A Christmas Carol Revision

Many of my students have really struggle with the fundamental message behind A Christmas Carol over the years.

Like all GCSE texts, it is important consider one thing - What is the writer trying to make us think about?

If you consider that question and then think of all of the various messages within the text, it really supports you achieving a higher grade.

For example, consider the Ghost of Christmas Past - on the surface it shows Scrooge as an isolated, neglected and "solitary" child, however, what it does is make the reader think that Scrooge acts the way he does in adulthood due to this treatment. The wider message is that if Scrooge had been shown the love he sought as a child, especially from his sister, then he would have had love in his adult life.

If you consider the context and progression of the character in the story, it does not have to be only about the Victorian era. This is what helps you achieve a 'perceptive' mark band in Literature and is one of the many examples of what knowledge you will gain from signing up to a tuition course with us.