Read the following extract from Stave Three of A Christmas Carol and then answer the question that follows.
In this extract, Bob Cratchit returns home from church with Tiny Tim on Christmas Day.
Starting with this extract, explore how Dickens presents Tiny Tim as a vulnerable child in A Christmas Carol.
Write about:
• how Dickens presents Tiny Tim as a vulnerable child in this extract
• how Dickens presents Tiny Tim as a vulnerable child in the novel as a whole.
(Marks: 30)