A CHRISTMAS CAROL: Complete Essay Plan |Grade 9 Analysis |Fits EVERY Question

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four quotes for four paragraphs. And if

you go back and you look at the comment

section of those videos, guys, it really

helped those year 11s. So this year I've

had a whole year to reflect. This year

guys I've tweaked the quotes and I'm

presenting you with six. We're going to

go over six quotes. I'm going to give

you the quote. I'm going to give you the

technique. I'm going to give you the

analysis and I'm going to talk you

through how you make this quote fit lots

of different questions. Now I'm going to

give you six different paragraphs on the

day of your exam. Remember guys, you

only need to make two of the six fit

because on the day of your exam, you are

aiming for four paragraphs. Two

paragraphs are going to be coming from

the extract that they give you on the

day. The other two will be coming from

these six. Now guys, we need these six

to be absolutely solid. Absolutely

solid. It is unforgivable. Absolutely

unforgivable. I sound like Mr. Berling.

But guys, honestly, we will not be

coming out of the exam on Monday and

none of you guys are going to message me

saying, "Sir, I just couldn't think of

any quotes. Sir, I just couldn't think

of any ideas. Sir, I only did one

paragraph." Guys, that is not happening.

Not on my watch. by hook or by crook on

that exam on Monday. All of us, every

single one of us is coming out of that

exam with four paragraphs done. Now, in

an ideal world, you want to do two

paragraphs from the extract, two

paragraphs from the whole text. But

listen to me very carefully.

If you open the extract and what they

give you on the day is something that

completely completely throws you off.

I'm talking to the point where you can't

understand it at all. Then give me or

try to give me one from the extract and

three from the six that I'm going to

give you. And worstc case scenario,

worst case

scenario, I don't want anyone saying,

"Oh, Mr. Everything English said do

this. I'm saying worst case scenario. If

you can't engage with the extract at

all, you can't even give me a paragraph.

Then you know what guys? Worst case

scenario, out of the six that I'm going

to give you, you write up four of

them. It is better to do that than to

leave your booklet

empty. What I am trying to tell you guys

is this. No matter what happens on

Monday, we are coming out of that exam

doing four full paragraphs. In an ideal

world, we are aiming for two paragraphs.

Extract two paragraphs from the whole

text. But if it comes down to it, you

have to change accordingly. But guys,

remember one thing. This is our GCSE

exam. Everything comes down to this. So

no matter what happens guys, Monday we

are doing four paragraphs. And now guys,

I will help you so much because I am now

going to go through the six quotes that

I believe can fit

99.9999% of questions. All right guys,

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link in. These are my six go-to quotes

from A Christmas Carol. And I believe I

can make these six quotes fit almost any

question. 1 2 3 4 5 and six. Now

remember guys, on the day of your exam,

you only need to make two of these fit

because the other two quotes we're going

to be getting from the extract. So you

might say to me, "Sir, you know what? I

like that quote, but I hate that quote."

That's fine. Don't use it. Use the other

five. But I truly believe these six

quotes are really good to learn because

you can make them fit lots of different

questions. And I have to say this guys

because I know there will be somebody

out there who will ask me the following.

Sir, is it plagiarism if I use your

analysis? Of course it's not because

this is just me giving you ideas. I am

teaching you. take my ideas, turn them

into paragraphs, and go smash your

GCSEs, and then thank me in August. All

right, guys. Paragraph number one, the

quote I use, my favorite go-to quote, is

the quote solitary as an oyster. And

unless you are in year five, you will

know that this is a simile because it is

comparing Scrooge to an oyster. Now,

this quote is a lovely quote because the

word solitary, solitary is what we use

for people who are in prison. That is

the kind of word we use. They are in

solitary confinement. Now Scrooge, is he

in prison? No. Well, he is kind of. But

what prison? Scrooge is lonely. Scrooge

is isolated. Scrooge is by himself. He

is solitary. But solitary gives the idea

what? That Scrooge is imprisoned by

force. Scrooge is lonely by

force. What is forcing him to be lonely?

What is forcing him to be isolated? Read

the quote. It's the oyster. It's the

oyster that is making him stuck. It's

the oyster that is making Scrooge be

isolated and by himself. So, what is

this oyster? A symbol of the oyster. I

want you guys to argue now. Let's get

that grade nine, guys. We're not in the

business of getting a grade one. We want

that nine.

The oyster is a symbol of capitalism and

that's your context link. Now what is

capitalism? Capitalism is the belief

that the most important thing in your

life is money, money, money, and

yourself. And Scrooge has bought into

that belief so much that the guy

believes he doesn't need a girlfriend.

He doesn't need a wife. He doesn't need

friends. He doesn't need family. He

truly believes that as long as he's got

money, he's good. He is a victim of

capitalism. And the shell represents

this belief. It's a symbol of this

belief. Now who who comes to destroy the

sh? Who comes to destroy this belief?

