The Significance Of The Spirit In 'Bah Humbug' By Charles Dickens
“Bah, Humbug”, we all commonly know this saying by heart, but don’t you ever wonder maybe there is a little more to this story than just ink on a paper. There has been countless makings of movies and plays for this one story by Charles Dickens. In this masterpiece an old man named Scrooge is a cold-hearted old man who despises Christmas, then on Christmas Eve night he is visited by his old partner in business who died several years ago. His business partner (Marley) warns him that three spirits will visit him and if he doesn’t change his way he will end up like Marley. Everyone can change how they act, but not who they are.
At first Scrooge doesn't seem very frightened by this and thought it was a joke but then as the clock struck midnight …show more content…
In it he finds the Spirit of Christmas Present. The Spirit and Scrooge have few words before the are walking the streets with some sort of protection that allows them not to be seen. The Spirit is putting a dust on people and their food. When Scrooge asks what this powder is the Spirit says that he is blessing them. They walk to Bob Cratchit's house and go in. There they find the Cratchit family preparing a meal for themselves. A daughter of Bob has come home from a business trip to earn more money for the poor family. When Bob comes home they all eat the small turkey. When it comes to dessert the only thing they have to eat is a very small pudding the share. After the Spirit has blessed them they head out to his nephew Fred’s. There they enter and see that are sitting on coaches and conversinsing. They listen to the group of Fred’s friends complain about his uncle Scrooge. Fred stands up for Scrooge saying that he refuses to have joy on Christmas but one year he will see the joy in it and until then he said he would wait for him to turn around. When they go back outside Scrooge notices that the Spirit of Christmas Present looks much older and tired. They talk and Scrooge’s eyes yet again catch something odd about the Spirit. He sees that there are claws at his feet. The Spirit lifts his robe and Scrooge sees that there are two skinny children at his feet. The Spirit says that the girl is
At first Scrooge doesn't seem very frightened by this and thought it was a joke but then as the clock struck midnight …show more content…
In it he finds the Spirit of Christmas Present. The Spirit and Scrooge have few words before the are walking the streets with some sort of protection that allows them not to be seen. The Spirit is putting a dust on people and their food. When Scrooge asks what this powder is the Spirit says that he is blessing them. They walk to Bob Cratchit's house and go in. There they find the Cratchit family preparing a meal for themselves. A daughter of Bob has come home from a business trip to earn more money for the poor family. When Bob comes home they all eat the small turkey. When it comes to dessert the only thing they have to eat is a very small pudding the share. After the Spirit has blessed them they head out to his nephew Fred’s. There they enter and see that are sitting on coaches and conversinsing. They listen to the group of Fred’s friends complain about his uncle Scrooge. Fred stands up for Scrooge saying that he refuses to have joy on Christmas but one year he will see the joy in it and until then he said he would wait for him to turn around. When they go back outside Scrooge notices that the Spirit of Christmas Present looks much older and tired. They talk and Scrooge’s eyes yet again catch something odd about the Spirit. He sees that there are claws at his feet. The Spirit lifts his robe and Scrooge sees that there are two skinny children at his feet. The Spirit says that the girl is