why am I making a video saying that you can answer every single question with just 10 quotes now as you know I write loads of revision guides this one is still five stars on Amazon which is my top rated guide I tell you everything you need to know so why if I'm obsessed with top grades am I giving you a cheap code away just to get 10 quotes Well because most of you aren't going to go out and buy my awesome guide so how do I know this is even going to work well I'm glad you asked a school approached me and said Mr salers can you design a course for us from students who are getting grade three to students who are getting grade n On A Christmas Carol and I said yes of course I can do that even though I'm obsessed with top grades I can teach students at grade three because I know that even average students can get top grades and my shortcut was I wonder if I can find 10 quotes and that's the only 10 quotes the students would have to learn ever well to find out I took three of these themes and I wrote 21 essays three at each grade using just these 10 quotes yes it can be done even at grade seven8 and nine these are the only quotes you need we're going to start with quote number one I'm going to show you how it fits every theme and then the different levels of language analysis let's dive in oh but he was a tight fisted hand at the grindstone that's my first quote what's that going to link to well it's obviously going to link to Scrooge and his lack of generosity and his greed how will it link to Redemption this is the reason he has to change he has to redeem himself how will it link to Christmas well this is when the novel starts Dickens deliberately portrays him this way at Christmas because of the contrast contrast is a method that's always going to get super marks and the contrast is with what Scrooge needs to become the theme of redemption again how does it link to the ghosts there's no ghosts here you might get a question on the ghosts well this is the reason that the ghosts appear the supernatural intervention happens because that's what Scrooge is like boom I can link it to every single theme how does it link to the poor well that's why Scrooge is not going to help the poor he is tight fisted sorted let's do the second part of the quote a squeezing wrenching grasping scraping clutching Covetous old sinner oh yes you can just imagine this as the Bible thumping thumping thumping preacher on the Corner pronouncing against this awful man oh I love it what does it link to that's why he needs to redeem yes that's why it's happening at Christmas because that's when we're all going to be generous yes that's why the poor need help because of people like screws the rich denying their taxes and their money in charity to help the poor how does it linked to the ghosts were because that's what summons them oh I'm repeating myself I'm ever so sorry but it's just so easy to link to every theme yes he needs to be generous and this is what's wrong with him at the start and he is so greedy Scrooge is in a box because he's the one who's you're most likely to get a question about okay let's do some language analysis we have three exclamation marks this is important ladies and gentlemen that's what exclamation mark means this is how Dickens is saying this is the guy we need to trans form we've got this beautiful long list of verbs which emphasizes how greedy he is we've got this beautiful alliteration clutching Covetous harsh sounds which show how cruel he is we've got this metaphor of him being a hand unfeeling not a real person he's just a hand and he's at the grindstone he like he's melded to this machine he is unfeeling which we get from this metaphor yet another method we have sibilance Scrooge squeezing grindstone when you get sibilance the repetition of the S it's always either to be Sinister like Scrooge or soft and gentle as Scrooge becomes at the end those two meanings are the only ever meanings you ever I have to mention with siblings and you can link it to his evil nature which is dramatized here in a comic way and then we have our sinner the deliberate Christian language which links us directly to the Christian message of the novel you need to become more Christian giving to charity and therefore changing Society Dick's other message me is if you don't do that well you're not really a Christian are you you're going to go to hell dear reader if you're not a generous person like my novel is going to teach Scrooge to be now a word of warning I've just given you loads of methods here and you might be thinking oh thank you Mr sales I can now write about this quote in super detail and get loads and loads of marks that is not the message I want you to take away you can do that but if you do that for every quote you won't write a very good essay it'll all be full of language analysis but you won't have any ao1 marks or any ao2 marks or not many anyway and so I don't want you to dive into loads of detail about each quote I will give you all that detail but when you're writing the essay I only want you to pick two quotes to go into any level of detail with let's pick up the pace I don't make Merry at Christmas and I can't