Scrooge transformed: his generosity, Fred's dinner and Bob Cratchit's rise.
Key quotations: 'I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school-boy', 'I don't know what day of the month it is!', 'Not a farthing less', 'I'll raise your salary', 'He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man', 'who did not die, he was a second father', 'knew how to keep Christmas well'.
Different readings: a complete change of heart, or charity that leaves the Cratchits relying on one rich man's goodwill.
Eduqas's essay on this novel marks context as much as response and analysis: weave context into the argument, and treat the printed extract as a starting point, ranging across the beginning, middle and end of the novel.
