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Poverty
- "If they would rather die,"
said Scrooge, "then they had
better do it, and decrease
the surplus population"
- This is Scrooge telling the two charity
workers that if those living in poverty
would rather die than go to the
available workhouses, then they
should and in turn decrease the
surplus population, as the poor didn't
deserve to live as much as the rich,
suggesting that this would then solve
overpopulation in London.
- This was Dickens
introducing Thomas
Malthus's ideas, which he
later shows to be
incorrect and the poor
deserve to live just as
much, if not more than,
the rich.
- This is Scrooge telling the two charity
workers that if those living in poverty
would rather die than go to the
available workhouses, then they
should and in turn decrease the
surplus population, as the poor didn't
deserve to live as much as the rich,
suggesting that this would then solve
overpopulation in London.
- 'a twice-turned gown'
- This shows us how the Cratchit
family live as a result of their
financial status, this further shows
how unlike the rich, the poor had little
clothing, nevermind any expensive,
posh gowns. It also shows us how
poverty can change a person's life and
how the poor contrast to the rich.
- This shows us how the Cratchit
family live as a result of their
financial status, this further shows
how unlike the rich, the poor had little
clothing, nevermind any expensive,
posh gowns. It also shows us how
poverty can change a person's life and
how the poor contrast to the rich.
- '"Let me hear another word from you"
said Scrooge, "and you'll keep your
Christmas by losing your situation."
- The rich believed they were above the poor and held
their jobs as bribery for them to act and behave with
more respect. The poor then had to do as the rich said
for fear of not earning enough money to feed their
families.
- The rich believed they were above the poor and held
their jobs as bribery for them to act and behave with
more respect. The poor then had to do as the rich said
for fear of not earning enough money to feed their
families.
- "The ways were foul and narrow; the
shops and houses wretched; the
people half-naked, drunken, slipshod,
ugly. Alleys and archways, like so
many cesspools, disgorged their
offences of smell, and dirt, and life,
upon the straggling streets; and the
whole quarter reeked with crime,
with filth, and misery."
- This portrays poverty by using adjectives such
as 'wretched' and 'foul' showing how it is a
negative aspect of society and shouldn't be
ignored because it results in 'crime' which
further leads to sadness and 'misery'.
- This portrays poverty by using adjectives such
as 'wretched' and 'foul' showing how it is a
negative aspect of society and shouldn't be
ignored because it results in 'crime' which
further leads to sadness and 'misery'.
- 'nobody said or thought it was
at all a small pudding for a
large family'
- Despite the fact that the Cratchits lived in
poverty, they always showed appreciation
for the small things that they had and
learnt to appreciate family more than the
rich. This shows that altough poverty was
awful, it often brought out the best in a
person.
- Despite the fact that the Cratchits lived in
poverty, they always showed appreciation
for the small things that they had and
learnt to appreciate family more than the
rich. This shows that altough poverty was
awful, it often brought out the best in a
person.
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