afford to make idle people marry let's do some language analysis we have Idol this word is crucial because it is the word that victorians would have used to describe the poor you would have had the deserving poor and the idle poor the idle poor they deserve nothing the deserving poor depending on who you are a few and far between the basic idea is you're poor because you don't work hard enough that is Scrooge's view it's the view of many of the readers and that's the view that Dickens wants to change we have the repetition of I he's self-centered and self-interested we have the alliteration of of make Merry you can hear his disgust in that which the alliteration emphasizes we've got the repetition of Mary because he is scornful of that very idea we've got the reference of Christmas because you might be writing about the Christmas spirit or the traditions of Christmas how does it link to Redemption Scrooge needs to be redeemed because he is a sinner as we have seen and this is what's wrong with him however Scrooge represents society which discriminates against what they see as the idol poor Society also needs to be redeemed why is he writing this book at Christmas because this is when we are most generous in society and therefore this is when we are more likely to be receptive to Dickens message what's this got to do with the poor yeah you know what's it got to do with the ghosts well again this is what causes Jacob Marley to visit him and Jacob Marley has arranged for the other three spirits to come to change Scrooge this is what brings them into the novel what's it got to do with generosity and greed need I say more next quote quote number three appears both at the beginning and in Stave three are there no prisons are there no workhouses these obviously are rhetorical questions there's my method and they're there to do what they show us why he needs to be redeemed they show us how cruel this is especially at Christmas it shows not just his attitude to the poor but the institutions themselves are supported by society and this is society's treatment of the poor every time you use the word Society you get up into grade seven by the way it summons the ghosts and it's also said by the ghost so this is the Ghost of Christmas present and this is the most important lesson that he has to teach Scrooge let's look at the rest of the quote said the spirit turning on him for the last time with his own words this is a brilliant dram atic moment because it shows Scrooge how damaging his greed is because he's talking about Tiny Tim here isn't he and he says says to the ghost is Tiny Tim going to die and the Ghost says well why not he should die shouldn't he those were your very own words but these are also the very own words of society grade seven remember writing about how scrooges views represents Society views top marks you know I hope the word beginning with m malthusian so malus's views about the poor which are co-opted used by Society to justify the workhouses and the prisons and so we can talk about Victorian malthusian views of the poor perspectives of the poor malthusian economics these are things that should be tripping off your tongue so let's look at some language devices we've had the rhetorical question we've got the contrast contrast is King it's the best technique in the world it happens all the time the contrast with Scrooge in Stave one to Scrooge in stve three who is now learning to care he's beginning his Redemption he wants to save Tiny Tim that is part of the Christmas spirit it's changing his attitude to the poor the ghosts have done it he is becoming more generous booah next quote number four the most famous one apart from bar humbug which isn't even on our list what then if he be like to die he had better do it and decrease the Surplus population oh it's so juicy so obviously malthusian views of the poor right there that's the attack that Dickens is making what technique are we going to zoom in on the alliteration of D in D do it decrease he is emphasizing the cruelty not just of Scrooge but the sord society victorians are deliberately treating the poor in a way that will lead them to die they're killing the poor that's what Dickens is saying how do they justify it they justify it with economic language that's a method euphemism that's a method a euphemism is where you say something to disguise the horror of what you're describing instead of to die you kick the bucket a euphemism instead of killing the poor we are decreasing the Surplus population this is the semantic field another method the semantic field of Economics rather than shocking us with the real truth kill the poor so we've got loads of methods we got loads of messages they're all about Society they're all about ticking ideas about what needs to change change is redemption change is easiest to happen at Christmas this is what summons the ghosts this is what's wrong with with the poor it's the rich who are damaging the poor who are perhaps creating the poor by not paying them enough wages it's why the ghosts appear and it's why he needs to become more generous less greedy drop the spatula quote number five is one you probably haven't