B01102039 Rachel A 21st-century version of A Christmas Carol 1 In the most crowded district in Taipei city, one of the traffic light turns from red to green, and passengers are crossing the crosswalk towards different directions. Each of them looks straightly, steadily towards their front taking no notice of others. It is like their field of view has degenerated over time because they just look for two things in their life: “what is in front”, which avoids them to will bump into something) and “the different sizes of screens that will emit light”, which refers to smart phones, tablets and computers. Suddenly, a harsh and annoying sound, …show more content…
He stands up from his messy seat and imagines that his store is full of an incessant stream of visitors and people rush to borrow money from him. However, a few minutes past, and an hour pasts, nothing happens. The store is still empty and quite. “Bah, humbug! I am cheated! Cheated! You this cunning, crafty little thief. " Scrooge walks toward his assistant-- Rob. “I will count the cost of this MacBook air from your wages. You will get nothing this month! I shouldn’t have believed in your asinine words.” Rob wants to retort, but thinking of keeping his wages next month, he forces himself to clench his lips. However, something does happen later in the night. When Scrooge is about to leave the store and close the useless MacBook Air, he spots some lines of comments keep popping out under his post. Past1960: Ebenezer Scrooge! I know u, the friendless boy who was bullied during high school. Past1899: Your fiancée left you because she cannot stand ur greediness that corrupted the love. Poor you! Scrooge is shocked that anyone would remember his pass that even himself has forgotten. The netizen’s comments have brought him thinking about the past days. He sobs a little; however, his sadness soon turns to …show more content…
His fans have even created a fan page on Facebook. Moreover, Scrooge also becomes a show host in several political and entertainment talk shows, which makes him earn tons of money. Scrooge feels really surprised that how people welcomes him and he actually has the magic ability to make people burst out laughing. Whenever he says "Bah, humbug!" with a satiric tone, all the people around him will laugh out so loudly that he thinks it is definitely over forty decibels, which is the standard that the neighbors can call the police for stopping the noise. What’s more, to his surprise, the more critically and indifferently he says his words, the more madly people chortle and praise him. “People like my personality!” Scrooge tells himself. “I should not change my way of dealing with others just because I am afraid of what the three netizens tell me about the past, present and future! They are just old-fashioned people who don’t understand what is popular now! Although their words haunt me every night like ghosts, I will still stick on to my avaricious and parsimonious character because it is what people like and enjoy!” Scrooge believes in his confidence
Landon Kiely Mrs. Shearer Language Arts - 7A 30 January 2023 Scrooge Character Analysis Is there someone who hoards money and is very cheap? Well, that person is Scrooge from the play, A Christmas Carol by Israel Horovitz, Scrooge is a very successful businessman who cherishes the money he makes so much that he refuses to do anything to help others. Mean and disrespectful, Scrooge even underpays and mistreats his employee, Bob Cratchit. His dead business partner, Jacob Marley, comes back to haunt him in hopes of changing Scrooge’s character. If Scrooge does not change his ways, he is doomed and will be trapped by his earthly sins for eternity.
Scrooge has now accepted to be more compassionate towards other people. “Spirit,” said Scrooge, with
“I will honour christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. ”-scrooge. In the play a Christmas Carol the main character Ebenezer Scrooge has had some life changing events when he learned to loved christmas again. He changed from a grouchie, mean and unsociable old man to a nice loving kind geyser. Let me share with you how Scrooge has changed from these three things.
Scrooge’s life is inconsistent with his wealth as he is a greedy and selfish person. Although he has an abundant wealth he chooses to not give as the gentlemen had asked him for a contribution in order
“That is my dinner you scoundrel!” Scrooge yelled. “I shall send ye’ to
This shows that Scrooge is lonely and he might not know how to act in front of Fred. Talking to
He is happy to be seeing Bob in the morning. The next morning when scrooge goes into work late Bob is not there. Sometime goes by and Bob still is not there. After a few hours of waiting Bob shows up. Scrooge starts off showing some anger then eventually cools down.
"In that quote the literary elemt was mood. The mood in this quote is a little sad and because Scrooge regrets
We come to learn that Scrooge changes with his attitude. One quote from the text that accurately confirms this is…“No warmth could warm, no wintry weather could chill him. ”(page 3). This excerpt from the text explains how troubled and insecure he is inside, using a metaphorical perspective. We, as the readers, can draw inferences and conclusions on how loathsome he seems.
In the text, Scrooge is visited by two portly gentlemen who ask Scrooge to donate to the poor because they are
I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I have been but for this intercourse”(Stave IV Page 13). We now know that Scrooge has completed his transformation and
Scrooge exclaims, " Come back with the butcher and I 'll give you a shilling. Come back in two minutes and ill give you a crown!" this show Scrooge truly overcoming the was he acts. Scrooge was all about the money- never wanted to share.
In the beginning of the story, Scrooge was a lonely greedy man. He also hated Christmas and didn’t like other people. One quote that shows that Scrooge was greedy is, “What
Scrooge finally changed when he saw what his life would become if he did not