Grade 9 aqa eng lit acc marking

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EXTRACT:
It opened; and a little girl, much younger than the boy, came darting in, and putting her arms about his neck, and often kissing him, addressed him as her "Dear, dear brother."
"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!"
"Home, little Fan?" returned the boy.
"Yes!" said the child, brimful of glee. "Home, for good and all. Home, for ever and ever. Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home's 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. And you're to be a man!" said the child, opening her eyes, "and are never to come back here; but first, we're to be together all the Christmas long, and have the merriest time in all the world."
"You are quite a woman, little Fan!” exclaimed the boy.
She clapped her hands and laughed, and tried to touch his head; but being too little, laughed again, and stood on tiptoe to embrace him. Then she began to drag him, in her childish eagerness, towards the door; and he, nothing loth to go, accompanied her.
A terrible voice in the hall cried. "Bring down Master Scrooge's box, there!" And in the hall appeared the schoolmaster himself, who glared on Master Scrooge with a ferocious condescension, and threw him into a dreadful state of mind by shaking hands with him. He then conveyed him and his sister into the veriest old well of a shivering best-parlour that ever was seen, where the maps upon the wall, and the celestial and terrestrial globes in the windows, were waxy with cold. Here he produced a decanter of curiously light wine, and a block of curiously heavy cake, and administered installments of those dainties to the young people: at the same time, sending out a meagre servant to offer a glass of "something" to the postboy, who answered that he thanked the gentleman, but if it was the same tap as he had tasted before, he had rather not. Master Scrooge's trunk being by this time tied on to the top of the chaise, the children bade the schoolmaster good-bye right willingly; and getting into it, drove gaily down the garden-sweep: the quick wheels dashing the hoar-frost and snow from off the dark leaves of the evergreens like spray.
"Always a delicate creature, whom a breath might have withered," said the Ghost. "But she had a large heart!"
"So she had," cried Scrooge. "You're right. I'll not gainsay it, Spirit. God forbid!"

Starting with this extract, how does Dickens present the positive nature of family life?
Write about:
•how Dickens presents family in this extract
•how Dickens presents family in the novel as a whole.

Dickens presents Scrooge's relationship with his family as limited and unstable, which is expressed through Scrooge's lack of care for his relatives. Dickens uses scrooge to highlight the unhappiness which accompanies solitary life.

Dickens first presents Scrooge's appalling relationship with his family through Fred, Scrooge's remaining relative. While Scrooge fails to acknowledge his nephew, Fred, who is presented ' all in a glow', consistently welcomes his uncle. The use of the lexical field ' glow' symbolises light and purity, reflecting Fred's Christian nature, which would appeal to the Victorian Readership. While Scrooge isolates himself from any human connection, Fred emanates Christian teachings of love and goodness and continues to care for his uncle. Scrooge is the foil character of Fred, who juxtaposes Fred's glow with his fog. Scrooge openly presents his one - sided hatred towards Fred through snide remarks; 'you're poor enough'. Regardless of Fred's attempts, Scrooge continues to brood in his misanthropic mentality, reflecting his poor connection with his family.

However, Dickens presents that while Scrooge fails to reciprocate familial love in the present, he has received sisterly love from Fan. Fan clearly presents her close bond to Scrooge when she comes to bring him back ' home, home, home'. The use of the repetition ' home', creates a child- like, magical lyric which connotes purity and innocence This highlights the joy and happiness Scrooge and Fan feel with each other, emphasising the importance of family. Scrooge reflects how family is a place of support and solace in times of difficulty as when Scrooge was 'neglected' in childhood, he was comforted by his sister's unconditional love. Dickens authorial intent was to evoke sympathy from the Victorian Readership for Scrooge. He did this to show that while Scrooge was abandoned, his family still provided him comfort, teaching the Victorian Readership to be grateful for their family.

Dickens further presents the theme of family through Scrooge in Stave 2, when Fan wants her and Scrooge to be ' together all Christmas long and have the merriest time'. The use of the word 'together' connotes love, strength and family, highlighting how Christmas is a time of celebration and family. Fan reflects Christian teachings of love and care as she acknowledges the importance of Christmas.