considered it's the lesson that Jacob Marley has learned 7 years ago Marley is basically Scrooge seven years ago and therefore I can use this in my conclusion because I'm going to show this is what Scrooge has to end up at he has to remember that mankind is his business that's the lesson he learns at the end but I don't have to wait to the conclusion I can use it at any point in my essay to show why Scrooge needs to be redeemed why this happens at Christmas that's when Marley is able to appear it's a kind of Supernatural intervention that happens because of the power of Christmas remember Marley summons the Christmas spirits well they can only appear at Christmas so I can easily link it to Christmas obviously I'm going to link it to the poor because the poor people are also part of mankind and therefore the poor are our business greed goes without saying oity without saying now let's look at the rest of the quote the dealings of my trade were but a drop in the ocean of my business so we've got a contrast here where Marley is telling us that our personal business is just trade that's what we normally think about as business but he turns that language around to say no our proper business isn't making making money through trade it is about making the world a better place that is our business why we are here it is Mankind and Mankind here means womenkind as well by the way it's not sexist so he wants to change mankind make them better how are you going to do that you're going to lift up the poor and another metaphor the poor are like an ocean mankind is like an ocean the problem is so massive and therefore it needs massive help which means everybody has to start thinking about Mankind a very modern message isn't it one that I can put in anywhere in the essay and don't forget the conclusion because this is the change that needs to be brought about for Scrooge at number six we have Bell the love of Scrooge's life who he has led lost because of his avarice and greed now this quote that she says to him before she dumps him another Idol has displaced me a golden one is short easy to remember but also full of language analysis an idol is a false god remember the audience the readers are Christians Victorian society is a Christian Society Society gets you grade seven and this links us directly to the Christian idea of redemption Scrooge's avarice his cruelty his greed is unchristian and therefore he needs to be redeemed society's attitude to the poor is unchristian and therefore Society needs to be redeemed he is obsessed with money and this metaphor of the golden idol what Scrooge now worships is an easy way to slap in a method link it to dickens's purpose which is to show that Scrooge's views are ungodly society's views are unchristian oh I can just feel those top grades dropping into your lap really easy to do with this lovely short quote it also shows us the removal of love from Scrooge's life which gets replaced at the end when he begins to love others we can definitely say he loves Tiny Tim at the end from his behavior but I won't analyze that now I'll analyze it later we've linked it to Redemption is it relevant to Christmas yes because Christmas is about love for our fellow man this is the message of lost love that Scrooge needs to regain what does it have to do with the poor well if he's not keeping all his gold for himself he will use it to look after the poor which he does at the end you remember when he gives all that money to the charity workers does it link to the ghosts yes it does it doesn't look like it does but it is the Ghost of Christmas Past who shows him this and you can ask yourself why does the Ghost of Christmas Past show him this it's to show the love that Happ has been lost that needs to be rekindled obviously it's all about his lack of generosity and how he has become greedy and that's why he lost his fiance the gorgeous bell bell of course is French for beautiful he's lost what is beautiful in life by replacing it with the golden evil quote number seven another juicily short one easy to remember now you're probably thinking father is so much Kinder than he used to be well how am I going to use that Mr sales glad you asked that's why this spatula is here fatherhood is a major theme in the novel why haven't I got it down here because the examiners do not realize it is a major theme or maybe they do realize but they don't think you will and therefore a question on fatherhood much too hard but if we think of Scrooge's Redemption he becomes at the end a second father to Tiny Tim stop talking about the end Mr SES wait for that quote so we can see that this is a major thing in dickens's mind which is why he ends the novel with Dickens Dickens Scrooge becoming a second father Tiny Tim it's obviously really important for him so it's really important how Scrooge was failed by his own father so a major criticism of the novel is that Scrooge's Redemption is not really realistic this is top grade stuff okay it's not really realistic we don't really believe that someone who was such a Covetous old Sinner and so obsessed with gold would ever transform overnight but Dickens says well I think it is believable