Many people spend their entire lives searching for the key to a meaningful life. But the question is which is more valuable - financial success or happiness. In A Christmas Carol‚ written by Charles Dickens‚ a greedy old miser named Scrooge endures such a search for meaning and ultimately finds the treasure of life. He needs the help of three spirits‚ who appear during the night on Christmas Eve‚ to help him see how his inconsiderate and greedy actions affect others and leave him alone. As a result
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The novel‚ A Christmas Carol‚ uses the supernatural to change a man’s view over life dramatically. Scrooge seemed to be a pleasant man up until his business partner died. Scrooge and Jacob Marley owned somewhat of a large business that consisted of a counting house. Jacob Marley died on a Christmas eve which reminds Scrooge of his death every Christmas. Although Scrooge’s attitude couldn’t be changed by the average person‚ it would require a few ghosts to “save” him. Charles Dickens shows within
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Dickens presents Fred as a cheerful‚ humble and generous character within the novella as a contrast to Scrooge’s cold and stingy character. As shown in the extract‚ Fred is ‘Cheerful’ and ‘handsome’ whereas Scrooge is ‘self-contained’ and his features were ‘shrivelled’ by the ‘cold’ (Stave 1). Fred is the son of Scrooge’s beloved but deceased sister‚ he is the only living relative and person who wants to pull him out of isolation and back into the world. Dickens was focused on Scrooge’s complicated
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life for the better over the course of one Christmas Eve. On that meaningful night‚ Scrooge undergoes change after he encountered several figures of Marley’s ghost and the ghosts of Christmas past‚ present‚ and future. He learned that life is not worth living if all you care about is your possessions. After his experiences subside and he is back in his bedroom‚ he becomes immersed with
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casks in the wine-merchant’s cellar. Scrooge then remembered to have heard that ghosts in haunted houses were described as dragging chains” (Dickens 36). This quote refers to as the chains being something scary or something to be frightful of. The chains make it sound like they represent sins and the harmful things in life. When Marley visits Scrooge‚ he tells him that he should change his lifestyle and not make the same mistakes as Marley. Therefore‚ Scrooge is visited by three spirits who help
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workshop and told him “A Merry Christmas‚ uncle.” Scrooge and his nephew talk for a little bit. Scrooge left his workshop and walked to his house. Some of the similarities in chapter two
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write his book. Scrooge absolutely despised Christmas at the beginning of the book. He always used to say “Bah Humbug”! The author had said that he was “thoroughly dislikeable‚ selfish‚ rude and lonely”. In my opinion there are many reasons why he was so grumpy all the time. I think the biggest reasons why he is like that is because Marley had died. Marley was his soul mate and only friend. I would feel upside down if I was in Scrooge place. Another part that shows that Scrooge is cold hearted is
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his back‚ they discuss Tiny Tim’s good heart and his growing strength. When scrooge asks‚ the ghost informs him that unless his future has change‚ Tiny Tim will die. “ ‘I see a vacant seat’‚ replied the ghost‚ ‘in the poor chimney corner‚ and a crutch without an owner‚ carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the future‚ the chid will die.” As Tiny time is representing the poor and the suffering and scrooge representing the rest of society. The Ghost of Christmas Present has stated
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Christmas Carol is a bildungsroman‚ on the other hand‚ because Scrooge becomes a better man and learns to respect others from the beginning of the story. Scrooge is a grumpy‚ heartless‚ hateful man who thinks only of money and himself while not even considering the feelings of those around him. “Scrooge had a very small fire‚ but the clerk’s fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one coal. But he couldn’t replenish it‚ for Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room; and so surely as the clerk
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Christmastime. The main characters are Scrooge‚ the Ghost of Christmas past‚ the Ghost of Christmas Future and the ghost of Christmas Present. The three ghosts show Scrooge what Christmas is about. How the Grinch Stole Christmas By: Dr. Seuss. This story takes place in the imaginary town of Whoville. The main characters Sydney Lu Who and the Grinch. The main conflict in this story is the Grinch and how he tries to steal Christmas. A Christmas Carol has become
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