Writing a Critical Response to a text

Essay question:

Key words (no more than 4): outsider society Scrooge

What do I think (use the key words in these sentences linked with your own words)	What phrase ‘backs me up’	How does a word or part of this phrase back me up?
Scrooge is an outsider in society because his manner and character is unique and unmatched by even the weather.                                   Scrooge is an outsider in society as he is shunned by all aspects of society – from the young, to the animals and even others groups normally shunned.	This is shown when we are told: “Foul weather didn’t know where to have him.”                                       This is shown by the list Dickens includes of those who ignore Scrooge. The list ranges from the young: “children” to even “beggars”.	The word choice of foul suggests the weather is disgusting, awful and to be avoided by others. By suggesting that even “foul “ weather is not akin to Scrooge, shows that Scrooge is such an outsider as he is worse than “foul”. It highlights the depth of his awfulness and the extent to which he is not a part of his surroundings. Although Scrooge is an outsider in this text, in Victorian times his harsh and cold personality was very much the status quo, as shown through the Poor Law and the Workhouse.