A Christmas Carol Themes

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  • A Christmas Carol Themes
    • Family
      • Stave 1
        • Scrooges cold and loneliness juxtapose the warmth of family with Fred.
        • Scrooge rejects his family in Fred as he repeatedly says 'good evening'
      • Stave 2
        • Scrooge see's his old family and sees Fan who he loved where it reminds him of Fred.
          • A main turning point for his redemption?
      • Stave 5
        • Scrooge becomes a second father to tiny Tim and becomes much closer with the rest of the Cratchit family as well as his own family, Fred.
          • Scrooge is much happier perhaps showing the impact of family.
      • Stave 3
        • Scrooge is shown the Cratchit family struggling but there still positive outlook.
          • Bob is still thank full towards Scrooge for the meal despite how he it treated at work.
      • Stave 4
        • Cratchit family is shown again to Scrooge however tiny Tim has died. The family is devastated and even Scrooge feels the same
    • Christmas
      • Stave 3
        • The Cratchits enjoy a Christmas all together and are all still positive despite not being as wealthy as Scrooge.
      • Stave 2
        • Scrooge is shown a younger self of him where he still doesn't celebrate Christmas and being 'all alone'.
          • Key point in Scrooge's changing character with him 'drying his eyes'
      • Stave 1
        • Scrooge thinks Christmas is pointless and declines Fred's offer to Christmas dinner.
          • Scrooge repeats saying 'Humbug!' showing his little interest in Christmas.
      • Stave 5
        • Christmas at Fred's house, everything is joyful and positive. Spending Christmas as a family.
        • Scrooge see's the positive to Christmas and feels a Christmas spirit and quickly shares his generosity by buying the Cratchit family.
          • This was exactly Dicken's intentions for people to be generous and for wealth to be shared.

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