How Does Scrooge Change In A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge’s Change
In Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” Ebenezer Scrooge changes from a bitter old man to a good person through the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet to come. When Scrooge was a young man he was kind, nice and good person. However, Scrooge slowly changes from towards a more miserly direction the more wealthy he becomes. At the start of the story Scrooge is a bitter old man who is obsessed with money, completely shuts himself of from society and has a strong hatred for Christmas time and anything Christmas related. Slowly with the help of the Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, preset, and yet to come, Scrooge changes back to a good person.
When Scrooge was a boy he was a good kid. Scrooge was often abandoned by his father, who was a violent alcoholic, and his friends around Christmas time when everyone went home except for him. As a result of his abandonment he does not feel for fellow humans becoming cold hearted. These are the first of his bad memories that occurred around Christmas time. As a young man apprenticed to a banker Scrooge was still good but the more success he got the more obsessed with money he became. His obsession grew until he was engaged and …show more content…
This ghost further shows how Scrooge is disliked by the public by showing Scrooge’s nephew getting a good laugh out of Scrooge because he is so widely hated. It also shows Bob Cratchit, Scrooge’s clerk, having his family’s nice Christmas dinner partially ruined at the mere mention of Scrooges name. Cratchit also has a sickly young son who Cratchit cannot afford to pay medical bills for when Scrooge (already showing that some change has occurred) asks if the boy will live the ghost responds with what Scrooge said before of why Scrooge should care because the boy is part of the ”excess population”. Hearing these statements makes Scrooge feel sick about what he
In Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” Ebenezer Scrooge changes from a bitter old man to a good person through the help of the ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet to come. When Scrooge was a young man he was kind, nice and good person. However, Scrooge slowly changes from towards a more miserly direction the more wealthy he becomes. At the start of the story Scrooge is a bitter old man who is obsessed with money, completely shuts himself of from society and has a strong hatred for Christmas time and anything Christmas related. Slowly with the help of the Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas past, preset, and yet to come, Scrooge changes back to a good person.
When Scrooge was a boy he was a good kid. Scrooge was often abandoned by his father, who was a violent alcoholic, and his friends around Christmas time when everyone went home except for him. As a result of his abandonment he does not feel for fellow humans becoming cold hearted. These are the first of his bad memories that occurred around Christmas time. As a young man apprenticed to a banker Scrooge was still good but the more success he got the more obsessed with money he became. His obsession grew until he was engaged and …show more content…
This ghost further shows how Scrooge is disliked by the public by showing Scrooge’s nephew getting a good laugh out of Scrooge because he is so widely hated. It also shows Bob Cratchit, Scrooge’s clerk, having his family’s nice Christmas dinner partially ruined at the mere mention of Scrooges name. Cratchit also has a sickly young son who Cratchit cannot afford to pay medical bills for when Scrooge (already showing that some change has occurred) asks if the boy will live the ghost responds with what Scrooge said before of why Scrooge should care because the boy is part of the ”excess population”. Hearing these statements makes Scrooge feel sick about what he