so what we're seeing here is Scrooge withdraws from society and withdraws from the world because of his treatment by his father who used to be cruel isolated him at school didn't bring him home for Christmas and instead gave all his love and affection to Fan who was saying this fan is Scrooge's sister so we've got the image of Scrooge being abandoned as a young child which gives psychological reasons for why he is so cruel as he grows up it also shows What's going to break that pattern of Cruelty when he learns to become a better father than his own father was so no one else is going to be writing about that grade 789 all the way we've linked it to Redemption Christmas well this is fan inviting Scrooge back home for Christmas Christmas was a turning point when he was younger it's going to be a turning point when he's older how does it link to the poor because in order to help the poor Scrooge is going to have to become like a father to them man kind is my business remember and so he becomes first the father to Tiny Tim but then to the poor more generally which is why he gives money to charity Etc what's it got to do with the ghosts well the ghosts of christas past takes him to this moment because he thinks it's the one that's going to change Scrooge it links back to our previous quote fan is the other person perhaps the only other person Scrooge has ever loved she is now dead how is he going to bring that relationship back by becoming the father that she thought he should be what's my language analysis well I quite like father and Kinder deliberate rhyme he and be deliberately rhyme it gives a rhythm which makes this easier to remember which makes the reader focus on it better it tells us that being a father is about being Kinder that's what a good father is just ask my kids what do you think the spatula is for do it again get your homework done damn it you're in for a treat with this one spirit said Scrooge with an interest he had never felt before tell me if Tiny Tim will live this happens in Stave three there are five staves where this is the very middle of the novel it is the Turning Point the beginning of Scrooge's Redemption we can tell that because he's never felt this way before this is the moment when he starts to become a better human being and what prompts it is the poverty and the fragility of Tiny Tim this is the moment when he becomes a father in his thoughts about Tiny Tim we can see how that last quote was so useful we have sibilance remember that the repetition of the S this time it is not Sinister but it is soft it emphasizes the new found care in Scrooge spirit said Scrooge no longer Sinister now caring and kind now the alliteration at the end tell me if Tiny Tim will live the alliteration emphasizes his concern his tenderness which also begins with t so I'll remember to use that in the exam obviously it's the moment of his the beginning of his Redemption is it link to Christmas oh you bet because that's when he sees the family and he sees that even with this massive Meal which obviously isn't very massive but it is for them even with this meal Tiny Tim's had it he is not going to live till the next Christmas what is the solution not the NHS not Better Health Care no just feed him more how's that going to happen Scrooge you better W raise his wages how's that going to happen well what if all Society did that all these rich readers reading this book and so Tiny Tim represents the poor and Scrooge's change of heart represents how we must change our heart if we're Victorian towards the poor what's it got to do with the ghosts spirit it's a ghost isn't it it's the ghost of Chistmas present who is strangely predicting the future here even though he's the Ghost of Christmas present it's the ghosts who are there to give the Christmas spirit back to Scrooge and he can use that all year round to save mankind which is my business generosity and greed you know it number nine which also appears at the end of stage three and is also the Ghost of Christmas present this boy is ignorance this girl is is want beware them both but most of all beware this boy for on his brow I see that written which is Doom oh drama so what am I going to say about this quote well the first thing is it's not necessary in the plot I mean if Scrooge never sees these two children these yellow r muffins hiding underneath the Robes of the Ghost of Christmas present does anything in the story change no nothing at all so why does Dickens put that in remember writing about Dickens purpose gives me grade seven and above well it's because this is Dickens commentary about Society so the boy isn't just boy he represents ignorance the lack of an education the poor didn't go to school go to school cost money the girl represents want that isn't wanting things it's need want means poverty in Victorian times she represents the lack of stuff beware them both so what he's saying is if you make people poor that is going to cost Society they're going to be a greater burden somehow if you don't educate them they're going to stay poor if you educate them they can lift themselves out of poverty they can get better employment better wages and