How Did Scrooge React To A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a moral tale that depicts the protagonist’s Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral journey from selfishness to redemption. It can be seen that his new found way of life is derived from the desire to be a good man of the community and to assist others such as Tiny Tim. The idea of Scrooge’s transformation not being selfish can also be seen in his aspiration to contribute to the wider community that suffers from a poverty stricken way of life. In addition to this, Scrooge also reforms his way of life in order to feel love and care from family, which satisfied his nephew Fred aswell as himself. However, this selflessness is only to an

not get involved with the witch hunts. This shows that he was his own person.

As the play moves from on, there is a further development in Scrooge’s character. After the visits from the three spirits of Christmas, Scrooge realizes the error of his ways and his character becomes a total flip of what he was at the beginning of the play. In the after math of his crazy night, Scrooge wakes up and the first boy to whom he speaks receives his first act of kindness. This first random act of kindness leads him to giving money to a blind woman, buying the prize turkey for the Cratchit family and visiting his nephew’s home for Christmas

Readers are first introduced to Ebenezer Scrooge in Stave I, and characterization transpires through various diction. A description of Scrooge is provided within the first few pages, supplying the reader with a concept of Scrooge’s misanthropic way of life. “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 had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary

Overall scrooge is a cold man that is dead on the inside. ,Nevertheless at the begining of the tale the narrator says

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Going through his transformation he is visited by ghosts thought his past. These ghosts helped him change because you can tell he is starting feel solem when the Ghost of Christmas Past journeys him though his past. On his journey to change for the better the Ghost of Christmas Past takes him on a journey through his past life. This helps Scrooge transform into a better person because he is witnessing his sister Fan and how much he loved her and how he wishes he could get her back. That has a huge impact on Scrooge because he begins to realize what he had lost, and begins to toughen up and let the light shine, and starts being nicer to people as he would have been to his sister, and how he sister would of wanted him to

Scrooge’s story piqued my curiosity and I was drawn toward knowing how his past life had once affected him. Under many past circumstances in Scrooge’s life he was very distraught . He

Scrooge sees Fred and how Fred wishes they had a relationship. Fred wanted to have a relationship with his uncle, Scrooge. Scrooge feels guilty for pushing him away, as he didn’t realize people cared about him and wanted to have a relationship with him. Scrooge sees these affects and is slowly softening and becoming more aware. These consequences of Scrooge's actions were made present to Scrooge by the ghost of Christmas

Along with his suspicious behavior came cruelty. He treated his workers and people unfairly, making people not want to work for him. His

He didn’t deserve his fate because he was too greedy, he was just doing what any other person would do. He never was necessarily a trickster. Albeit he was greedy and wanted to benefit himself, but he was a hardworking man with high standards. He wanted it all, because at that time, that's what everyone

Charles Dickens was an adored, creative and respected British author of several literary pieces that are at this time are referred as classics. He was born on February 7, 1812, in Portsmouth which is located on the southern coast of England. Charles Dickens had a very rough upbringing. He didn’t have the ordinary life a child has. Between seven brothers and sisters he was the second born. His parents raised them together until his father whose name was John had accumulating amounts of debts which in the long run got his arrested and sent to a debtors ' prison. John was an exceptionally caring and easy going kind of guy. Charles Dickens was twelve when his father went to prison. His mother took all her children and moved into the prison

He changed from being a cold-blooded, cruel man to being a sympathetic, kind-hearted human being. Redemption was shown in the play numerous times. Once being when his nephew Fred asked him to join him and his family for a Christmas dinner Scrooge refused to go because he would much rather try to earn more money on Christmas than spend time with family and loved ones. A Ghost of Christmas Present brought Scrooge to Fred’s house and showed how Fred was defending him against all the criticism as to why he didn’t come, despite the fact that Scrooge called him “poor” and “a fool” for celebrating Christmas. By looking at what Fred was doing Scrooge started to value family a lot more and eventually went over to Fred’s house on Christmas. Throughout the play, the lower-class citizens were wearing torn, dirty clothing. The filthy clothing showed a clear sign that the town was in poverty while Scrooge was dressed in clean new clothes, and was very fortunate. Even though Scrooge was wealthy, he wouldn’t give a single nickel to the underprivileged community. He eventually gave back to the community for those who needed it. Another example was when earlier that day Scrooge wouldn’t allow his

power and the fear that he will end up like his father- lazy and weak. Throughout his story,

who ever cared for him. Scrooge knows that she was selfless and sweet, the opposite