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- Six children (tim, Martha, peter, Belinda and two babies)
- Apart from Martha, they all live in th same small house, they are a very poor family.
- Loving and Cheerful
- Dickens reminds the reader the poor are people just the same as the rich
- THEME : FAMILY : Scrooge is rich and lonely, the Cratchits are poor in money but rich in law. The cratchits show that companionship is worth more than wealth
- The children are hard working, highlights poverty isnt linked to laziness
- DICKENS USES A LONG SENTENCE MADE UP OF SEVERAL SHORT CLAUSES, TO EMPHASISE HOW BUSY THE CRATCHITS ARE AS THEY MAKE THE PREP FOR DINNER (mrs cratchit made the gravy)
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- He is scrooge's clerk, he doesnt complain or moan. He works in his "dismal little office" in te cold
- Bob is patient and polite when scrooge is unhappy about him taking the day off
- His attitude towards Christmas contrasts with scrooge's
- He is a good-humoured playful father, he carries Tim on his shoulders home from church and takes turns sliding down an icy street
- He loves his family, when he thinks Martha isn't joining the family for christmas he is upset and hugs her "to his hearts content"
- He is caring and tender to his sick son despite his grie =f and trues to be happy and cheerful in order to spare them more pain
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- Works hard to make her family happy and well
- Doesn't like Scrooge but drinks to him because bob wants her to and she loves him
- She is protective over her family. When tiny tim dies she hides her "weak eyes" from bob
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- Fragile,Frail and ill. His father carries him on his shoulders and he is very close to his dad.
- His siblings ensure he joins in on the fun
- He is presented as a good chaarcter by showing us his religious nature. He hopes he will be seen in church and prayed for
- Dickens also uses the cratchits as an example of how poverty can lead to suffering and death. If scrooge didnt help the Cratchitts he wouldve died
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