Bob Cratchit Character Analysis The novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is about a grumpy old man by the name of Scrooge. Scrooge hates everything about Christmas and takes his bad attitude out on the people around him. One of the people that is treated poorly by Scrooge is Bob Cratchit the clerk who works for Scrooge. In spite of his lack of money Bob Cratchit is alway grateful, positive, and kind hearted which creates a happy and kind environment for his children to grow up in. Grateful
the name Bob, Bob Cratchit. I don’t have a very good memory, but the thing that I will remember is the day that Bob’s boss Scrooge yelled at him so much after Bob clapped for Scrooge’s nephew. It wasn’t very strange to see Scrooge yell at Bob like that; he usually does, but I had a weird feeling about something. When Scrooge yelled at his nephew Fred the reasons not to celebrate Christmas, Fred explained all of the reasons to like it. I for one, agreed with Fred, and apparently so did Bob. Once that
Christmas Eve, a long time since the passing of Jacob Marley, the business accomplice and just companion of Ebenezer Scrooge. Tightwad is in his numbering house, keeping a savage imposing business model on the coal supply and keeping his representative Bob Cratchit exposed to the harsh elements. Tightwad's nephew, Fred, makes a visit, yet his unending regular cheer exasperates Scrooge, and he says "Hoax!" to Fred's thought that he spend Christmas supper at Fred's home. The following visit is from two men
saw how people view him as a person. Scrooge changed his attitude throughout the events that happen in the novel, and experiences new emotions that he had not felt in years. Scrooge experienced a new emotion when he expressed sympathy toward Bob Cratchit. Scrooge did not care about anyone but himself. His one and only friend, Jacob Marley, had died seven years earlier. Scrooge never had any friends besides Marley. He thought that giving his employees
Dickens' A Christmas Carol and the Industrial Revolution Besides being the secular story of Christmas time in an urban setting, A Christmas Carol, tells the sacred story of Christmas as well. With A Christmas Carol, Dickens initiated an ongoing creative process in the Anglo-American imagination. As a result of the Industrial Revolution and the growth and development of cities people's lives changed drastically as they moved from the life and traditions of the country into those of the city
quotations from Scrooge, he casually remarks to two gentlemen requesting donations for the poor, “if [idle people] would rather die [than attend prisons and workhouses], they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population” (11). Scrooge accuses Bob Cratchit of being greedy for requesting Christmas as a day to retreat from work to be with his family, when in fact it is he who is greedy, essentially concerned with profits, not people. Orally, this point is perhaps best illustrated in the Past when
be a reason why he has strong sympathy towards lower class people who work very hard and get little money. Hence, he creates a character called Bob Cratchit and he is a clerk who works for Scrooge. Cratchit has a big family with lots of children. He is oppressed by Scrooge and he gets little salary. Clearly, Dickens is trying to present Bob Cratchit as ordinary people at that time so that he engages with them. The three Ghosts of Christmas represent the past, present and future of Scrooge’s
renewed by these Spirits who shed light and truth upon him, resulting in making him become a better man, portraying the virtue of charity. The novel introduces Scrooge as a man of greed. This is shown in the first stave when Scrooge's clerk Bob Cratchit can barely keep warm by such a small fire "that it looked like one coal." Because of Scrooge's greed, he insists on storing up on his wealth by burning less coal, despite it's lack of warmth. Furthermore, one can notice Scrooge's greed as he refuses
In the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.The main character Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean,ignorant and lonely old man who hates Christmas, and thinks it is stupid and there is no point in celebrating it.Throughout the book Scrooge is visited by four spirits.The spirits are Jacob Marley his dead co-worker,the spirit of christmas past,the spirit of christmas present and the spirit of future christmas who change his outlook on Christmas,In the middle of the book Scrooge begins to transition into
been doing wrong and what he should have done. For example, when the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge a vision of Bob Cratchit visiting Tiny Tim’s grave, Scrooge yells “He died! No, no!” (Dickens, 421) Scrooge becomes aware of how other people feel and realizes he should treat them differently. In this quote, he is shows regretting how much money he pays Bob Cratchit, whose son died because he could support his needs. Scrooge change from a greedy, oblivious being to a thoughtful and unselfish