Who comes to make him understand that

family is important, love is important,

relationships are important, religion is

important. Who comes to do

this? The

ghosts, the

spirits, Molly, they crack the shell.

They crack the shell. They crack the

shell until right at the end, as

everyone loves to say, the beautiful

pearl that is Scrooge emerges. His

softer side, his nicer side comes out.

Guys, I've just given you a grade nine

analysis within like 2 minutes. Please

analyze that quote like that. Don't be

saying solitary as an oyster shows us

that Scrooge is really, really lonely

and that he has a nice side, but he is

stuck inside the oyster. This shows that

we feel really, really sorry for him.

And hopefully one day he'll

change. We're not about that, guys.

We're not about that. Solitary. He is

forced to be lonely. Why is he forced?

Because of the oyster. The oyster is a

symbol of capitalism. Capitalism is an

ideology. It's a belief that money is

the most important thing. So the spirits

and Marley come and they crack the

oyster to reveal his softer side. But

you want to say that this represents

society. Why? Because if a sad old man

like Scrooge can change, then we all

have

hope. If Scrooge can change, anyone can

change. That is how I need you all to

use that first quote. Now guys, quote

number two. I love this part of the

text. I love this part and I love this

part of the text because they're the

same part but such amazing

quotes. Guys, paragraph number

two. Poor poor poor bell, right? Another

idol has displaced me off the bat. I

have a problem with this quote. Another

idol. Now, idols are things that you

worship, right? Idols are things that

you worship. So, some people worship

God. Some people worship, I don't know,

Ronaldo and Messi. Some people

worship cars and houses, but you get my

drift. Everyone worships something. Now,

Belle, his lovely girlfriend, says,

"Another

idol." Does anyone see the problem? Does

anyone see the problem? Another idol.

Not an idol. Another idol. which means

that there's already an idol that he was

worshiping that he's now replaced with

another

idol. Who's the idol or what's the idol

that he was worshiping before this? What

was the first idol? It was

her. It was her. Another idol implies

he's replaced her. She wants to be his

only idol. Talk about being toxic.

She wants to be the only thing he

worships. Guy, that's a dangerous woman.

That's a dangerous, dangerous, dangerous

woman. But that's just a side point for

you guys to be aware of because it shows

you how she wants their relationship to

be. But she says, "Another idol has

displaced me." Now, idols, when people

go and visit idols, what do they do?

They offer sacrifices, right?

They offer

sacrifices. Now what did Scrooge

sacrifice for this new idol? Where this

quote is in the playright sorry in the

book about 10 lines down bel says to him

I've seen your nobler

aspirations. What's the quote? I've seen

your nobler

aspirations. Is it disappear one by one?

I'm pretty sure that's the quote. What

does that mean? What did Scrooge

sacrifice for this new idol? And what's

the new idol? If you read the next few

lines, it says it's called gains.

Capital G A I N S. So what did Scrooge

sacrifice for the idol of

gains? He sacrificed his nobler

aspirations. every good thing about

himself. He almost sold his soul to the

devil. He gave up all his good side for

this new idol, for the aisle of gain.

What is gain? Gain is when you take more

and more and more and more and you

consume and you consume and you

consume. To be rich, he gave up

everything. He sold his soul to the

devil. Sounds a bit like PDD, but it's

not PDD. But you get the analogy, guys.

You want to be rich, you want to be

powerful, then you do whatever your

masters want you to do. But guys, don't

put that in your exam. But I'm just

trying to make you understand that in

this quote, we understand a few things.

Number one, we understand that Scrooge

had to sacrifice himself, his good side

to become rich, to become um powerful.

Scrooge in doing that had to sacrifice

his love. Because the question always

arises, right? Why couldn't he have

both? Why couldn't he keep Belle and

also chase money? It's because this the

money the idol gains it demanded all of

him his full focus his full attention

and he couldn't have her there at that

time. So guys the verb displace is very

powerful verb. It shows how this change

took place suddenly. It was a quick

change. Now this is a very good quote

guys. You can link it to

society because it shows us that in a

society that is filled with

poverty, for anyone that wants to break

out of this poverty, you almost have to

sacrifice every good part of

you. Secondly, it can be linked to

Scrooge because it kind of shows us guys

that Scrooge is helpless. Now, yes,

people say, "Sir, but his dad was rich

because his dad sent him to a boarding

school." Yes, you have a point, but

listen and understand the text. Did him

and his dad get on? No. So, in chasing

wealth, who was Scrooge trying to escape

from the clutches of his

father? He didn't want to be with his

pups. They didn't get on. So, his dad

had money, but that money meant nothing

for Scooch.

