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Ignorance and Want

In stave 3, through the use of two almost animalistic children, allegories of two major social
issues ‘Want’ and ‘Ignorance’, Dickens presents the overall alteration of Scrooge’s character,
showing how he regrets affecting negatively both of those children, products of the society
he contributed to
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These two children are a poignant symbol to the uncomfortable audience that
the conditions of poverty do not arise in a vacuum as a “natural phenomenon” of sorts, but
that they are the direct result of none other than mankind itself
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Dickens
appears to be hinting at the fact that Victorian England has both created and perpetuated
this problem, and if this is indeed the case, then “Man” must also come up with a solution
for said circumstances
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They
learn to not take their possessions for granted as poverty could strike at any moment and to
aid others in need
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Dickens portrays
the children in such a disgusting manner in order to achieve as much sympathy, from the
uneasiness of his audience, as possible
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As a reader my initial response towards them was pity
and perhaps fear, considering those children are the future generation of that era and are
destined to take over eventually
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Like the Ghost warned Scrooge, Ignorance has
‘Doom’ written across his forehead therefore meaning that if the rich remain oblivious to
the living conditions among the poor members of society and the poor continue without
primary education, they will all be doomed to repeat the same cycle of mistakes
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Their denied childhoods are
not only mentioned to achieve a feeling of sympathy from the reader but also to show how
the majority of issues in the adult world (such as criminals) originate from children that their
society refused to accept
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Despite the age of this novella, problems spotted within the
society it was based on, can still be visible today
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Through its heartwarming imagery and the constant topic of family and togetherness, it manages to touch
the deepest aspects of our soul
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The descriptions are so
vivid, and the themes so memorable, that it is hard for us not to be engaged and often find
ourselves considering our own morals
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