In
,presents a number of perspectives on family, from the love that the
Cratchits show one another, to the distance between Scrooge and Fred. The Ghost of Christmas
Past reminds Scrooge of the importance of family when he takes Scrooge back to his life as an
isolated young child. Scrooge was away at boarding school, alone, until his younger sister Fan
comes to retrieve him and sheds light on Scrooge's early familial experience. When she comes to
bring him home, she says
Father is so much kinder than he
used to be, that homes like Heaven! He spoke so gently to me one dear night when I was going to
bed, that I was not afraid to ask him once more if you might come home; and he said Yes, you
should; and sent me in a coach to bring you.
Here we
learn that even though family can be tender, as is the case with the Cratchits, it can also be
toxic, as it was between Scrooge and his father. However, Fan and Scrooge had a wonderful
relationship, and this instance...
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