Examples Of Scrooge's Transformation In The Christmas Carol

The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come shows Scrooge his dead body: ’plundered and bereft; unwatched, unwept, uncared for’. This suggests that Scrooge is disliked while is alive but also while he is dead. This is proved as his grave showed no signs of care, no flowers or no sense of grief but left alone, rejected. Another example being the fact that a business man would only go to his funeral ‘’if a lunch is provided’’. This reinforces the fact that no one liked or cared about him. This gives Scrooge and incentive to change as he sees what outcome his selfish and miserable life brings. Furthermore, the thieves who steal his belongings are uncaring and more interested in profit. They mirror Scrooge’s own obsession with wealth. This makes understand how he acts through the acts of other people. Scrooge is shown the outcome of his life which gives him a motive to

Stave One, Dickens uses a lot of different quotes and conversations to tell the readers how Scrooge really is, most of these quotes are found in the first few pages and describe how much of a horrible, cold hearted person Scrooge is.

In Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is molded into an exceptional person by three spirits of Christmas. Though they all contributed to Scrooge’s change of heart, the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come influenced him the most. This ghost, though he couldn’t speak, led Scrooge down a brighter path by forcing him to witness a few depressing events. The aftermath of adorable Tiny Tim’s demise, Scrooge’s own deathbed and grave, and the fact that no one could’ve cared less that he was gone.

At the beginning of the story, Scrooge’s selfish personality is revealed, and the Ghost of Christmas Past comes and shows him the memories and truth of his life long ago. In the text, Scrooge is visited by two portly gentlemen who ask Scrooge to donate to the poor because they are

Scrooge in "The Christmas Carol" shows how much he hates Christmas, and everyone he works with to change to a happy person with the help of others. Scrooge emphasizes, "What a fine day fellow... An Intelligent boy, a remarkable boy." This is a critical part of this novel because this shows Scrooge overcame his dislike of Christmas and his entire disliking of people. Instead of rudely gesturing to people, he is now starting to act nicer, and more mature. 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. Ever since the ghost 's from Christmas past, present, and Christmas yet to come, Scrooge was been offering his wealth off to other people who need

Norman Vincent Peale was an American minister who once stated, “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” Your thoughts are like your heart. When your thoughts are positive they rub off on people. In the play, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge is a selfish miser would not even give a penny to the Poultry man that is trying to raise money for the poor. Scrooge, at the end of the play gives a huge amount of money to the Poultry man. Small and large acts of kindness can change a person's day or even life.

Maya Angelou, an American poet, once said, “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” There are many people who don’t do anything to change the things they dislike. On the other hand some people over time change themselves. While Scrooge looked at his past, present, and future he realized he needs to change the way he treats people. In the play A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, Scrooge was guided by 3 spirits teaching him he needs to change to keep people close to him and love him.

In the novel, A Christmas Carol, it is unmistakably proven that Ebenezer Scrooge is a dynamic character. A dynamic character is a character who undergoes a drastic inner change. Following this very same concept, Scrooge changes his attitude, actions, and speech throughout the sophisticated Victorian-Era story when meeting the Christmas ghosts, who are spirits meant to guide souls on the right path of living. Ebenezer gets visited by three ghosts, and readers can see him change. We can undergo and live this tall tale of Scrooge, and we can take away that this frail old man will long live in our hearts to make us remember to be generous and live life to the fullest.

Events from the past can influence people to change their life for the better. Influence from anyone and anything can definitely affect you. Chances are, if you have done atrocious things, you probably want to try and do some good. This the case for the main characters in the stories “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens and “A Retrieved Reformation” by O’ Harey. Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy, grumpy man who hates Christmas and really anything that involves joy. One night, when three spirits come to him to inform him about the past, present, and future, he decides to turn his life around and change for the better. Jimmy Valentine is a safe cracker who moves to a new town. Once he meets a girl name Annabel, he decides to literally change his

In the beginning, Scrooge is an angry man who only cares about money. Everyone dislikes his attitude and rudeness. His old business partner, who died, came back as a ghost to warn him of his bad ways. He tells scrooge the path he is taken will lead to a bad afterlife. Scrooge is later visited by three more ghosts. They each take him to show him his wrong doings, and Scrooge sees his past, present, and future Christmases. He was warned to change his actions to make his future brighter, and a better afterlife. During his time with the spirits, he learned to be a better man and respect the world he lives in.

