scrooge

Question 1

even the…. appeared to know him

Answer 1

-blindmen’s dog
-show how he is an outsider to society
-everyone can sense his cold sense

Question 1

no..could warm, nor….him

Answer 1

-warmth, wintry weather chill
-using the weather to show his emotional coldness
-highlights isolation and attachment

Question 2

a…child, neglected….., is….still

Answer 2

-solitary, by his friends, left there
-shows scrooge as a Childs lack of emotional support
-shows how is miser self is rooted from his childhood
-said by ghost of Christmas past

Question 3

the passion that had taken route and …

Answer 3

-where the shadow of the growing tree would fall
metaphor for the deterioration of Scrooge’s character due to his obsession with money and greed.

Question 4

hard…flint

Answer 4

-and sharp as
-highlights scrooges tough interior
-lack of sociality

Question 5

the clerks was so much smaller that…

Answer 5

-it looked like one coal
-shows lack of generosity for others

Question 6

decrease the ….. population

Answer 6

-surplus
-shows extremity of scrooges harshness
-says how people in poverty should die rather than be poor-thomas Malthus

Question 7

tell me if… die

Answer 7

-tiny Tim will
-shows scrooges change, shows concern over tiny Tim- shows redemption
-contrast to earlier in the book when he didn’t care for the poor