Charles Dickens on Cain’s Question

Cain, in the story told in the fourth chapter of Genesis, was the first born son of Adam and Eve who killed his brother Abel. When God asked him where Abel was, he said he wasn’t responsible for keeping track of his brother. “Am I my brother’s keeper?” he asked. The question eventually became a central question of politics, even though many don’t know that’s the question they’re asking. Charles Dickens answered it in A Christmas Carol.