Social Injustice → Scrooge

Question 1

are there ___ __, are there __ ___

Answer 1

1 → Showcases malthusian views, unscruptulous nature of the upper echolon - questions victorian morality

2 → believes poor people are responsible for their lack of wealth - they deserve to suffer these cruel wrongdoings - burden to society

3 → seperation between the wealthy and the poor - the rich are carelessly able to shrug off the exploitation of poor people

link → Stave 3 - Scrooge lowering his head to the words the GOCPresent repeated to him - embarrased

Question 2

the boy is ___, the __ ___ ____

yellow , m____, w____

Answer 2

1 → allegorical characters - used to highlight the injust treatment of victorian children

2 → children are products of society - children are a product of the unmagnimaous treatment of people which stem from ignorance and want

3 → addition of yellow meagre - double entrendre , both images of malnourishment but also animalistic - rids them of their agency - animals in captivity ?

link → tiny tim lives as a result of scrooges transmogrification - if the rich change, children can flourish.