There were pears and apples, clustered high in blooming pyramids; there were bunches of grapes, made in the shopkeepers' benevolence to dangle from conspicuous hooks, that people's mouths might water gratis as they passed; there were piles of filberts, mossy and brown, recalling, in their fragrance, ancient walks among the woods, and pleasant shufflings ankle deep through withered leaves; there were Norfolk Biffins, squab and swarthy, setting off the yellow of the oranges and lemons, and, in the great compactness of their juicy persons, urgently entreating and beseeching to be carried home in paper bags and eaten after dinner. (Page 54)
anaphora
This character is a jolly giant
The ghost of the Christmas present
Though the Cratchit family is poor, they are still together to support each other, celebrating the festival.
Christmas reunion of family
In easy state upon this couch, there sat a jolly Giant, glorious to see; who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike Plenty’s horn, and held it up, high up, to shed its light on Scrooge, as he came peeping round the door. (page 51)
imagery
The character got a special ability to make people better off (especially for the poor)
The G of C.P.
What's the theme conveyed by this:
There were pears and apples, clustered high in blooming pyramids; there were bunches of grapes, made in the shopkeepers' benevolence to dangle from conspicuous hooks, that people's mouths might water gratis as they passed; there were piles of filberts, mossy and brown, recalling, in their fragrance, ancient walks among the woods, and pleasant shufflings ankle deep through withered leaves; there were Norfolk Biffins, squab and swarthy, setting off the yellow of the oranges and lemons, and, in the great compactness of their juicy persons, urgently entreating and beseeching to be carried home in paper bags and eaten after dinner. (Page 54)
Christmas spirit/ joy and satisfaction
There were great round, pot-bellied baskets of chestnuts, shaped like the waistcoats of jolly old gentlemen (page 54)
simile
In which scene did the giant character used imagined character(personification/exemplification) to leave Scrooge a lesson?
P71 "The boy ignorance, the girl is Want..."