Who were the children in whom the ghost of Christmas past told scrooge to beware?

Answer 1

The children are Ignorance and Want. They are shown to Scrooge by the ghost of Christmas Present.

Many of Dickens' books contained his own observations and criticisms of Victorian society. One of his biggest concerns was the plight of the children of London's poor. Sex was the only pleasure the poor could indulge in on a regular basis and the result was thousands of children living in unimaginable poverty, filth, and disease. It is estimated that in 1839 nearly half of all funerals in London were for children under the age of ten. Those who survived grew up without education and virtually no chance to escape the cycle of poverty. Dickens felt that education was the only way to break the cycle of poverty became interested in the so-called Ragged Schools in London. These were charity-run schools which provided the poorest children with religious instruction and a very basic education. Most poor children, however, remained uneducated due to the demand for child labour and the apathy of their parents, who saw their children as a way to relieve their own poverty.

Dickens represents these children in A Christmas Carolthrough the allegorical twins, Ignorance and Want. The Ghost of Christmas Present shows them, wretched and almost animal in appearance, to Scrooge with the warning: "This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased."

Answer 2

The children were Ignorance and Want. They represent the lack of education and resources that lead to suffering and poverty in society. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come warns Scrooge to beware of them, as their existence reflects the consequences of his greed and indifference to those in need.

Answer 3

The Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge two starving children who travel with him beneath his robes and names the boy as Ignorance and the girl as Want.

He explains to Scrooge that these are the children of mankind and that they should be avoided, especially Ignorance, or doom is imminent.

Answer 4

The ghost who prduced the children was the Ghost of Christmas Present. They were named (the boy) Ignorance and (the Girl) Want. SCrooge is wanted to be aware of both but moreso of the boy (Ignorance)

Answer 5

The boy is Ignorance and the girl is want. The ghost portrays these as children to emphisies that want and ignornace are like childeren made by mankind

Answer 6

The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to;

His old School

The streets of London at Christmas

To Fezziwigs warehouse

To Belles home