That is why the kid was obsessed with

being rich. But that we're going to talk

about more later. All right, guys. Quote

number three. I wear the chains I forged

in life. This quote is from Marley,

guys. And Marley is coming to warn his

friends. I wear the chains I forged in

life. The chains are a symbol of his

sins. Link by link by link by link. He

is carrying his sins as a

punishment. Now what were the sins of

Marley? Was he a murderer? No. Was he a

fraudster? No. But he was a capitalist

selfish man who only cared about

himself. That was his sin. And that is

why it's foreshadowing because it's

foreshadowing that if Scrooge does not

change, he will be in worse of a

situation than Marley is. And that's why

guys, this quote can be linked to the

supernatural and the Gothic genre

because from the very beginning, very

beginning, what is one of the catalysts

of change is fear.

the Gothic genre. Ghosts and demons and

spirits are used as a catalyst to make

Scrooge pull his pants and this makes

him

change. Scrooge doesn't change at the

end. He begins to change very early

because fear is what drives him.

That's why guys I think in the last

stave when the ghost of Christmas future

comes it talks about how that ghost was

kind towards

Scrooge. It was being nice towards

Scrooge. Why? Because by that point he's

changed. The ghost doesn't need to be

harsh and nasty. It shows him bad things

but the way itself treats him is nice

because Scrooge begin to change very

early because fear is a catalyst that is

put into the text through the Gothic

genre of the supernatural. Neither this

quote can be used for religion because

it shows the punishment that the

capitalist men are going to face. This

quote can be used for fear because fear

can be linked to change and change can

be linked to redemption. This quote can

be used to show the character of Scrooge

and how powerless he

is. All these points are there and valid

in this quote. All right guys, this

quote over here guys, this is a nice

quote to use because it has the weather

and we can use it in the Gothic genre.

The quote says, "There was a smooth

white sheet of snow upon the roof and

the dirtiest snow upon the ground." Now

guys, I want you guys to use this quote

as the contrast, as the juxiposition,

the smooth white sheet of snow,

untouched, pure,

perfect. That snow represents the rich,

the upper class in society. The smooth

white sheet of snow sits on top of the

roof and it looks down. And when it

looks down, what does it see? It sees

the dirty snow on the ground.

The dirty snow is a symbol of the poor,

is the symbol of the lower class.

Scrooge sits and looks down upon Bob

Cratchet. So this quote is a lovely

quote to talk about capitalism, talk

about class, talk about Scrooge as a

representative of the upper class, talk

about the injustice in

society. But it really guys shows you

that class divide that exists and how

it's told through the pathetic palacy.

How the setting mirrors the

society. That's a good quote guys to

keep in your back pocket just in case

you get a question about setting. Um

quote number four

guys. This quote makes me feel sorry for

Scrooge. This quote guys makes me feel

sorry for Scrooge. It shows you that the

guy was stuck. It really does. Guys, I

don't know you guys. You guys don't know

me.

But you

know, when you grow

up and life isn't

easy, you get a a a a

a desire to make

it because you don't want to go back to

where you came from.

You don't want

to live that life

again. You want a better life for

yourself. You want a better life for

your

parents. There's a there's a fire lit

under your backside that only you know

exists. And if any one of you guys can

relate, then you can relate. But guys, I

give you I give you a famous saying,

boxing.

In boxing, they say that the best that

the best boxers are the ones that come

from poorer backgrounds because they

have a fire lit under them because they

want to make it out of poverty so bad.

Their life has been so tough. And that

analogy, guys, is over

here. Why is

Scrooge so quick to abandon Bell? Why is

Scrooge so quick to to to chase wealth?

It isn't because he's flossing. When we

meet Scrooge as an elderly man, he's not

got Lamborghinis parked up and living in

a mansion. The guy lives like a poor

person. He's got canons with little

fires

lit. He's not flossing his wealth. So

then what was he chasing it

for? What was school chasing money for?

Guys, this quote is a lovely quote to

talk about the alternative about how we

feel sorry for him because the way

Scooch feels maybe we all feel that same

way. The quote says guys that Scoo says

to Belle that there is

nothing nothing on which this life there

is nothing on which it is so hard as

poverty. You can't blame me. He's saying

to her, you can't blame me for choosing

money because there is nothing on which

this life is so hard as poverty. He has

suffered it. He says it here. His dad's

rich. He's not

rich. And poverty here, I would argue,

is a symbol of not just just wealth.

He's being poor in many ways. Lack of

family, lack of love, lack of money.

He says there's nothing on which it is

so hard which implies that his life has

been so

hard that that's why he's willing to

sacrifice everything to achieve

money. And this quote guys is a lovely

quote to show the this the softer side

of

Scrooge. This is why he does what he

does.

So for him chasing money may not have

been for material gain but maybe it was

for freedom. Maybe it was for

security. This word here the adjective

hard is a very very good word here to

look at the emotional side of

Scrooge. He shows us very clearly that

life hasn't been easy for him. So guys,

this quote is a good quote to use about

the impact of

family. You could have family and not

have family. What does that mean?