It’s December of 1801 and the whole town is decorating, dancing, singing, and laughing as they get ready for a near holiday: Christmas. All but one pessimistic, obdurate cripple of a man. His name is Ebenezer Scrooge, an undermined old male swathed in dark clothing. He is typically found strolling the streets on Victorian London with poor posture, eyes locked on the cracked sidewalk beneath the soles of his shoes. Slumping along, carolers cease to sing near him and nobody speaks when in his presence
In A Christmas carol, how does Dickens make the reader aware of the conditions of the poor in the 19th century? In what ways does he make his message palatable? The story of ‘A Christmas Carol’ is set in Charles Dickens home town of London. In the Victorian period Londoners were split in two categories, the rich and poor and the streets were filled with diseases and many poor children died at young ages. There were many big families who had small but affordable meals throughout the year
Timeless themes are generalizations about life or the human experience that endures changes in time or place. Audiences understand timeless themes, no matter how old or recent the text, because timeless themes are universally accepted as themes that connect to the very essence of what makes us human. A timeless theme that has been seen throughout the years is the theme of poverty. Throughout humankind’s existence, many people throughout the ages have seen the wide gap between the rich and the poor
in jail,’ if they would rather die they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.’ Scrooge had a clerk called Bob Cratchit, who even thought gets treated unfairly by Ebenezer, still has some respect for him. Mr Cratchit was one of the poor people described in the novel, along with his family, but one thing he was rich in was happiness. Bob earned 15 ‘bob’ a week but was a cheerful man all his life because of his wife and kids. This ... ... middle of paper ... ...way they act
from the schoolmaster's offer of food and wine to a young Scrooge and his adoring young sister Fan, or the humble but merry celebration hosted by Mr. Fezziwig and his wife, or even Fred's offer of assistance to a grieving Bob Cratchit in a future that does not come to pass: as Bob says, “Now, it wasn't for the sake of anything he might be able to do for us,so much as for his kind way, that this was quite delightful. It really seemed as if he had known our Tiny Tim, and felt with us." Despite this,
Robin Sharma, a famous writer, once said, “Change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.” Many people believe that change is a very big decision. It takes time and can get a little messy on the way. The truth, however, is a small decision, Like donating money for the poor in need. Unfortunately, in the play, A Christmas Carol, the main character, Scrooge, is a selfish miser. Fortunately, by the end of the play, Scrooge realizes that he was selfish and no good and changed his
Bob has not only been overworked but is underpaid. Bob has a son, Tiny TIm who is likely to die unless his family is able to make more money to keep him alive. However Scrooge fails to see the concerns and needs of his employer and continue to underpay him. Dickens refers in communism
because he has realized that he does need to change the way he treats others. Scrooge is shown images of Bob Cratchit’s family and Scrooge’s nephew and his fiancée. Bob’s family does not have much and they do their best to provide for the children. Tiny Tim, the youngest, is not a strong child and if not given the proper medicine he will die. Scrooge begins to wish he paid Bob a bit more that Bob might be able to afford the treatment Tiny Tim needs to grow strong again. Scrooge is taken to Fred’s house
relationship with Fred and family, Bob Cratchit’s family, and the effect Scrooge’s approach towards finances, work, and peers had on his relationships. Despite his lofty language and high-handed tone, Ebenezer Scrooge 's grasping ways left him without friends or family. Bob Cratchit, living in his tiny cottage crowded with both children and love, was by far the happier man. Dickens was not, however, advocating poverty as the surest road to contentment. We know that Cratchit will happily accept the assistance
innocence. Scrooge feels guilty due to the fact that he is mean and mistreats Bob Cratchit and his nephew Fred. Fred is Scrooge’s only relative who is still alive and is nothing like his uncle. Fred is pleasant and essentially loves Christmas. He also faces guilt because he is extremely frugal and cold hearted especially to the men from the charity, and extremely rude to the caroler he chases away. For instance, Bob Cratchit, Fred, men from the charity and the caroler are innocence. They didn’t deserve