Dickens uses different techniques to create the feeling of a happy family, even though the Cratchits are very poor. ... In the scene in the centre of the book, the Cratchits are eating Christmas dinner, while Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present watch them.

How is the Cratchit family presented as poor?

Dickens presents the Cratchit family in the extract as poor, Tiny Tim is not well and can't afford a doctor because they have not much money Tiny Tim says “God bless us every one”. ... Dickens uses the cratchit family as poor in the whole novel because they are spending time together at christmas.

How would you describe the Cratchit family?

Cratchit family, fictional characters, an impoverished hardworking and warmhearted family in A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens. The family comprises Bob Cratchit, his wife, and their six children: Martha, Belinda, Peter, two smaller Cratchits (an unnamed girl and boy), and the lame but ever-cheerful Tiny Tim.