The Metamorphosis of Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens' A Christmas Carol

The vivid images of the plight of the poor that are presented to Scrooge ultimately act as a catalyst for him to change his miserly ways in order to help the destitute and the needy in society. St the beginning of the novella Scrooge states “if they would rather die…they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population”. In contrast, at the end of the novella Scrooge is depicted as a benevolent man who is “so fluttered and glowing with his good intentions”, who wished to help the lest fortunate. The personified children “Ignorance” and “Want” act as a catalyst for Scrooge to change his derisory and self-interested nature as he shows interest in the plight of the poor as he is shocked by these two “ragged, scowling” demons by saying ‘ “are there no refugee or resource?” The Ghost states that “there is no degradation, no perversion of humanity” for these “wretched, abject, frightful,” children, which makes Scrooge realise that he needs to change in order to assist them as he “hung his head, overwhelmed with penitence and grief”. This, it is illustrated in the novella that Scrooge transforms his previous, pessimistic self, into an individual who is no just self-interested, but who becomes responsible and generous to the poor by the end of the novel.

In Scrooge’s past and present, his actions had not been admirable. In reaction to this, Scrooge had closed himself off and become cold and impenetrable by any kindness. He had no empathy for others. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come changed this mindset by showing Scrooge the most severe consequences of his cold hearted actions. In

The author illustrates that Scrooge who is depicted as "hard and sharp as a flint" is a greedy miser whom is so old and coldhearted that nothing other than his profits will phase him. Dickens uses the scene when the ghost of Christmas past, "a child-like old man" uses flashbacks to show Scrooge of the memories he once made to show the nature of the much younger character. This is evident when Fan "a little girl much younger than Scrooge" had brought out the affection of her older brother as they planned "to be together all the Christmas long, and have the merriest time in all the world." What is important about this example is not just that it shows the compassion Scrooge once felt but also that Scrooge is not truly crooked and horrible to the core establishing the uplifting and inspiring feeling to readers.

This first stave of the book discusses about the hatred that Scrooge has for Christmas and everyone. Some evidence that Scrooge had a hatred for Christmas is on page 6. He says, “What’s the point of being merry,” and “ Christmas time is a time for paying bills without money.” Another quote from Scrooge is, “every idiot who goes about with Merry Christmas on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.” On page 11, there is another quote of hatred from Scrooge saying, “If they would rather die, they have better do it.” These were a few of the many quotes, in A Christmas Carol.

Change molds us in life and makes a deciding impact in our future. In A Christmas Carol, three spirits visit Scrooge for the better. Scrooge’s character transforms to be grateful, generous, and kind.

“Merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone,” This says how the last spirit changed Scrooge fully into a good man. This quote shows us how the future spirit changed Scrooge into a more joyful, polite, and generous man. The third spirit changed Scrooge by scaring him with his looks and the future by showing him he died the next day on Christmas, this scared Scrooge so bad that he had become a good man, Scrooge the next day went out saying Merry Christmas and happy new year to everyone, he even gave money to a boy to buy a turkey and keep the

Scrooge sees his little sister, saying that his father wants him home, the evidence of this is Fan saying, “Dear, dear brother, I have come to bring you home.” “Yes! Home, for good and all! Father is so much kinder than he used to be, home’s like heaven!” The effect of this is that Scrooge is thinking of others and also Scrooge shows emotion.

The phrase 'no warmth could warm ,nor wintry weather chill him' really emphasises that him trying to warm himself at a fire would be useless because it would not work, which perhaps explains why he does not put his heating on in winter(besides his obsession for hoarding his money). This presents him as an outsider which is further highlighted in stave 1 when the narrator says that 'no one stopped him in the street to say ,my dear Scrooge how are you?', and even beggars and blind-men fear him and his presence. His harsh personality is shown when two gentlemen working for a charity ask him to donate to the 'poor and destitute', however he says 'are there no workhouses?' 'are there no prisons?', but the worker says that they 'would rather die' to which Scrooge responds with, 'then they had better do so and decrease the surplus population'. This selfishness ius what Dickens wanted to show his readers and that wealthy people need to help others to abolish social injustice in the Victorian

In the beginning of the book, “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge is a cold, selfish and greedy man. He owns a business and is rich, but never does anything good with his money and keeps it to himself. He thinks of Christmas as a useless holiday and does not care to talk or smile to anybody he sees. However, as the spirits of the past, present and future visit him, Scrooge becomes much kinder and wants to become a better person. He learns to care for others and becomes more engaged in his community.

