A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens is a cautionary tale where the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, changes from a grumpy, reclusive man into a happy and appreciative. His old business partner, Marley, visited Scrooge and informed him that three spirits would visit him. The three spirits: The Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come helped Scrooge realize how cruel he is and transforms him into a cheerful man. A Christmas Carol takes place in London, England during the joyous Christmas season in the Victorian Era (1840s). Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold, mean-spirited and miserly man who is the owner of a London counting-house. “The cold within him froze his old features” (7). “He …show more content…
The second spirit took him to Bob Cratchit’s Christmas party. At the Cratchit’s, Scrooge notices that even though they do not have the luxury of a big hearty feast, they are still content with what they have. Scrooge wonders if crippled Tiny Tim will survive. The spirit replies that if the shadows remain unaltered, Tiny Tim’s soul will be lost forever. Scrooge’s inquiry about Tiny Tim’s fate shows that Scrooge is becoming more passionate and caring. Scrooge also shows regret after hearing the Ghost quote him, “Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief” (64). Scrooge’s attitude has changed. Rather than having a negative attitude and being rude, Scrooge is being compassionate and hopes the best for Tiny Tim. “Spirit, conduct me where you will. I went forth last night on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson which is working now. To-night, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it” (53). Scrooge said that he learned a lesson from the Ghost of Christmas Present. This shows that Scrooge wants to become a better person, and by looking back on what has happened, he wants to change his ways, deep
In the book “The Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge was a miserable, selfish, lonely person. He had no friends and was cold hearted man and only cared about work and money. For example, Scrooge was a squeezing wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching old sinner(2-3). Ebenezer Scrooge seemed like he would be a bad human bad forever, but somehow with the help with the three ghosts the ghost of the past, present, and future, Scrooge was able to see how terrible he was and how he can change his ways in life to become a better person.
When Scrooge looks at his past he gets a tear on his cheek. When the ghost took him to his school, Scrooge starts to become sad. When his Sister picks him up from school he realizes his father doesn’t actually hate him. Scrooge realizes how bad he treated people when he was at the Fezzywig’s. When the Ghost of Christmas past comes to visit Scrooge, Scrooge gets emotional.
Have you ever regretted something you’ve done in the past? Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol and Jimmy Valentine from A Retrieved Reformation both have made poor decisions, and they later regret them. Scrooge is a greedy miser who doesn’t care about the needy, but later meets the three apparitions of Christmas and changes, saving Tiny Tim. Jimmy is an elite safecracker who has been to jail many times, and after seeing Annabel Adams, tries to change his ways. The story A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens and the story A Retrieved Reformation written by O’Henry use dynamic characters and interesting events to illustrate the theme: “pay attention to the events that happen around you, as they can impact you and make you a better
In ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge, the misanthropic and Christmas despising protagonist, works his way to redemption through the encounter of three Christmas spirits and the ongoing and loving spirits of his family and friends. He is initially portrayed as a narcissistic, selfish and bitter old man, but when haunted by humble, loving, fearful and joyful spirits, he evolves into a man enlightened by the celebration of Christmas. Of the many spirits that haunt Scrooge, The Ghost of Christmas Past, Present, Yet To Come and the everlasting spirits of Bob Cratchit and Fred, not one is more eminent to his transformation than the other - each playing an equal and unprecedented role in his journey. The Ghost of Christmas
This shows that Scrooge really is going to change and he wants the ghost to understand. Scrooge is on his knees begging! All he wants is a second chance and the ghost gave it to him! Another detail that shows the ghost changed him is Scrooge, is grateful for a second chance at his life. He sings and praises the spirits.
Scrooge is a grouchy old man who hates Christmas and any way shape or form of good will towards mankind. Later on when he is walking to his home Marley visits him and notifies him of the three spirits coming to him soon (Video 1984). Scrooge is scared and confused. After Seeing what the three spirits show him he is slowly changing and starts realizing that the things he does are not right. After seeing his own gravestone he gets frightened and then starts pleading for another chance and promises to live out the Christmas spirit(Video 1984).
A Christmas Carol The Christmas Carol is a story of how a man got into the spirit of Christmas again. How he had three different ghost help him change, because of their symbolism. How they are dressed, their presences and the way they look, their characteristics and their behavior. They show Scrooge good and bad things, that he can be able to reflect and see in himself, or his past self. He goes to the past, present and future.
These memories brought back the joy and care that Scrooge once possessed. On page 93, “ Oh no kind spirit, say he will be spared.” Scrooge had gradually changed to care for people that he had never even known. His employee, Bob Cratchit, has a family with a child that is slowly dying soon. Normally Scrooge wouldn’t care, but now he does and asks the spirit his fate in the future.
This shows me how Scrooge hates Christmas. And it's because all he could remember about it is him being alone and not celebrating it. It also shows how he was sad, lonely, isolated, and left out. In the end Scrooge loved Christmas and would spread the cheer to everyone and give out more than he ever did making everyone feel welcome on Christmas, which he would have wanted as a kid. ,”’ Scrooge was better than his word.
In 'A Christmas Carol', Charles Dickens represents Scrooge as an unsympathetic man who is offered the opportunity to redeem himself. Through the use of language, the reader is positioned to view him adversely, but during the journey of the morality lessons shown by four phantoms. In the form of an allegory, we will discover how Dickens demonstrates a defiant and isolated character in Stave One. In a Christmas carol, Dickens portrays his protagonist, scrooge, unfavourably. ‘Solitary’ is an adjective which Dickens implanted into the prose so that the readers could grow a stronger dislike for him as it infers that he is anti-social and unpleasant, ‘solitary’ also relates to Scrooge as he has the characteristics of someone in solitude.
“No one can change a person, but a person can be the reason someone changes,”-Shannon L. Alder. During the novella, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge a hard, unfriendly man who lives in London in the 1840s was visited by three spirits, who were trying to change his heart and get him to treasure Christmas. Wherever Scrooge and the ghosts went, whether it was the past, present, or future, anyone they encountered had no consciousness of them. One of the ghosts, The Ghost of Christmas Present took Scrooge to his clerk’s home also known as the Cratchit’s home. While they were there, Scrooge watched the Cratchit’s crippled son Tiny Tim.
The Christmas Carol a fictional story about a man named Scrooge. A Christmas carol is Charles Dickens. Scrooge gets to change by the help of the three christmas spirits. He needed to change because Scrooge was really stingy and mean but at the end of the story he has a change of heart and becomes into a nice and giving man.
Scrooge had a new will to live inside him. The new awakening made him realize he could be good, kind, and giving. Scrooge was a man who was reborn on christmas day. His transformation is clear as just the morning before, he woke up as the miserly man he used to be, as to awakening his new birth on christmas morning with a fond Christian Christmas spirit. (Karson 142).
”Scrooge changes from these traits through his experience with the ghost of the past,present,and future. When the ghost of Christmas past visits Scrooge,it shows that on pg.31 and pg.32,where talking about his past and how he should change the way he acts and saying
When Scrooge sees the Ghost, he is scared by its frightening appearance, but he knows that the Spirit’s lessons are important. He says, “ ‘But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear you company, and do it with a thankful heart’ ” (Dickens 2). In this point of the story, Scrooge wants to change and is ready learn how to change his ways. He realizes that the Ghosts’ lessons are vital if he wants to change.