Thursday, 11 May 2017


·       A Christmas Carol is the idea of the poor and the rich.

·       It shows that if you are poor you can be happier than if you are rich, if you are rich you cut off everyone and don’t think about others.

·       A Christmas Carol is a book showing that no matter how successful you become you must always think of others.

·       A Christmas Carol is a representation of how poor people were mistreated in the Victorian era due to often forces outwith their control.

·       It shows that money does not make you happy.

·       It is a text about the separation of society but that there is a possibility for redemption and a different way of life that works towards equality,

·       Even those separated from society can change and redeem themselves; however we must realise that often people’s present condition is due to past experiences. Mistreatment breeds mistreatment; loneliness breeds loneliness.

·       Money can isolate you.

·       A Christmas Carol portrays poor people as unrecognisable to others in society and highlights the limitations in the Victorian era , it is only the rich who were recognised in society.

·       A Christmas Carol shows that there was inequality between the rich and poor in the Victorian era.

·       It shows no matter how corrupted you are, redemption is possible and achievable.

·       “Spanish Onions” highlights Capitalism and its grotesqueness.

·       Dickens shows that the medium between isolation, relationships and wealth is the key to true contentment.

·       Dickens is trying to show the isolation between the poor and the rich.

·       A Christmas Carol there is the possibility for change and to be redeemed; it is in reality a story of hope ( structure is not cyclical)

·       A Christmas Carol is a representation of Victorian society and how poor and unfair it was.

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