so what Dickens is saying here is a political argument he's saying let's educate the poor then they won't be so poor then they won't cost us in society but he then links it with doom so he's not just saying poor people are going to cost us more in taxes uh-uh he's saying poor people are going to need need more to survive they're going to turn to Crime they're going to turn to violence 3 years after this novel was written most of the countries in Europe turned to Revolution 1848 revolution all over Europe and Dickens is warning about this now he's saying our poor people are going to rise up violently against us we don't want that let's stop them being poor not by just paying them but by educating them now it's easy to miss this message when you get to the end of the novel but that always allows me to write about this message it's ticking message which always allows me to get to grade seven well I can get higher than a grade seven obviously but can I link it to every theme so I can justify sticking it in my essay and making it one of my top 10 yes I can this is why Scrooge needs to redeem himself but even more importantly it's how Society needs to be redeemed kaching Society the Christmas spirit is not just for Christmas it is forever we've got to change the lives of the poor all year round it's obviously about the poor the ghosts well these kids are ghostly little apparitions they're not real are they they're ghostly little apparitions hiding in the ghost's robes so these ghosts of the children are there to teach the lesson notice we've got boy and girl because Dickens wants to say it's everybody mankind remember not a sexist word means everyone generosity grade enough said quote number 10 has to come from the ending of the novel and to Tiny Tim who did not die he was a second father we've already talked about how fatherhood is the secret theme underpinning Scrooge's transformation his Redemption we've got the alliteration of to Tiny Tim which emphasizes the change in Tiny Tim he does not die because Scrooge has become responsible Tiny Tim of course represents the vulnerable in society and Scrooge's fatherhood represents how everyone who's got money in society needs to think like a father to the vulnerable like Tiny Tim so that they do not die so that they do not decrease the Surplus population because the population is people they are never Surplus we have the alliteration of did not die a contrast balanced by the word not he was going to die that was his future Scrooge has changed it through his Redemption now there's an interesting Christian message here normally the idea is to save your soul that's what Marley's lesson at the beginning is isn't it mankind was my business and Marley wants to save his own soul from walking the Earth as a ghostly Apparition carrying all his chains about and the only way Marley's going to get out of that is by helping Scrooge and if Scrooge changes then Marley's punishment might be lessened but Scrooge's punishment might disappear however Scrooge isn't worried about his own soul he doesn't mention his own soul he's not worried about heaven mankind is my business mankind is on Earth that's why it's going in my conclusion Scrooge wants to change now here why does Dickens do that well because because he wants to change society right now right here great lyrics so Scrooge demonstrates dickens's message that it's not just about redeeming yourself in heaven it's about changing Earth mankind for the better better right now Christmas as you know it happens at Christmas because this is the time when we're most generous this is the time when we're most likely to change has it got anything to do with the poor you know it does has it got anything to do with the ghosts yes I've already talked about Marley initiating this process but obviously this is the result of the ghost visits this is proof that their visits have worked generosity greed you know it makes sense now you're probably thinking yes but the extract might be something that's got none of these quotes in it what the hell am I going to do then glad you asked everything you're going to do everything then a grade n essay needs 13 quotes now 13 longish quotes like these okay and you can delve into individual words in some of them to boost that but hold on you said 13 Mr salers you've only given us 10 and like you can't predict which 13 will come up in the exam yes I can I've already predicted these 10 I've shown you how they fit every single theme so you can use them no matter what the question because all your questions will be about these themes where will we get the other three from in the extract thank you examiner for helping me Ace this exam I don't have to go away and revise loads of other quotes could you revise loads of other quotes oh yeah you might love this book you might love English you might want to grow up to be a Mr sales but with hair and less fat and a spatula well that could be you you could go out and learn Low's more quotes I do I love the stuff but you might just want to pass this exam in which case 10 quotes will do if you are not convinced I have not redeemed you and I apologize see you on the other side