A Christmas Carol Scrooge Character Analysis

Scrooge changes in many ways from the beginning of “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” by Israel Horovitz to the end. Two of Scrooge’s many alterations in his lifestyle were becoming more sympathetic and turning into a generous man. There was a lot of ground between him at the start of the book to the finish but he most certainly changed for the better.
One of the major changes for Scrooge is that he becomes a whole lot more generous and performs actions at the end of the story he definitely wouldn't have done at the beginning. An instance where this is true is on pages 299 and 300 where Scrooge pays a boy he’s never met before to go buy him a turkey and says, “ Come back here in less than five minutes and I’ll give you half-a-crown!”

And when the boy comes back he calls him a “ True champion” pays him much more than his fair share just to be generous. This proves that Scrooge has changed and became more generous for a few reasons. A reason is that he already offered the boy a generous amount of money, and then when he got back he gave him even more. Scrooge never would have done this at the beginning of the story. Scrooge just did it to be nice and to give him a little a little money, Scrooge easily could’ve done the job for himself for much less money. At the start of the book Scrooge was a penny pincher but now he actually just gave money out of generosity. An additional example of Scrooge’s growing generosity is when he donates an exorbitant amount of money to charity. On page 299 when Scrooge whispers how much money he’s donating to charity he get’s this reaction from the portly man, “Lord bless me! My dear Mr. Scrooge are you serious?” This shows significant change and generosity from Scrooge for two reasons. The first reason is that earlier in the book Scrooge didn’t believe in charity. And now he’s donating ridiculous amounts to charity, that’s definitely a big change. The second reason shows generosity, it’s simply how much Scrooge donates! This is very generous because he’s giving people who aren’t as wealthy a hand. These occurrences prove that scrooge has changed and become more generous.

Scrooge also goes through another crucial change, he warms up a few degrees and becomes a lot more sympathetic.

An example of this is on pages 300-301 when Scrooge attends his nephew and nieces party and wishes them a merry Christmas. This, again shows change because he saw them toasting to him and hoping for him to come to their party. Now that he is a changed man he finds sympathy in his heart and goes to the party. Before, Scrooge never in a million years would have went to one of their parties. A second example of Scrooge’s sympathy is when he gives Bob Cratchit a pay raise. On page 301 Scrooge acts as if he’s mad at Bob then says, “ I am… about... to …. raise .... your salary.” This is extremely sympathetic because he’s doing it to support the Cratchit family.Prior to Scrooge changing he barely paid Bob anything and didn't care about his family at all. Again, these examples illustrate a very large change out of Ebenezer

Scrooge.

From the beginning to the end of “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley” by Israel Horovitz Scrooge is a changed man.

He becomes more generous, and he becomes more Sympathetic. It is easy to see that Scrooge went through a lot of change in this story and these examples are just a few of the many that could be used to show all the change he’s went

through.