Ebenezer Scrooge is a grumpy old man and is a very broadened character and he develops very well throughout the story, Scrooge believes that Christmas is a charity, he thinks that it is a time for people to beg and be happy for no reason. Scrooge also doesn’t understand the concept of giving, he has the money to do it. So, the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future all have different things to show scrooge in order to make him believe in the spirit of Christmas. Let’s start out by stating, Scrooge didn’t have a very happy childhood, he and his father never really got along. His father sent him off to boarding school and every time the students were given time off Scrooge would stay at school. For example, every year during Christmas the students were allowed to go home and spend the holidays with their families. …show more content…
But Scrooge couldn’t, until one year when he was sitting in a vacant classroom and his little sister walked in.
She said “ …father said you can come home… “, so it really wasn’t his choice if he could go home to his family or not, it was his father’s. But now, Scrooge is a senior citizen, he has gray hair that drapes down on the sides of his face, and he has an elongated jaw with a nose like Gru from Despicable Me. He also wore a nightgown most, if not all, of the movie. Scrooge also has a humped back and he walks with a cane around town. In addition, to how he dresses Scrooge has a very crabby personality. For example, he walks around town with a scowl printed on his face, and as he walks by carolers they stop singing! He also walks and talks about the people he passed. In his mind, if they are children they are delinquents, if they are happy they are
useless. He acts this way because he didn’t have a very good childhood, he was plagued with the belief that money is everything, his wife even left him because of this. He also wasn’t treated very nicely by other kids (or his father) as a child, so he didn’t know how to form good relationships with people. So these maybe the reasons he acted like he did. In addition, the beginning of the story other characters were scared of him, they would run away if they got a glimpse of him and they wouldn’t look back. Also, characters in the story are very timid towards Scrooge, they don’t walk to close or look to long. But after Scrooge is visited by the three ghosts he realizes his flaws and they way he has treated people. So after he gets back from his trip he starts to perk up, he starts to feel different and he feels as though he is a better person. Also he is a little more charitable and he understands why people didn’t necessarily like him. Once he realized that people started to warm up to him, heck even the carolers started singing when he walked past them. And he joined his nephew and his friends for Christmas dinner. In fact, Scrooge is a very misinterpreted character, he isn’t meant to be a mean old man that hates christmas, he’s supposed to be a man who was hurt and is trying to heal. For me Scrooge created the mood that Christmas is a time for giving not complaining, and he also made me feel happy. He let me know how fortunate my family is at this time of year, and he also related to many people in many ways. Scrooge isn’t just a mean character he’s a misunderstood person.
Dickens displays guilt as the main form of how Scrooge’s character develops into a compassionate person by the end of the novella. As Scrooge feels this quilt, it's purely based on the visions that the ghosts provide which further causes Scrooge to realise the consequences of his actions. His alienation from specific characters that he used to love such as Belle, “...has displaced me…” whom left Scrooge, due to his desire for money and wealth which grew. This desire grows with him as he is rejecting the christmas joy and spirit as he continuously states that Christmas is a “humbug,” but by stating this it provides comparison. Dickens depicts that Scrooge has become a better person because of fear but in the end he has become kinder. As the
Scrooge was and owner of a factory and made a whole bunch of money, but he did not care about anyone else. “Merry Christmas said his nephew, what right do have to be merry you are poor enough”. This shows that scrooge is mean to family and does not care about Christmas.
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The first time Fred is seen is on page 5 when he greets Scrooge with, "A merry Christmas, Uncle! God save you!" Scrooge's reply is "Bah! Humbug!" The statement Fred makes shows that he cares about even the coldest beings. Scrooge's reply shows that he is closed to joyous things and it also hints that he is not saved. From their first meeting in the book, their character differences are obvious.
Ebenezer Scrooge is the major character in the story, A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol is about how a “cold-hearted, tight fisted, selfish” money grabbing man is offered an opportunity of a life time, to change his behaviour, attitude... to have a second chance in life.
