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How Does Scrooge Change In A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

By: Matt Cosman
ENG 4U
Mr. Butter
December-06-12
In the book A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, the main character, Scrooge, has many experiences with new emotions throughout the book. These new emotions are fear, sadness and happiness. Scrooge gets scared when Marley, his old business partner, who has been dead for seven years, appears as a ghost at his door. Scrooge got so frightened the he slammed his door shut and double locked it. Scrooge was also visited by the ghost of Christmas past and Scrooge is sad to see his childhood. He saw how he was neglected as a child in the past and this contrasted to his new emotional experience. After being visited by three ghosts,
Scrooge becomes a very happy
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Scrooge meets the ghost of Christmas past and the ghost says to Scrooge, “Rise! And walk with me!”(Page 24). The ghost of Christmas past wants him to rise up with him and the ghost will show him his past. The ghost shows Scrooge his childhood and he sees how he was neglected as a child by his friends. Scrooge is very sad to look back on his childhood and to see how he was treated. Scrooge remembers a young boy who came caroling to his door and he never made a donation. Scrooge mutters, “I wish”(Page
28), putting his hand in his pocket, and looking about him, after drying his eyes with his cuff,
“but it is too late now”(Page 28). Scrooge is very sad that he did not make a donation to the young boy. “One more shadow!” exclaimed the ghost (Page 36). Scrooge cried, “No more!”(Page 36), but the ghost forced him to observe what happened next, scrooge was again saddened about what he had seen and told the spirit he could not take it no longer. The ghost of Christmas past showed Scrooge different parts of his past that made Scrooge feel very sad which was a new emotion to Scrooge.

After being visited by the three ghost of Christmas, Scrooge becomes a very happy


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