Dickens portrays and shows the contrast of upper class & lower class people‚ people who were classified rich and had a lot of money‚ where happy with a lot of belongings‚ such as a house to sleep in‚ a bed‚ food & unnecessary goods. On the other hand lower class people who were either jailed due to having no money or house & forced to work in a workplace where food‚ shelter & clothes where provided. Dicken’s makes the readers question themselves where money was the key to happiness? A Christmas carol
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Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who is visited by his deceased business partner Jacob Marley and three ghosts on Christmas Eve. Jacob Marley who chained tells Scrooge that he should change his way or he will be punished in the after life. Marley beged for Scrooge to be given a chance to change. The ghost’s job is to persuade Scrooge to change his ways to avoid punishment in the afterlife. The three ghosts show Scrooge past‚ present‚ and future events that help Scrooge realize he is wrong and changes Scrooge into a
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of them having to do with scrooge. Scrooge begins the story with no Christmas spirit whatsoever‚ but he changes into a warmhearted teddybear at the end. A Christmas Carol shows that kindness is the way to go rather than being mean and greedy. A social issue that is touched on in this novel is the lack of sympathy that people have towards each other. Scrooge is mean to his family and friends and keeps strictly business relationships with them. The good life to Scrooge is just taking it day by day
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Carol ii. “This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want.” ‘A Christmas Carol contains lessons not only for Scrooge‚ but for the society of Dickens’s day.’ Discuss. Set against the backdrop of rampant industrialism‚ Charles Dickens’ classic novella‚ A Christmas Carol endorses the notion that all life is precious and equal. By taking his apparently irredeemable protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge‚ on a supernatural journey‚ Dickens intends to convey to the complacent classes of the era the necessity of
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business.” In the beginning of the novella‚ the main protagonist‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ opposes Christmas and all the kind-hearted‚ charitable values it stands for. Throughout the tale Scrooge is visited by Ghosts from a Christmas past‚ present‚ and future‚ who show the “bitter” Scrooge how to be compassionate towards others. Money is a big part of the story‚ and it plays a role as a contrast to how generosity is viewed. Scrooge is rich but lives a life as “solitary as an oyster” and “warning all human
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A Christmas Carol supports the quote "’I wish‚’ Scrooge muttered‚ putting his hand in his pocket‚ and looking about him‚ after drying his eyes with his cuff: ’but it’s too late now.’" Choice (1) is not the correct answer choice. The quote from Choice (1) was said by the Ghost of Christmas Past. The Spirit was showing Scrooge all the Christmases he has celebrated earlier in his life. However‚ the quote mentioned in the question implies that Scrooge is regretting something. Choice (1) doesn’t fulfill
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Ebenezer Scrooge‚ who embodies what most upper class people of society valued in the 1800s. Through this‚ Dickens is able to show readers that the things we should value most in life are priceless‚ and are the key to ultimately finding happiness. Dickens uses Old Fezziwig to guide Scrooge into recognising how treating his own employee well can be an important key to being truly happy; something money could never buy. In contrast to Scrooge‚ Fezziwig is generous and “jovial”‚ whereas Scrooge is a
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assorted places throughout Scrooges childhood like the schoolhouse and the Fizziwig’s place where Scrooge was an apprentice‚ this is where a Christmas party took place and he met the one love of his life. Then it skips to Scrooge’s love of his life when she is married and they speaks about Scrooge and how he is now in a world of his money. Also it shows the exchange‚ homeless people under a bridge‚ and a cemetery. 2.) The four main characters in the book are Ebenezer Scrooge‚ Tiny Tim‚ Bob Cratchit
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At the very start in the beginning of the Christmas carol book Ebenezer scrooge is a very mean and nasty man. He kept all of his money to himself and he loved it so much he did not share a penny of it to the poor or the sick. I have got a paragraph here from the book Christmas Carol explaining what scrooge was like. ‘Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone‚ Scrooge! A squeezing‚ wrenching‚ grasping‚ scraping‚ clutching‚ covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint‚ from which no steel
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Rose from Oliver Twist and Alice and Ebeneezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol are in similar situations because both of the couples are in love yet wealth has come between both of the couples. Alice and Ebeneezer Scrooge were engaged and in love. Ebeneezer’s love for Alice was soon not as important as his pursuit of wealth and desire to be a part of “High Society”. Alice and Scrooge were a part of the lower class and their love was not enough for Scrooge‚ his greed was too strong for him to hold on
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