“Spirit, hear me. I am not the man I was...I will honor Christmas in my heart...I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future...I will not shut out the lessons that they teach”. (Scrooge 410) A Christmas Carol , was written in six weeks by Charles Dickens, and was published on December 19, 1843. The Ghost of Christmas Past reminds Ebenezer Scrooge of the emotions that he once experienced. By revisiting his past events he recognizes how his actions negatively impact his present life. The Ghost of Christmas Future threatens Scrooge by showing him his desolate future if he remains cold and heartless. As a result of the visits from the three ghosts, Ebenezer procures his Christmas spirit, changes his overall perspective, and improves his …show more content…
Scrooge remembers emotions from his earlier years; he recalls what it feels like to be loved and cared for. Tears come to Scrooge’s eyes as he ponders a memory of his sister embracing his younger self. He remembers the tender affection, and the deep connection that they shared. Ebenezer regrets the ways that he cherished money over his dear sister and over Belle, the love of his life. As he watches his younger self, Scrooge recognizes that his business took over his life, resulting in his disconnection with his sister and Belle. Scrooge feels immense pain when watching his juvenile self push his loved ones out of his life; he miserably wishes for a chance to redo his actions. He sees himself laugh and dance and recalls the emotion of happiness. Ebenezer appears to be filled with joy at Fezziwig's Christmas party. Furthermore, he views himself dancing with Belle and wishes for a chance to return to the party. Scrooge yearns for an opportunity to experience feelings of love and belonging rather than …show more content…
Ebenezer’s future life shows days filled with sadness and loneliness.When taken to see the grave of Tiny Tim, Scrooge appears overwhelmed by the number of people who mourn over Tim’s loss. Scrooge comprehends that losing someone brings significant pain when you take the time to love them. Ebenezer recognizes how much Timothy’s family loved him and that Tim's impending death would bring tremendous sadness to the whole community. He watches people visit and place flowers by Tiny Tim’s grave because they loved his little smile and attitude. Through the Ghost of Christmas Future Ebenezer becomes aware that no one cares for him or even loves him. When villagers hear that Ebenezer Scrooge dies, they start to rejoice. In a like manner, the people who worked for Scrooge became overjoyed and began to rummage through his belongings, selling his things to make money for themselves. Ebenezer hopes to change his future and transform his image into a generous, happy fellow, instead of a grumpy, selfish man who no one
After the Ghosts of Past, Present and Future visited, it is evident that their teachings educated Scrooge, like a hammer recreating a crocked sword on an anvil. The novel described the ghosts thoroughly, using words to visualize and help us fantasize what the spirits are and how they change Scrooge. For example The Ghost of Past took advantage of Scrooge's remorse, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come used Scrooge's fear. And it is this process that helped us fully understand why did Scrooge become a helpful angel after his visits. For example during the last ghost's visit, the women and men's thievery disgusted Scrooge and he worried about who the rich man was, and the ghost wasn't depicted as a evil fellow but as a helpful teacher.
“I will honour christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. ”-scrooge. In the play a Christmas Carol the main character Ebenezer Scrooge has had some life changing events when he learned to loved christmas again. He changed from a grouchie, mean and unsociable old man to a nice loving kind geyser. Let me share with you how Scrooge has changed from these three things.
A Christmas Carol was wrote in December of 1843. The story was wrote by Charles Dickens. The main character is Ebenezer Scrooge, he is a wealthy, greedy person. Scrooge gets 3 different visits from the past, present, and future ghost. Scrooge realizes he can change his future.
Scrooge was very joyful at the sight of his family playing games. Even though he couldn’t join the fun, he had just as much enjoyment watching them. When the spirit stated that they had to depart, Scrooge instantly became saddened as he had to leave them. The man who once couldn’t care about celebrations or even being happy, is now enjoying the happiest moment he’s had in a long time just from watching people playing games. He enjoys reliving the past and the present even though he
Said scrooge as you see the ghost of christmas future is showing scrooge the businessmen talking about a death and scrooge is confused because he still thinks that those men are talking about his old co-worker, but soon he will realize he was wrong and he will be
Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold hearted man who hated Christmas until he got visited by three spirits, Christmas Past, Present, and Future. In the story A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens, Scrooge announce, “I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year.” The lessons the spirits taught him made Scrooge change. Scrooge could’ve only changed because of what was going to happen in his future. He was scared to die alone and unloved.
Marley admonishes Scrooge that he imperils meeting the same fate and that as a final chance at redemption he will be visited by three spirits of Christmas: Past, Present and Yet-to-Come. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to visually perceive his time as a schoolboy and puerile man, during the tardy 18th and early 19th centuries. These visions reveal that Scrooge was a solitary child whose unloving father sent him away to a boarding school.
In A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, the ghost that influenced Ebenezer Scrooge the most was The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. In A Christmas Carol, there are three ghosts that visit Scrooge. This all happens on Christmas Eve and By Christmas day, Scrooge is a entire new man. There are many reasons why The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is the reason we Scrooge how he is now. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come appears in the book during stave four.
Izyan Mr. Quigley Language Arts January 2023 Literary analysis on the Ghost of Christmas Future Imagine you could go to the future and see how people treat you after your death. Then you see that no one cares about you. This is what Ebeneezer Scrooge saw in A Christmas Carol. In A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, the protagonist faces just the problem.
The Change of Scrooge “Feelings change, memories don’t.” Joel Alexander After visits from three ghosts, The Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Future, Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist in the novella, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is changed for the better. Each ghost makes an impact on him in several ways. The Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge influential scenes from his younger days.
In the place of Ebenezer Scrooge’s outlook on life, he feels no joy. Ever since his lifelong business partner, Jacob Marley, kicked the bucket, Scrooge became more stingy than he ever was. A time of useless giving, robbery, is what Scrooge sees Christmas as.
At the beginning of A Christmas Carol,Scrooge is mean,selfish,and greedy. He is mean, because on pg.9, he never donates to the poor,and he always yells at little kids. Scrooge is also selfish because on pg.12, he never pays a day wages for no work. They say “it's a poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every twenty-fifth of december!”Also,another word is he is greedy,on pg.17, says he is caustic and cold as ever and never gave anything to anyone. He said “what do you want with me.
He is ready to take on what the Spirit has for him because he knows that is the only way he will become a better man. The Ghost of Christmas Future takes Scrooge to different moments in the future, where a rich man died and no one cares about it. The Spirit then takes Scrooge to the man’s headstone, where he sees that his name is on it and realizes that he is the cold-hearted man who no one cared about. He then says, “ ‘Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you shown me, by an altered life’ ” (Dickens 18).
The ghost of Christmas future shows Scrooge what happens after his possible death, and 3 people are seen selling his items that he needed to live and rest. One of the 3 people say ‘he died with no one by his side’ which leads to the fact that Scrooge loves nobody but his coin. The ghost lets Scrooge also see that Tiny Tim has died, significantly telling Scrooge that he has to change or he will die and so will Tiny Tim. However, Scrooge decides to change his ways once and for all, and he finally pledges to be a kind man to others, with no potential signs of threat or vile manners. The whole point of the spirit’s visit was to use the final blow on Scrooge’s Arctic organs and give him a few more scenarios of what happens in the possible future.
When the ghosts started coming he started changing , each time one ghost came he changed little by little . In the book “ a christmas carol “ by charles dickens , the theme is influenced by the process of change by scrooge 's character , and the ways he changed through the ghost 's appearance in the story. In the beginning of The story, Scrooge’s selfish behavior is evident until he meets the Ghost of Christmas Past. Two charitable