Scrooge had a dad but didn't really have

a dad, did he? He was there by nature.

And it's the juxosition between what he

had and the Cratchet

family. Just because you have a family

doesn't mean you have a family.

Then it's a good quote because it

reveals another layer to the character

of

Scrooge. Yes, Scrooge is nasty. Yes,

Scrooge is evil. But Scrooge was forced

to become that way. He had no

choice. He had no choice but to break

out of the poverty that he was

previously in. And to break out of that

poverty, he had to abandon his nobler

aspirations.

He had to he had no

choice because he either stays in

poverty or in a capitalist society he

breaks out of poverty by becoming cold,

by becoming nasty, by becoming

selfish. But it's a lovely quote, guys,

to use. All right, guys. The last quote

is a good quote to juxtapose the family

on both sides over here. The Cratchet

family guys, they were not

well-dressed, didn't have the best

amount of money, didn't have the nicest

house, but they were happy, they were

grateful, and they were pleased with

with one another. Now, this juxtaposes

capitalism because it goes against what

capitalism defines as happiness.

Capitalism defines materialism as being

a source for happiness. You need nice

houses, you need cars, you need things

to be happy. But in this quote, the

Cratchet family literally put that in

the bin and show us that they haven't

got much, but they're content. If you

can zoom in, guys, zoom into the rule of

three. Happy, grateful, and pleased with

one another. Now, guys, this quote, it

shows you the importance of

relationships because at the end, it

talks about how they were pleased with

one another. As long as you have a good

relationship, you're going to be good.

And this quote can be used as a

challenge to this quote because Scrooge

says that there is nothing on which this

life is so hard as poverty. But this

quote shows us that so long as you have

one another, even if you're poor, you're

going to be okay. So you can use these

quotes as a juosition of one another.

But because Scrooge had no love and no

affection, he never had that one

another. So he had no choice but to earn

wealth and chase the American dream. I

say American dream because we're not in

America but you get my drift. Now guys

these six quotes are six very good

quotes to use for a Christmas carol.

Now, Christmas carol guys has many, many

other quotes you can use, but these six

for me can be used for lots and lots of

different questions. And as I always

say, I've given you six on the day of

your exam. You just need to make two of

them fit. Now, my go-to quote is the

first one, solitary as an oyster.

I believe I can make that quote fit

pretty much 99% of GCSE questions. So,

this is my go-to favorite

quote. Second place, guys, I'll be

honest with you, it's like a tie. This

one, this one, this one are all for me.

Second place, I love all three of these

quotes because again, if I sat down, I

can make them fit different questions.

Supernatural, Scrooge, Redemption,

Change, Family, they can all

fit. Let's just do a few random ones.

Let's just do guys a few random

ones. Um, I weigh the chains I forg. How

do I link that to family? That's a

consequence of abandoning the family

values. That one's done. Uh,

supernatural. Supernatural, guys. I wear

the chains I forged in life. Uh,

solitary as an oyster. How the

supernatural are the ones that are able

to change. Um, another idol has

displaced me. The supernatural show

Scrooge moments of regret in his life.

How about redemption, guys? Redemption

is an easy one. It's everywhere. Um,

solitary as an oyster. There is hope for

everyone to change. If the oyster of

Scrooge can be cracked, then everyone's

oyster can be cracked. Everyone can

break free from the shackles of

capitalism. U another idol has displaced

me. If you're going to link it to

redemption and the idea of change, you

want to say that Scrooge has changed

multiple times. He goes from being nice

and loving and caring to becoming a

slave of money to then change and coming

back. So change isn't linear. Change

isn't one-dimensional but rather change

has many many layers. Any other

questions? Family guys, the idea of

family. If I was picking my quotes about

family, I would use this quote to talk

about how family is important. Then I

would use this quote to show about how

when you don't have a family then you

have no choice but to chase wealth

because how else do you find happiness

and importance. Um but yeah guys you get

my drift. You get my drift. Um this

quote is a good quote for setting and

class and divide in

society. Um even Scrooge about how

Scrooge treats Cratchet. Bob Cratchet is

similar to the smooth white sheet of

snow looking down upon the dirtiest snow

on the ground. But guy, look, you get my

drift, right? You can use these quotes

to fit lots of different

questions. Use them as you see fit. Go

to everythingucation.co.uk, UK. Click on

past papers. Choose June 2017. Plan two

paragraphs from the extract and then

plan two paragraphs using the quotes on

the board behind me. But guys, do try

your best to use these quotes between

now and your

exam. Practice using them. See which

ones work for you. See which ones don't.

So when you to open your paper Monday

morning and you get your extract,

hopefully two of these come to your mind

and you can use them on the day. All

right guys, it's been this to everything

English.

Peace.