![]() This, and several other visions, led Scrooge to reform his ways. When visited by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Scrooge sees that Tiny Tim has died. ![]() When Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Present he is shown just how ill the boy really is (the family cannot afford to properly treat him on the salary Scrooge pays Cratchit). Tiny Tim is the young, ailing son of Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge’s underpaid clerk. Although seen only briefly, he is a major character, and serves as an important symbol of the consequences of the protagonist's choices. ![]() Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit is a fictional character from the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Cratchit (named Emily in some adaptations)(mother) ![]() Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim Cratchit as depicted in an illustration by Fred Barnard ![]()
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