THEMES: Family

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the cratchit family are symbolic of a perfect family
they are very ? and enjoy affectionately ? with each other
they are supportive and unite in the ? over tim's death
they are very close and enjoy affectionately talking with each other
supportive and unite in the grief over tim's death
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dickens says there's "nothing high of ?" (nothing ?) about the family, but their love strengthens them and makes them ?
"nothing high of mark"
but their love strengthens them and makes them happy
2 of 12
dickens links the theme of family with ?
for example
fred's family is having ? together as they celebrate christmas
his laughter is "irresistibly ?"
his wife "laughed as ?"
their friends "roared out ?"
dickens links family with happiness
fred's family has fun together as they celebrate
his laughter is "irresistibly contagious"
his wife "laughed as heartily"
their friends "roared out lustily"
3 of 12
scrooge is also shown a vision of belle's family
belle and her daughter laugh "?"
dickens says the family is full of "?, and gratitude, and ecstasy"
belle and her daughter laugh "heartily"
family is full of "joy, and gratitude, and ecstasy"
4 of 12
scrooge doesn't see the virtue in family
he dismisses fred's ? to dine with his family
scrooge ? at fred and says that love is the "one thing in the ? that is more ? than a merry christmas"
he dismisses fred's invitation to dine with his family
scrooge laughs at fred and says that love is the "one thing in the world that is more ridiculous than a merry christmas"
5 of 12
scrooge only thinks about the ? burden that family brings
he wonders how bob can feel "?" at christmas when he has to support his family with his low ?
scrooge only thinks about the financial burden that family brings
wonders how bob can feel "merry" when he has to support his family with a low wage
6 of 12
his reaction to the christmas presents family is to say that it's "a ? family to provide for"
"a tremendous family to provide for"
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in scrooge's youth, he was "a ? child, neglected by his ?"
he ? when he's shown a vision of himself "alone again" in the "long, bare, ?" schoolroom
he was "a solitary child, neglected by his friends"
he weeps when he's shown a vision of himself "alone again" in the "long, bare, melancholy" schoolroom
8 of 12
this scene ? scrooge's solitary later on in life
after his failure to create a ? with belle
he stops ? about other people and becomes obsessed with ?
he argues that his fixation on ? is due to him becoming "?", but it's the cause of his loneliness
this scene foreshadows scrooge's solitary
after his failure to create a family with belle
he stops caring about other people and becomes obsessed with money
he argues that his fixation on money is due to him becoming "wiser", but it's the cause of his lon
9 of 12
after scrooge's death, one of the thieves say that if the "?, old screw" had been more "?" in life, he might have had someone to ? after him in death
if the "wicked, old screw" had been more "natural" in life, he might have had someone to look after him in death
10 of 12
without a family of his own, scrooge can't be saved from ? in the "haggard winter of his ?"
he regrets that he missed his chance to have a family with ? and will now never have a ? to call him father
scrooge can't be saved from loneliness without a family "haggard winter of his life"
he regrets that he missed his chance to have a family with belle and will now never have a child to call him father
11 of 12
at the end, he becomes a part of ? families
he becomes a "? father" to tiny tim and wants to ? the struggling cratchits
he also embraces his ? with fred and visits him
he becomes a part of two families
he becomes a "second father" to tiny time and wants to help the struggling cratchits
he embraces his relationship with fred and visits him
12 of 12

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Card 2

Front

dickens says there's "nothing high of ?" (nothing ?) about the family, but their love strengthens them and makes them ?

Back

"nothing high of mark"
but their love strengthens them and makes them happy

Card 3

Front

dickens links the theme of family with ?
for example
fred's family is having ? together as they celebrate christmas
his laughter is "irresistibly ?"
his wife "laughed as ?"
their friends "roared out ?"

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

scrooge is also shown a vision of belle's family
belle and her daughter laugh "?"
dickens says the family is full of "?, and gratitude, and ecstasy"

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

scrooge doesn't see the virtue in family
he dismisses fred's ? to dine with his family
scrooge ? at fred and says that love is the "one thing in the ? that is more ? than a merry christmas"

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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