Importance Of Scrooge In A Christmas Carol

In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a story festive Christmas story of Scrooge and his transformation from a greedy and spiritless miser to a cheerful and generous old man. In the beginning of the novel Scrooge is a caricature of a miser, greedy and mean in every way, that is until three ghosts visit Scrooge and help him turn from his mean spirited ways and learn the values and importance of generosity, kindness, and cheerfulness. The ghost of Christmas past takes scrooge back to his childhood to help him learn hope and generosity. The Ghost of Christmas present compares Scrooge to others, and helps scrooge learn gratefulness. The ghost of Christmas future shows Scrooge that he is doomed to die alone if he doesn’t change his ways and reach out to his fellow man. A Christmas Carol is novel of transformation and Christmas spirit, and helps us understand the importance of what we do with our lives, and the power we have to affect others positively.

The ghost of Christmas past
In the final visits, scrooge is seen after his death, where few people are disheartened at his death. The final visitor finally shows Scrooge the purgatory he will have to undertake if his ways are not changed. We are shown by this chapter that we need to do good in our lives or we too will suffer the consequences after this world.

A Christmas Carol is a novel of transformation and Christmas spirit, and helps us understand the importance of what we do with our lives, and the power we have to affect others positively. As the story follows Scrooge and his transformation are shown the need of helping others with our position, money, and overall spirit. A Christmas Carol truly shows that goodness is about character - integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other