A Christmas Carol | Social Sensitivity
Like most of his works, A Christmas Carol reflects Dickens's indignation at the treatment of the poor in Victorian England. His satiric portrait of the greedy Scrooge reflects his disgust with utilitarian philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham, who argued that the most important institution in modern society was business and that everything should be subordinated to commerce. Rather than advocating a specific political vehicle for social change, Dickens uses Scrooge's conversion and newfound generosity toward the Cratchit family to illustrate how the individual can make a difference...
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