Stave 1
The 'surplus population' line and refusal of charity.
Read in Books4Free →Theme: Class, Poverty, and Social Critique
From A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Dickens uses Scrooge's conversion to attack utilitarian indifference, Malthusian economics, and the dehumanization of the poor.
Stave 3
Ignorance and Want unveiled; the Ghost throws Scrooge's words back at him.
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