A Christmas Carol-Building Background

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Conditions in workhouses

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Harsh

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Dickens' call to middle class

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Improve conditions for the poor

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Middle and upper classes' view of the poor

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Suspicious of laziness

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Country of origin for Charles Dickens

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England

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Dickens' father sent to prison for:

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Unable to pay back debt.

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Definition of Social Injustice

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Unequal treatment and lack of fairness for individuals.

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Population growth in London (1800s)

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Increased due to migration for work

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Year A Christmas Carol was written

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1843

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Inspiration for Dickens' writing about the poor

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His experience of being poor

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Jobs of Dickens before writing

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Factory worker, reporter