Examples Of Scrooge In Christmas Carol

In the story ¨A Christmas Carol” the main character Scrooge is not a very pleasant man. He is very stingy with his money and refuses to give to help others with said wealth. Although he changes though his time with the three spirits. Four if you count Jacob Marley, the other ghosts being the ghosts of christmas past, present, and future. Or being specific for the ghost of the future ¨ the ghost of christmas yet to come¨.

When the first spirit appears the first night, Scrooge seems bewildered by the fact that he wasn't day dreaming when he saw the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley, which he blamed on rotten food. For example he blames some undigested cheese or a partially undercooked potato. Although when this ghost visits him he remains set in his ways as it was showing him how he once was. He was a kind young man who had thought he had found love at the party held at Mr. Fezziwig's warehouse. Only to lose what he thought he loved to greed a few paragraphs later.

When scrooge meets the second ghost he wakes to hear laughing coming from one room over.

The ghost of christmas present, sitting on top of what seems to be either a stack of presents of a bent pine tree. Scrooge was frightened at first when the spirit had seemingly lifted the foom from the house and flown to other places around London. Stopping at his nephews house to listen in to the toast he had proposed for his uncle, Ebenezer Scrooge. He said Scrooge had paid for his feast in a more round about way and wished him good health. This seemed to hit home with Scrooge because he shed a tear when the ghost brought him to Tiny Tims house. Only to find out that Tim would not live much longer unless he

changed.

By the time the ghost of christmas yet to be came around you could tell he was a partially changed man. But not enough to escape his predetermined destiny. This ghost seems to resemble the Grimm Reaper himself. So naturally Scrooge thought he was done for, but this spirit seemed to be trying to scare the change into him as the future can be frightening. This tactic seems to work as Scrooge falls into his grave only to wake hanging from his bed curtains.

Once he wakes and untangles himself from his bedside tapestry he flies to the window to find out that he lived as a changed man and yells to the boy on the streets to get the big prize goose and tells him he will pay him if he´s back in five minutes. He leaves his house to have some fun and sing some carols with those he scared before and he donated a large sum to the charity. The visits had changed him for the better and he gave his new partner a raise in his weekly pay. All and all Scrooge had become a better man for himself and those around him. Leaving this story close to our hearts giving us hope for those with none to share or even keep.