1# In the second paragraph, children put stones in their pockets and make piles of stones in the town square, which seems like children playing around until the stones’ true purpose becomes clear at the end of the story.
2# Irony is the basic theme used in the story. Outside was expressed as "a sunny day", but eventually the housewife came across a horrible death (page 715). Two people running the town, Graves and Summers have ironic names.
#3 The lesson learned is there is a danger of going along with tradition
I must warn you once again that if you fail to tell the truth,you may lay yourself open to a change of perjury
Mr.Scrooge was extremely Parsimony, hoarding as much money as he can & spending as little as possible
IF you meant Mendicancy...
Tom was so poor, he was titled "mendicancy", by many of the people living in the area
The people that ran the show were very meretricious, pretending that they were who they were acting
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