The Three Spirits In A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens

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(Hook) Ebenezer Scrooge, an old, greedy, grumpy, man is visited by his dead friend /business partner who tells him that he will be visited by three spirits. In order to avoid Marley’s fate, Scrooge must listen to the warnings of the three spirits. In the novel A Christmas Carol the author, Charles Dickens, uses the main characters to convey the message that money can control your life.

When making every day choices or doing daily activities, money is always in the back of your mind. Scrooge had a very small fire in his counting house his clerk had an even smaller fire and only one candle (Dickens, 3). Scrooge didn’t let the rooms get any warmer than they naturally were no matter what season it was. Scrooge doesn’t keep the building warm

Scrooge’s fiancée tells Scrooge that she doesn’t want to marry him because his greed for money has taken over his power to love her (Dickens, 32).The Ghost of Christmas Past forces Scrooge to look at this vision. Scrooge begs the ghost to let him go home or take him somewhere else I think that Scrooge asks the ghost to let him go home because he feels bad about what he did to the girl and that he was so greedy. I think the ghost wanted to make him realize what his greed for money is doing to him and to make him feel regretful that he couldn’t figure it out earlier. (Conclusion)

(Topic sentence). The Cratchits enjoy a small Christmas dinner using the little supplies they can afford (Dickens, 47). Bob Cratchit, the father of the family, doesn’t get that mush from his job. Both the mother and the oldest daughter work, and the family still cannot well support five children. The family can’t always have nice things and they are creative with what they can have. In their everyday life, money affects them. (Conclusion)

(Topic Sentence) Money still controls people’s lives today. People are always trying to get the better deal, more for less, or the brand name items. Businesses k o this and create advertisements saying you’ll get the better deal when you but their product. Everyone is affected by money in their everyday lives.