In the beginning of the play in spite of being selfish Scrooge is also cheap, cold-hearted, and cruel. Scrooge behaves in this manner to his nephew, Fred. One way of proving this is when Fred said “Merry Christmas.” Scrooge replied salty saying “Humbug Christmas is just a time for spending and wasting money.” Not only he treats Fred badly but many more people. For instance take one of his quotes towards the Gentleman Visitor, “Are there no Jails for the poor, are there no
In the play, Mr. Scrooge is a greedy man who thinks Christmas is “Bah Humbug!” (Dickens 3). His family has always wanted him to join them for a Christmas feast, but Mr. Scrooge has never wanted anything to do with Christmas. Marley, Mr. Scrooge’s old business partner, didn’t want Mr. Scrooge to end up like him with chains of greed attached to him when he died, so he sent Mr. Scrooge three spirits: Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Those three spirits visited each day to haunt him about his Christmases. Eventually, he traveled with two of the three spirits, but when the spirit of Christmas Future arrived, Mr. Scrooge realized that he would die in a few years. Ebenezer begged for mercy and promised to celebrate Christmas with joy and festivity. (Dickens 7-32) After the haunting with the spirits, Mr. Scrooge woke up and asked a boy what day it was. When the little boy, Adam, replied that it was Christmas, he ordered the boy
Little did Ebenezer Scrooge know, this was going to be the kickoff to a substantial journey on his night of Christmas Eve. The ghost of Christmas past had the appearance similar to a child, yet it had some characteristics comparable to a lit candle. This ghost took Scrooge to all of his most painful memories leading up to his present day position. After brief reminders of these incidents, Scrooge started to get melancholy. Events from his schooldays, his engagement, and even his happy apprenticeship with his former boss Fezziwig provided enough insight for the main character to visit his childhood. Scrooge then got an unexpected visit from the ghost of Christmas Present. He took the display of a gigantic man, dressed in a green robe. This ghost helped provide an insight for Scrooge on what his acquaintances were doing on Christmas Eve night. Bob Cratchit, had a dinner with his family and could barely afford any food due to his low wage from Scrooge. Lastly, Ebenezer received a visitation from the ghost of Christmas yet to come. The ghost was strictly straightforward with Scrooge’s future if he kept acting similar to what he did. The three ghosts provided a prolonged climax to the story, giving Ebenezer a direct turning point in his actions and beliefs. He had adjusted to not making
On page 64, we see how Scrooge shows sympathy in the quote, “There was a boy singing a Christmas carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something. That 's All.” After being shown a memory of himself as a boy, Scrooge regrets being harsh to the boy caroling and not giving him any money. Seeing his own sadness as a child made him realize it would have been nice to give the boy something to make him happy. He will probably do nicer things in the future because he now realizes that the boy would have been upset because of how Scrooge turned him away so harshly. He is changing his actions, and regretting bad actions in the past. He wants to fix what he did wrong, and he feels sympathy for the boy. People want to be shown compassion, so in the future if he helps people out and is kind, he will not be as isolated. Another quote to show how he becomes less detached from humanity is on pages 92-93, ‘”Spirit,” said Scrooge, “Tell me if Tiny Tim will live.” Scrooge feels sorry for Bob Cratchit because the spirit says if the future remains unaltered he will die. He feels upset that Tiny Tim will die, and sympathy for Bob because his son will probably die. He probably regrets not giving Bob more time with his son. He had made a comment earlier that if someone will die they better go and die to decrease the population, when the donation collector
During the story, Scrooge is visited by the Ghosts from Christmas past, present, and future, who shows the ill-tempered Scrooge how to be feel compassion towards others human beings. A large quantity of the story revolves around money, and it plays a large role, to contrast how generosity is viewed in society. Scrooge is incredibly wealthy, as he lives a l...
Just like the play, Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in the story. He is a mean, cold-hearted man that has no Christmas spirit whatsoever. All that Scrooge cares about and will ever care about is his wealth until he is taken on a journey. He is lead by 3 ghosts of his past, present, and future as he was in the play. These ghosts show him what Christmas spirit is and try to force it upon him. All of this finally hits him once he is taken to the future and witnesses his own grave. Scrooge pleads for a second chance to change his bad ways. Once he wakes up in his bedroom after all of this craziness, he jumps for joy and makes many new friends while mending with some old friends. He fixes many of his wrongs and lives out the rest of his life as a happier, friendlier, and a generous
In summation the Novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge was an unhappy man who was given the chance to change. The ghost that prompted this the most was the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The ghosts all showed us something different about Scrooge, but the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come was literally the final nail in the coffin of Scrooge’s humbuginess! In the end Scrooge was a changed man, who was more merry than could be. He never again question the spirit of
First, Scrooge is taken to when he was a little boy and still in school. He is shown himself when his sister comes to see him and tells him that he is able to come home. He remembers how much he loved his sister and the Ghost of Christmas Past reminds him that she had a child, his nephew. Scrooge regrets the way he treated him earlier and now knows he should have been kinder. Next, he sees a young version of himself at work, working for Fezziwig as an apprentice. He remembers how much he enjoyed working for him and realizes how he treats Bob Cratchit. He realized that he needs to treat Bob with the same respect that Fezziwig gave him. Lastly, he is taken back to when his ex-fiance is breaking up with him. He watches with horror as she lists all the reasons why the relationship would not work out. When his fiance stops speaking and is heading for the door, he pleads to his younger self not to let her go, and not to be such a fool, but it was no use as he was technically not there and not able to be heard. All of these scenarios show that Ebeneezer is on the road to becoming a kinder person, but we still know he is not quite there yet. I know this because when speaking to ghost of Christmas Present he says, “I went forth last night on compulsion, and learnt a lesson which is working now. Tonight, if you aught to teach me, let me profit by it.” (664) This
life is like a road where there’s all these signs and ruts, but there are all these turns to take you to a new place but few ever have the right car or enough gas to get there, but most never put the effort. Thus, making change rare and valuable to the point where certain things are the usually the only cause of transformation.These being a personal conflict between the characters and themselves or family where their emotions are battling it out, to the point where they resource to a new way or basic change. Then there’s also change where you feel helpless of what you're doing and can’t control it so you make an alternation of the rut you're stuck in to assure you that you are in control. finally, there's probably the most common one a visit
In "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a transformation as a result of his encounters with three ghosts and becomes a kind, happy, and generous man. His greedy, cruel, and grumpy demeanor is replaced seemingly overnight, but he doesn’t just wake up and decide to be nice. It takes three Spirits to change his outlook on life - The Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future. The Ghost of Christmas Past makes Scrooge begin to regret his selfishness, and the Ghost of Christmas Present begins to teach him about others. This second Ghost helps to make him realize that money doesn't buy happiness. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, however, teaches the most profound lesson of all: unless he changes, no one will care if Scrooge dies. Because of the Ghosts, by Christmas morning Ebenezer Scrooge is a completely different person from the man who went to bed on Christmas Eve.