Conclusion Of A Christmas Carol

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol to bring these conditions to light. Many more fortunate people in Victorian London would rather not think about the poor, even though most slums were right next to the wealthy areas of London. In many ways this blinder effect continues today. One example of this is the fact that none of the film adaptations of this story contain any of the truly gruesome details of the living conditions of the poor in this era. Dickens wanted to bring attention to these conditions because as a child he had experienced some of these hardships. Though he was never as poor as the most impoverished in London, as a child his family had lived in debt. His father, mother, and most of his siblings were sent to debtors’ prison to pay for that debt, and Dickens, himself, was sent to work in a factory at a young age. He did not work in the factory for long, but it did influence many of his works. His works also deal with the importance of home and family, as well as kindness and generosity. Dickens addresses both of these themes in A Christmas Carol.

He had experienced debt and poverty as a child and wanted to change the way people viewed the poor in hopes that they would assist them more. Dickens enjoyed Christmastime and liked to include his favorite traditions. Many of our modern traditions come from his stories. Ebenezer Scrooge symbolizes the wealthy people and their views on the poor, while the Cratchit family symbolizes the poor families of Victorian London. He also uses them to prove the importance of family and relationships over that of money and possessions. Dickens uses literary devices such as foreshadowing and irony to further comment on the social status of London in that time. On the surface, this story looks like a story about personal growth, but beneath that it is a political commentary that helped change the way many people were