In this part of the novella, the Ghost of Christmas Present takes Scrooge to visit Bob Cratchit’s house.
Then uprose Mrs. Cratchit, Cratchit's wife, dressed out but poorly in a twice-turned gown, but brave in ribbons, which are cheap and make a goodly show for sixpence; and she laid the cloth, assisted by Belinda Cratchit, second of her daughters, also brave in ribbons; while Master Peter Cratchit plunged a fork into the saucepan of potatoes, and getting the corners of his monstrous shirt collar (Bob's private property, conferred upon his son and heir in honour of the day) into his mouth, rejoiced to find himself so gallantly attired, and yearned to show his linen in the fashionable Parks. And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker's they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion, these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his collars nearly choked him) blew the fire, until the slow potatoes bubbling up, knocked loudly at the saucepan-lid to be let out and peeled.
"What has ever got your precious father then?" said Mrs. Cratchit. "And your brother, Tiny Tim; And
Martha warn't as late last Christmas Day by half-an-hour."
"Here's Martha, mother," said a girl, appearing as she spoke.
"Here's Martha, mother!" cried the two young Cratchits. "Hurrah! There's such a goose, Martha!"
"Why, bless your heart alive, my dear, how late you are!" said Mrs. Cratchit, kissing her a dozen times, and taking off her shawl and bonnet for her with officious zeal.
"We'd a deal of work to finish up last night," replied the girl, "and had to clear away this morning, mother."
"Well. Never mind so long as you have come," said Mrs. Cratchit. "Sit ye down before the fire, my dear, and have a warm, Lord bless ye."
Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present the importance of family?
Write about:
1. how Dickens presents the family in this extract
1. how Dickens presents the family in the novel as a whole.
[30 marks] THIS IS ABOUT "A Christmas Carol" By Charles Dickens
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Answer:
Dickens uses different techniques to create the feeling of a happy family, even though the Cratchits are very poor. In the Cratchit family, everyone helps and works as a team. ... In the scene in the centre of the book, the Cratchits are eating Christmas dinner, while Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present watch them.
Answer:
Dickens uses different techniques to create the feeling of a happy family, even though the
Cratchits are very poor. In the Cratchit family, everyone helps and works as a team. For
example, ‘Miss Belinda changes the plates.' This makes the family seem like a unit and
suggests that everyone has a sense of belonging, symbolising the central message of the
book: we all need to be part of a community.
In the scene in the centre of the book, the Cratchits are eating Christmas dinner, while
Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present watch them. The family eat their goose and
then move on to the second course and the atmosphere is full of happiness and excitement,
as the family wait for Mrs Cratchit to bring out the pudding. The pudding is highly symbolic
because although it is only small, the family take great pride in it and it shows effort and
hard work. This suggests that Dickens wants us to know that the family are delighted with
simple things. It implies the opposite of Scrooge, as earlier on in the novella, Scrooge tells
Fred that anyone who celebrates Christmas should be ‘boiled in his own pudding’ and have
a ‘stake of holly' put through his heart.
Dickens then describes a ‘great deal of steam!’ His use of exclamation marks shows us how
much excitement was in the room and what the atmosphere was like. ‘A smell like a
washing day! That was the cloth. A smell like an eating house and a pastry cook's next door
to each other, with a laundress’s house next door to that!’ This quote suggests to the
readers how warm and inviting the Cratchits house is, even if it is, as we suspect, cold, damp
and dreary: a typical Victorian, lower class dwelling. The technique Dickens uses, to appeal
to our sense of smell, makes us feel like we are really in the Cratchit home.
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