The Character Of Scrooge In A Christmas Carol

As he aged he became more bitter and cross with world. All this makes for an awfully tragic tale, but everyone knows how this story ends. After Scrooge is visited by three ghosts his point of view is changed and he becomes a better man. He starts to look for the good in things, rather than the bad. In this story we see an example that it's never too late to change for the better.

Turning from a prideful boy to being merciful toward his dead brother. In fact, it all began when his brother was born, “with a tiny body which was red and shriveled like an old man’s” (595). Doodle is weakened and incapable of doing activities normal kids do at his age. The narrator encourages Doodle to keep on pushing, but no sooner does the narrator learn that pushing Doddle over his limitations will sooner or later kill him. The narrator kills Doodle indirectly, as a consequence of the lack of knowledge he has about Doodle’s medical issues, and as said before, being enveloped in pride.

1. In the short narrative “The Haunted Boy” by Carson McCullers, Hugh Brown overcomes the terrors of his haunting past by succumbing to the fears brought on by a horrifying experience that leaves him broken with feelings of abandonment: “…knew something was finished… never cry again… no longer a haunted boy, now that he was glad somehow, and not afraid” (682). The thought of being alone terrifies Hugh and reveals the scars he has from his mother’s attempt to kill herself. Since he finds her on the bathroom floor one day after school alone he insists John Laney stay. He lies, begs, and manipulates Laney but is unsuccessful in his attempts.

McCarthy incorporates many religious references into this passage in order to show how the man has resurrected as a new being—one who has moved on from the death of the past, forgiving himself. Beginning at line 30, the man falls asleep in front of the fire “with his hands palm up before him like some dozing penitent” (XXX) Not only are his palms up—similar to Christ’s palms on the cross, but the narrator compares the man to a penitent, one who repents their sins and is seeking forgiveness from God. After the man shuts the wolf’s eyes—a spiritual act in itself—the man imagines the wolf running once again, alive as ever, far from death. This new life serves as a resurrection just like the resurrection Christ had after his death, representing the man’s new understanding of the world; opening his eyes even when they are

He 's pushed away happiness from his life because of the mistakes he 's made that have cost him the people he loves. In facing the Bergens, who are now ruled by Prince Gristle because his father was dethroned when Prince Gristle was only a boy, both Poppy and Branch experience each other 's feelings and in return become happier themselves. Even the Bergens get to experience happiness for the first time in forever, but not by eating Trolls like they have always expected. Prince Gristle finds happiness in fellow Bergen Bridget, who “is the sweetest, most kind-hearted Bergen in all of Bergen

She did not have much hope left anyways for her life because she annoyed the misfit with her ugly and selfish ways. In another quote the grandmother implies that the misfit is a good man by stating, "Yes it's a beautiful day," said the grandmother. "Listen, " she said, "You shouldn't call yourself the misfit because I know you're a good man at heart. I can just look at you and tell" (421). The grandmother doesn't know the misfit from Adam, yet she already gave him a persona that he has to match.

I awaited the Spirit’s support for Scrooge's new-found sense of selflessness, along with the Spirit being depicted comforting Scrooge when the Spirit tells Scrooge that Tiny Tim is destined to die. What contributed to my shock was the fact that the Spirit of the Present is conveyed as the most friendly of the three spirits Scrooge encounters throughout the book. This is because the Spirit of the Present is first presented to readers eating a jolly feast with plenty of guests, joyfully passing down food. Furthermore, the passage puzzled me because it shows Scrooge transforming from a selfish man to a caring old man. However, as Scrooge is already changing from the beginning of his journey with the Spirit of the Present, I wondered why does Scrooge need to visit a third ghost.

The king begins to fear that Prince Hal’s mirroring of Richard II could cause their downfall. When speaking about Richard II, King Henry states, “That, being swallowed daily by men’s eyes, they surfeited with honey and began To loathe the taste of sweetness, where more than a little is by too much” (3.2 70-74). In short, this quote is a metaphor for Richard II’s presence. When Richard II became King, his presence was like honey in the sense that it was a special treat because the public rarely saw him. Overtime, as Richard II showed his presence much more often, people grew tired of it.

This is evident as Dickens manipulates time by stating “the quarter was so long” which illustrate the intensity of Scrooge’s anxieties and fears about the ghosts due to the limited amount of time to change his fate. In addition, Dicken’s use of apostrophe in “ Oh cold, cold, rigid, dreadful death” allows the reader into a deeper insight into Scrooge’s emotional state without using a direct statement from Scrooge, which evokes a sense of reassessment in the reader in regard to their own life. He had become so consumed with the daily grind of work and surviving he had missed out on the opportunity to appreciate what’s around him and other people which led him to be closed off in an austere state of alienation. A sense of self-discovery is identified as Scrooge states to “sponge away the writing on the stone” as he is desperate to change as he looks around at the people in his life and see them where they really

Biff's behavior causes him to believe that his son is spiting him, although all he is trying to do is help his poor father. Willy will constantly say things that he does the opposite of, such as stating to 'not act like an office boy' yet scrambling to assist his boss in menial tasks. His self contradictory ways can also be supported by this quote, stating"One of the primary characteristics of Willy Loman's character is his penchant for self-contradiction: "Biff is a lazy bum! There's one thing about Biff- he's not lazy.""(Murphy). The most substantial evidence comes from Willy's hallucinations.