A Christmas Carol‚ the main character‚ Scrooge‚ was only able to look upon money‚ nothing else. To change‚ Scrooge had to change the way he looked at money and his life; he needed to focus on the more important things‚ like family and caring for others. In the beginning of the play‚ Scrooge was extremely greedy. For instance‚ in the text Scrooge remarked rudely‚ “If they would rather die they had better do it and decrease the surplus population.” Scrooge completely insulted the poor people and
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When I read this story it showed how Scrooge changed during the three visits from each spirit the first one was the ghost of christmas past‚ the second was the ghost of the christmas present‚ the third one was the ghost of the christmas future and it talked about how it has affected scrooge in the past‚ present‚ and the future‚ I think the future affected him the most because he thought having a lot of money would make him a popular person‚ but when he saw his death‚ and he was alone‚ he began to
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they have done. Scrooge is redeemed in Charles Dickenson’s Christmas Carol with the help of 3 spirits and a dead business partner. First Marley affected Scrooge greatly. He slowly scared him into believing that he was real. Marley came to scrooge in a frightening way by showing him his face as a door knocker‚ he showed him a locomotive hearse climbing the steps beside him‚ the carvings on the mantle piece changed to Marley’s face‚ all the bells ring‚ shows himself to Scrooge and finally shows
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Ebenezer Scrooge Transformed In the book a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Ebenezer Scrooge makes a complete transformation. In the beginning of the story Scrooge is cheap‚ bitter‚ and extremely unfeeling. The story takes place in London‚ England on Christmas eve in 1843. One example of Scrooge being cheap is when he is walking up the stairs and the narrator says” darkness is cheap and Scrooge likes it.” One example of Scrooge being unfeeling is when the man asks for donations and Scrooge says
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Charles Dickens is a story festive Christmas story of Scrooge and his transformation from a greedy and spiritless miser to a cheerful and generous old man. In the beginning of the novel Scrooge is a caricature of a miser‚ greedy and mean in every way‚ that is until three ghosts visit Scrooge and help him turn from his mean spirited ways and learn the values and importance of generosity‚ kindness‚ and cheerfulness. The ghost of Christmas past takes scrooge back to his childhood to help him learn hope and
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The story is about Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. He always sat in his counting-house‚ friendless and alone. He was not generous with his money. The coldness inside him froze his old face. He carried the coldness with him always‚ wherever he went. It made his office cold in the summer‚ and it was even colder in winter. He spent his life in a cold nature. His clerk‚ Bob Cratchit‚ shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s nephew‚ Fred
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of Ebenezer Scrooge in A Christmas Carol‚ by Charles Dickens. The Victorian Society progresses through the same changes that Scrooge went through in the story. In this novella‚ Dickens uses Scrooge to critique Victorian Society by showing his greed and treatment of the poor. As a solution to these problems‚ he shows how the Christmas season can be viewed as a spirit of giving. In the beginning of A Christmas Carol‚ Scrooge is consumed by his business‚ greediness‚ and money. Scrooge refuses to donate
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In his novel‚ A Christmas Carol‚ Charles Dickens portrays Scrooge as the children of ignorance and want; these children are under the cloak of the Ghost of Christmas Present. "They were a boy and a girl. Yellow‚ meager‚ ragged‚ scowling‚ wolfish; but prostate‚ too‚ in their humility… ’This boy is ignorance. This girl is want’" (49). Scrooge only wants money from his life; it is all he cares about. He is ignorant towards any unnecessary spending of the money. Lastly’ he ignores his families attempt
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understand that Scrooge is only able to transform because of the ghost’s intervention. Each spirit’s visit secures a part of Scrooge’s developing social conscience. As the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come exits the narrative‚ the initial antagonist of the novella‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ does transform into “as good a man‚ as the good old city knew…” The arrival of Marley’s Ghost marks Scrooge’s first steps towards redemption. Marley comes wearing the “chains he forged in life”‚ informing Scrooge that his spirit
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a person change their ways? Scrooge from Scrooge & Marley :A Christmas Carol went through a huge transformation because of the things he did. Transformation or change is a big part of everything‚ a few events and actions can change someone’s life forever. Ebenezer Scrooge went from being a selfish man that cares about no one other than himself to a thoughtful person. He also changed from a greedy old man to more charitable to everything he can. Another change Scrooge went through in his time was
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