The ghost of Christmas past, present, and future(Dickens 9,10). As Marly leaves and the ghost of christmas past comes, Scrooge at first is very frightened. The ghost then tells scrooge to touch her robe and they magically travel to the old past when they see Scrooge as a young school boy where they can see how Ebenezer’s father really hated him because his wife died giving birth to him. Now Scrooge’s dad blames him for it(Dickens 13,14,15). The spirit next takes him to his teenage years where scrooge sees himself as a young happy and poor boy at a dance party with his long time girlfriend. Scrooge is actually happy at this time. The Spirit finally takes him to his worst nightmare. she takes him to the exact moment when Ebenezer’s girlfriend releases him. On a Christmas eve, Scrooge(whose father has died and now he has finally made his fortune) comes home from work and finds his girlfriend at the park on a bench. His girlfriend sadly goes off about how he never has time for her and his thoughts had been consumed by money. As she lets him go, old scrooge is screaming at young scrooge to go after her. But he can’t hear him and foolishly doesn’t.(Dickens

In a alarming voice, The ghost announces himself as the Ghost of Christmas named Present. He tells Scrooge that he has more than 1800 brother. The ghost tells Scrooge to fell his robe. Upon doing this, the ghost and the room disappears instantly and Scrooge finds himself alongside the spirit in the midst of the bustling city on Christmas morning. He happily take pleasure in the amazing sights and smells roaming through the shop doors. People happily shoveling snow, tote bags of presents, and greet one another with a happy "Merry

After his influential talk with the ghosts, Scrooge shared his newfound generosity with the Gentleman Visitor who he previously refused to give money to. Here is when this happened. Gentleman Visitor (sadly): “Hello sir.” Scrooge: “My dear sir, how do you do? I hope you succeeded yesterday. It was very kind of you to stop by to see me.” Gentleman Visitor (in disbelief) “Mr Scrooge?” Scrooge: “Yes, that is my name, and I fear it may not be pleasant to you. Allow me to ask you pardon, and will you have the goodness to add this (throwing him a purse) to your good work!” Gentleman Visitor: “Lord bless me! My dear Mr Scrooge, are you serious?” Scrooge: “If you please, not a penny less. A great many back payments are included in it, I assure you. Will you do me that favor?” Gentleman Visitor: “My dear sir, I don’t known what I can say to such generosity.” Scrooge: “Say nothing! Accept it. Come and see me. Will you come and see me?” Gentleman Visitor: “I will.” Scrooge: “Thank ‘ee. I am much obliged to you. I thank you fifty times. God bless you and Merry Christmas!” (Dickens 274) In this dialogue, the Gentleman Visitor is astounded that Scrooge was able to change. Before, he was cruel and bitter to everyone. This had to be revised. After the ghosts appeared to Scrooge and he viewed three forms of Christmas, he realized how his actions were drastically affecting others so he changed and became

”Then, with a rapidity with a transition very foreign to his usual character,he said in pity, for his former self, ‘Poor boy!’ and cried again. ‘I wish,’ Scrooge muttered, putting his hand in his pocket, and looking about him, after drying his eyes with his cuff ‘but it's too late now.’ ‘What is the matter?’ asked the Spirit. ‘Nothing, said Scrooge, ‘nothing. There was a boy singing a Christmas carol at my door last night, and I should like to have given him something, that’s all.’”(Stave 2, pg.38). When Scrooge was with the Ghost of Christmas Past, he sees himself as a child, lonely and is ashamed when he thought about the time of when he was shouting at the little boy that was caroling at his door the other night. ”’This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want…’ ‘Have they no refuge or resource?’ cried Scrooge?’ “Are there no prisons? said the Spirit turning on hm for the last time with his own words.” He asks the Ghost of Christmas present is there is anywhere for the children to go, because he actually feels sorry for them that they have nowhere to go, while the ghost reminds him of the words that he said earlier; “Are there no prisons?Are there no workhouses?” Seeing the moments of his past and present, him starting to regret some bad things he had done is an improvement from being a

In the beginning of The story, Scrooge’s selfish behavior is evident until he meets the Ghost of Christmas Past. Two charitable