the cratchit family

Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present the Cratchit family? Write about:

How the Cratchits are presented in the extract

How the Cratchit family are presented in the novella as a whole [30 marks]

1) presented as too good to be true - tiny tims saintliness - shows they represent more than just people - but idealist people

"as good as gold"

- bob toasts to scrooge, who has been nothing but nasty to him

" Founder of the Feast!"

shows how the working class were in the palm of the upper classes hands, their livlihood depended on their boss

- feast shows ow eternally optimistic bob is - feast are lavish, however his small meal is huge in compasison to normal

- however, glimpses of realistic nature, mrs cratchit snapping about scrooge

-  "odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr. Scrooge"

asyndetic list

- shows the resentment of the lower class, even in people like the cratchits who are godly - proves how tough conditions were for working class

semantic field of gloom

2) have a close familial bond, shows the importance of family

- "chestnuts…