Norman Vincent Peale, an American minister and other, once said, “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” Sometimes your thoughts affect your life and the world, even the simple things, like giving your employee a raise can change how people think of you and your view of the world. For Instance, in the play, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge, could not see the view of other people towards him. He was unable to show little acts of kindness change help others. In the beginning he was unhelpful, but changed throughout the book and towards the end his views of everything changed. Scrooge saw how he can help out others. Unfriendly toward others, Scrooge isn't always the sharpest knife in the drawer. In the beginning …show more content…
Only his hands are visible under his garment. Since he has not been fully created based on Scrooge’s decisions he can't talk and only Scrooge was able to see his face. The Future, Responding by his actions is the way he communicates. Also he shows Scrooge what will happen in the future if he does not change. The intent of the Ghost of Christmas Future was to petrify Scrooge to change. If not his future won't change. Pointing toward Scrooge’s corpse, petrified Scrooge to change. Scrooge says to the Future, “I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The spirits of all Three shall strive within me. Oh, tell me that I may sponge away the writing that is upon this stone.” To prove he changed the next day he shockingly, gave Cratchit a raise in salary. On the day after Christmas he said “A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow! Than I have given you for many a year. I’ll raise your salary and endeavor to assist your struggling family and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon over a bowl of smoking bishop.” The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come helped with the transformation of
It is good to change, or be the one is is changing for the better. It just takes accepting it and applying it to your life. In this novel, there is a cold hearted man named scrooge that hates anything to do with happiness in his life. He runs a shop but his partner dies, but comes back to tell him to change his ways, and to do so three spirits of past, present,and future would go to his house and show him that change is good, and will help improve his life style. In the book “A christmas Carol”, Charles Dickens shows that change is possible for anyone through Scrooge’s transformation due to his interactions with the Spirits.
The first ghost tried to show him what he did wrong in the past, but Scrooge was set in his ways. The ghost of Christmas passed revealed to Scrooge what happened at Marley's funeral. Scrooge did not even pay the man who dug Marley's grave. Scrooge did not care about what the ghost was saying. He told the ghost that he did not think that he was being
In the novel A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is a grump, grouchy, old man who didn’t accept Christmas to be celebrated. According to Scrooge, Christmas was a Humbug. He is visited by three ghosts from his past, present, and Christmas yet to come. They will show Scrooge the things that happened, were happening, and were to come, so maybe he will change his ways. If Scrooge doesn’t hurry and do something now he will be haunted , and eventually turn into one of the ghosts.
There are many ways for someone to become left out and become cold hearted. In many cases, this person loses care for all things that would normally matter to most people. Being happy for them is nearly impossible as they can only see the negative aspects in anything. There cup becomes half empty instead of being half full. The only thing that matters to them is to possess and attain.
Said scrooge as you see the ghost of christmas future is showing scrooge the businessmen talking about a death and scrooge is confused because he still thinks that those men are talking about his old co-worker, but soon he will realize he was wrong and he will be
He tells the Ghost of Christmas Future: “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” This demonstrates that, having learned from his mistakes and past experiences, Scrooge is determined to make every effort to keep the spirit of Christmas alive each year.
I’ll send it to Bob Cratchit’s,’ whispered Scrooge, rubbing his hands and splitting with a laugh. ’”(Stave 5, pg.116-117). Scrooge was so jovial and generous-unlike his usual self-that he even sent a turkey to Bob Cratchit, his clerk. “‘Hallo!’ growled Scrooge, in his accustomed voice as near a he could feign it.
He was made to regret his actions, and only regret can truly change someone. This was a clear appeal to Scrooge 's fears and emotions by the ghost, a very effective use of pathos. The final argument for the influence of the Ghost of Christmas Future was simply the character of the ghost. Both the Ghost of Christmas Past and the Ghost of Christmas Present had human traits that Scrooge could identify with, and find common ground between himself and the ghosts. But the Ghost of Christmas Future had no such humanity.
Scrooge one said, “Merry Christmas! What right have you to be merry? What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.” In a Christmas Carol, Scrooge demonstrates constantly that wealth is the only important possession he obtains.
After Marley warns him not to end up like himself, and informs him that he will be visited by three ghosts, the first ghost arrives in Scrooge’s home. This is the the Ghost of Christmas Past. The spirit is dressed in a bright white tunic and is holding branch of luscious green holly. The ghost shows him scenes from when he was younger. These scenes make a massive impact on Scrooge.
He is mocking Christmas and doesn't care about Christmas at all. ANother example of Scrooges Transformation is near the midle of the book when he was with the ghost of Christmas Present. "What is the matter?" asked the Ghost. "Nothing particular," said Scrooge.
To finish it off the Ghost of Christmas Future silently shows Scrooge his own grave, and has him interpret his death. The ghost is described as a non-speaking grim reaper, and symbolically represents that Scrooge’s death will be silent, and he will not be able to explain his choices to others. They will just be forced to make their own
”Scrooge changes from these traits through his experience with the ghost of the past,present,and future. When the ghost of Christmas past visits Scrooge,it shows that on pg.31 and pg.32,where talking about his past and how he should change the way he acts and saying
Now that Scrooge has seen the future and the consequences of his life. Scrooge realizes that only kindness and goodness will pay off at the end of the road. Scrooge doesn’t completely change until this moment where he is shown how important it is to keep the Christmas Spirit in your heart. The Ghost of Christmas Future shows
Scrooge has started to really understand what he has done wrong in his life and how selfish and mean he really is . The ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge his future and how the people don’t care that Scrooge dies “If there is any person in the town, who feels emotion caused by this man’s death,” said Scrooge quite agonised, “show that person to me, Spirit, I beseech you” ( Dickens 11 ). Scrooge is seeing how people treat him when he is dead but Scrooge has no clue they are talking about him. Scrooge is showed the future but Scrooge thinks he has already changed completely because he has no idea that the person the men are talking about is him. Scrooge is changing fast but he has not seen the shadows that have not happened but will happen soon "You are about to show me shadows of the things that have not happened, but will happen in the time before us," Scrooge pursued.