaphor
L - adjective
Scrooge regrets missing out on the opportunity of being a father due to his obsession with money. He realises that he could have been a father if he had married Belle himself.
‘he lay, in the dark empty house, with not a man, a woman, or a child’
L - listing of nouns
Scrooge realises if a man dies with no family, he has no one to keep his memory alive which terrifies him.
‘second father’
Scrooge is like a second father to Tiny Tim and becomes a part of the Cratchit family’s life. Dickens shows that the ultimate happiness is found in a loving family.
‘he turned his steps towards his nephew’s house’
L - verb
He tries to reconnect with his family.
D - he turns the way he lives.
