There was novella: to begin with. A novel called A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens. This work is innovative, ingenious, and just plain brilliant. A Christmas Carol is set in the Victorian era, with three evident themes; childhood innocence, Scrooge’s transformation, and social justice. The Victorian era lasted from 1837 until 1901. In this time, children were viewed as angels close to Heaven, which was an extremely important belief of people in the Victorian era. During this time, children were considered the purest and most innocent beings of the Earth, therefore childhood innocence is in the novella. There were different social classes in this era, being defined by job, clothing, money, and houses. Many of the rich did not work,
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In the novella, childhood innocence is shown through Fan in this quote, “`I have come to bring you home, dear brother.' said the child, clapping her tiny hands, and bending down to laugh. `To bring you home, home, home.' “ (Dickens, 18) This concrete detail provides adamant indirect characterization. It can be inferred that Fan simply adores and yearns to help Scrooge. Fan, the sister, did not directly come out and holler, “I love you, brother,” but instead addresses him as “dear brother”. Her actions, such as clapping her hands in delight and kissing him, shows that she deeply cares for her brother and is a good person with a good heart. The little girl expresses excitement, and can be seen as such a pure and innocent child, which proves the category of childhood innocence. The positive description and sense of her almost saving her brother reflects this idea that the children within this book are almost perfect. Another descriptive quote from the novella connects to childhood innocence, “Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish; but prostrate, too, in their humility. Where graceful youth should have filled their features out, and touched them with its freshest tints…” (49) In this example, there is a great deal of explanation of the image of the children under the Spirit’s robe. This detail and use of the senses provides strong …show more content…
An example of Scrooge’s transformation at the beginning of the novella would be, “The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin... and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas.” (2) This concrete detail proves mood, direct characterization, and imagery. The use of figurative language thoroughly describes Scrooge, and paints a picture. This also sets the standard for how Scrooge behaves. Words such as “shrewdly” and “shrivelled” gives a feeling of bitterness, therefore the mood is set. The direct characterization shows by directly describing a character, and having Scrooge be pictured in a certain way. Furthermore, Scrooge’s transformation is illustrated through his fear in this quote, “I am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come?” (50) The words “Christmas Yet To Come,” show personification. When the beginnings of words are capitalized in this novella, that implies an object is alive or important. Unfortunately, Scrooge’s aura also drastically plummets in this sentence. Throughout the story, he is characterized as a resolute, intense man, but in this sentence his
In the novella, childhood innocence is shown through Fan in this quote, “`I have come to bring you home, dear brother.' said the child, clapping her tiny hands, and bending down to laugh. `To bring you home, home, home.' “ (Dickens, 18) This concrete detail provides adamant indirect characterization. It can be inferred that Fan simply adores and yearns to help Scrooge. Fan, the sister, did not directly come out and holler, “I love you, brother,” but instead addresses him as “dear brother”. Her actions, such as clapping her hands in delight and kissing him, shows that she deeply cares for her brother and is a good person with a good heart. The little girl expresses excitement, and can be seen as such a pure and innocent child, which proves the category of childhood innocence. The positive description and sense of her almost saving her brother reflects this idea that the children within this book are almost perfect. Another descriptive quote from the novella connects to childhood innocence, “Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish; but prostrate, too, in their humility. Where graceful youth should have filled their features out, and touched them with its freshest tints…” (49) In this example, there is a great deal of explanation of the image of the children under the Spirit’s robe. This detail and use of the senses provides strong …show more content…
An example of Scrooge’s transformation at the beginning of the novella would be, “The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry chin... and didn’t thaw it one degree at Christmas.” (2) This concrete detail proves mood, direct characterization, and imagery. The use of figurative language thoroughly describes Scrooge, and paints a picture. This also sets the standard for how Scrooge behaves. Words such as “shrewdly” and “shrivelled” gives a feeling of bitterness, therefore the mood is set. The direct characterization shows by directly describing a character, and having Scrooge be pictured in a certain way. Furthermore, Scrooge’s transformation is illustrated through his fear in this quote, “I am in the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come?” (50) The words “Christmas Yet To Come,” show personification. When the beginnings of words are capitalized in this novella, that implies an object is alive or important. Unfortunately, Scrooge’s aura also drastically plummets in this sentence. Throughout the story, he is characterized as a resolute, intense man, but in this sentence his