Scrooge now no longer thinks only of himself, but others and their needs as well. When he first arrived back in his room after the spirits visited him, he changed immediately through his thoughts. “It’s Christmas day!” said Scrooge to himself “I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night.”. This shows the reader that Scrooge now cares about Christmas and is thankful for the Spirits.

The famous novel, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens tells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an old man who is visited by a series of ghosts, starting with his old business partner, Jacob Marley. The three spirits which follow, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come, show Scrooge how his mean behavior has affected those around him. He is shown how his actions toward the community will affect him and others around him if his behavior does not change.

Scrooge is a man that doesn’t care about anyone but himself. It took some time but with the spirits guiding him to change his attitude, Scrooge softens up and is overcomed by the Christmas Spirit. On Christmas day, many people are surprised at the appearance of Scrooge because he has changed from a man with no heart to a man who spreads Christmas with everyone. All of the spirits are a huge part of Scrooge’s change, but I believe the third spirit, Spirit of Christmas Yet To Be, had the most influential effect on Scrooge. Christmas Spirit Yet To Be brings Scrooge to the future and shows him that if he does not change his ways, no one will care and miss him when he dies.

In the story, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Scrooge is the main character. In the beginning of the story, he is shown as an old miser counting and gripping his money in the counting house. Later on, Scrooge’s dead business partner, Marley, has visited Scrooge from the grave while being bounded in chains to warn Scrooge to change his ways or suffer the same fate. Soon, three ghosts are sent to visit Scrooge to show him scenes that would help Scrooge learn and change his attitude before it’s too late. During this trip with Past, Present and Future, Scrooge realizes that he was wrong about money bringing happiness and that it truly comes from family, love and kindness from others. He begs Future for a second chance and promises to be another man. After his encounter with the three ghosts, Scrooge wakes up with not only a new attitude towards Christmas, but a new personality. By the end of the story, Scrooge has become a new man.

In the story of A Christmas Carol Marley started out dead as a doornail and like normal Scrooge is an old bitter, greedy man who hates Christmas, feelings, love and happiness. People around him think that Scrooge is a pain and an unfriendly person to be around during the holidays. He always acted like an old sinner who doesn’t like anything. Nevertheless Scrooge is a tight fisted hand at the grindstone! Nobody really liked him because he never made friends and never really interacted with anyone. Scrooge has thin legs, a pointed nose and a cracked voice. In the first stave Marley came to Scrooge and told him what was yet to come and how he was always beside him watching him do things. Once Marley vanished Scrooge went to bed not thinking about the first spirit. The clock went faster than normal and Scrooge wondered why and started to freak out and soon the first spirit appeared. When the spirit came, she said “I’m The Ghost of Christmas Past.” Scrooge was frightened and blinded by the light from the spirit. In the past of Scrooge were so many memories that mattered to him. Some of those memories that Scrooge had were great and many of them were not and but that's what gave Scrooge feelings. According to the text Scrooge sobbed when he saw some of the memories. So that must mean that he smiled when he saw some of the memories. After the spirit left Scrooge he had found out that his character needed improvement.The Ghost of Christmas Past affected Scrooge by

him recover his past and peaceful self. . Scrooge’s experience felt fancied. On page one of the first passage it says “ Scrooge is the grumpiest grump that ever walked on planet earth.” In the text, it said “ Scrooge makes him leave (his nephew) but not before he insults his marriage because it is based on love.”I know that is a very excellent reason to back up that he is a very mean and rude man. Another example from the text says “ A couple of guys came up asking for donations for the poor, Scrooge tells them to stuff it.” Another fine example of how much he hates Christmas is “Scrooge says it is the one time of year when the clerk is allowed to rob him.” It also says, “ If someone comes by to carol Scrooge almost hits him in the head with a ruler. “ I could drive on but that would be boring…