a christmas carol

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A Christmas Carol

A christmas carol was written in 1843.

  The message Dickens was trying to sed across to wealthy people was that they should think about others instead of just themselves, and to show how the living conditions are for poor people.

  Dickens attitude to the poor was that they don’t deserve to live in the conditions they live in, and that christmas time should be a time for them to share with their loved ones.

  Dickens’ own experience helped form this attitude because when he was 12 years old he was sent to a working house were he worked with very poor and sick children.

  A christmas carol was received by the victorian public through Dickens popularity and books that he wrote.

  In the Victorian times people loved Dickens’ christmas books because they always related to their time.  

The beginning of the novel takes place in Scrooge’s office. In the beginning, Scrooge feels christmas is nonsense and that it’s a waste of time and money. Scrooge says to his nephew “whats christmas time to you but a time for paying bills with out money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer”. Scrooge is saying here that there is no point of christmas because there is no need to be happy when theres nothing to be happy about.

  Scrooge’s nephew (Fred) feels christmas is a “kind”, “forgiving”, “charitable” and “pleasant time”. Fred uses these words to desribe how he feels about christmas. This is Fred replying back from Scrooge’s comment about christmas saying that its not boring but it’s a time that we should enjoy.

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  In the scene where the charity collectors asked Scrooge to donate money for charity he says “the treadmill and the poor law are in full vigour”. This shows that Scrooge does not want the poor around. Scrooge treats the charity collectors wit no respect at all. making them seem like they were jus wasting their time. Scrooge’s solution to dealing with the poor is for them to be in prison.

  This relates to Dickens own background because his father was in debt, his father and all of Dickens’ brothers and sisters were sent to prison.

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