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Point 1: Fred invites Scrooge to dinner but says Christmas ishumbug and rejects it and also rejects the chrismas spirit. Also rejects idea of charity and helping
others at Christmas time
“keep Christmas in your own way, and let me keep it in mine”
“a kind, forgiving, Charitable, pleasant time³
“I cant afford to keep idle people merry”- Malthusian Ideology
“they had better do it to decrease the surplus population”
Point 2 Scrooge with Ghost of Christmas past is introduced to Fezziwig in
Christmas ball and is shown the true spirit of Christmas.
“shaking hands with each person individually
“ a small matter”- Shows X-mas spirit as the smallest things
make people happy.
“make these silly folks so full of gratitude" – shows effect of kindness you can have on a person”
“he has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money”
Scrooge replies:
“The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune”- realised importance of helping and
christmas”
Point 3: Cratchit have a fun christmas despite their poverty”.
“sufficient dinner”
“small pudding for a large family”
“fire made up”- symbolises warmth and joy around X-mas time
“drew around hearth”
“A merry Christmas to us all”
“founder of feast”- Scrooge is praised by Bob even though he doesn’t pay him well. Shows gratitude.
“Ogre of the family”- Scrooge is described as this and has therefore ruined the mood of the Cratchits
at christmas time.
Point 4: Shown Freds dinner party.
“He said Christmas was a humbug”
“his wealth is of no use to him”- Scrooge is not generous and does not also value family
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