What is a cause and effect in the story A Christmas Carol?

Answer 1

The cause was born from Dickens witnessing the huge deprivation that was around him, the use of child labour by those who were the main business owners who, in a bid to make more money would only employ children in adult roles. He suffered hardship himself when his father was sent to the workhouse because he could find work having been laid off as a clark at the docks and consequently could not afford his bread bill. the effect was that using A Christmas Carol as a vehicle to tell the story of the society at large, the issues being faced and the causes of the wealth being accumulated by just a few when many starved force labour laws to restrict the ace at which children were employed, made it easier for all children to access free education, brought about changes in the laws that made many bankrupt when those that owed these people money in the first instance where the actual cause

Answer 2

An example of cause and effect in "A Christmas Carol" is when Scrooge's miserly ways lead to him being visited by the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The cause is Scrooge's greed and lack of generosity, which prompt the effect of him being shown the consequences of his actions and given the chance to change his ways.