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    It was an ordinary night of sleep until‚ something occurred that shook up his world. A ghost of Christmas past came in his room when he was sleeping and took him back to the past. The ghost of Christmas past shows him how he was and the consequences of things he has done. After the ghost of Christmas past left‚ then a little while later‚ the ghost of Christmas present came and showed Scrooge things that happened that he didn’t know about.Tiny Tim’s dad‚ Bob Cratchit‚ did not have that much and Tiny

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    How does Scrooge change over the course of the book? At the beginning of the book‚ “A Christmas Carol”‚ Ebenezer Scrooge starts off as a bitter‚ greedy and unthankful old man without a Christmas spirit. He is lone and solitary‚ and his only friend is money. However‚ when he is visited by three Christmas spirits‚ to help him change his ways‚ towards the end of the book he becomes a different man. I think the author‚ Charles Dickens‚ wrote this book (in Victorian London) when he witnessed even poor

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    ‘A Christmas Carol’ covers a period of 24 hours from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day. It is a simple morality tale of the radical change in the character Ebenezer Scrooge from being bitter‚ ironfisted and miserable to becoming a new‚ openhearted and charitable man. The book was first published in 1843‚ a time when many of the wealthy people neglected the old Christmas spirit of charity. In addition‚ the Industrial Revolution had further done away with the simple pleasures of the season. Dickens’ intentions

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    The movie the A. Christmas Carol had ghost. There was one ghost that had the greatest influence on Scrooge‚ the ghost of Christmas future. It showed Scrooge what his life will be like in the future‚ and how his family will turn out and how he will turn out. He seen things that he never thought will happen so fast. He understood that he had to be nice to everybody and not just his self. The thing that made Scrooge unhappy about the future is that he would pass away and that little Tim would die if

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    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

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    Ebenezer Scrooge is a prime example of a Christmas miracle: he realized what he had been and improved himself for the better. What is the Christmas spirit? Charles Dickens describes it as being generous by aiding those less fortunate. Charles Foran challenges us to carry the spirit out passed the holiday and into every day of the year. William Morris believes it is a get-a-way from reality where society moves into a state of joy by not thinking of each individuals economic hindrances‚ but of

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    a Christian belief. People need the idea of redemption to help change and become a better individual. They need to believe that they can still be saved no matter how horrible of a deed they have done. Scrooge is redeemed in Charles Dickenson’s Christmas Carol with the help of 3 spirits and a dead business partner. First Marley affected Scrooge greatly. He slowly scared him into believing that he was real. Marley came to scrooge in a frightening way by showing him his face as a door knocker‚

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    Scrooge’s long-dead business partner is the first ghostly visitor who haunts him‚ warning him about the visits from the three ghost. Dickens uses Marley as an example of what awaits for scrooge in the future because of his greedy‚tight-fisted attitude. When Marley visits Scrooge as a ghost he is weighed down by series of chains representing sins done by Marley throughout his life. The novel starts of at Marley’s funeral describing Marley "as dead as a door nail". Marley was Scrooge’s one and

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    The story is about Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. He always sat in his counting-house‚ friendless and alone. He was not generous with his money. The coldness inside him froze his old face. He carried the coldness with him always‚ wherever he went. It made his office cold in the summer‚ and it was even colder in winter. He spent his life in a cold nature. His clerk‚ Bob Cratchit‚ shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s nephew‚ Fred

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    Christmas Carol The Ghost of Christmas Present Ghost : Come in‚ Scrooge! Come in! Come in and know me better‚ man! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Look upon me! You have never seen the likes of me before? Scrooge : Never. Ghost : Have never walked forth with my elder brothers? Scrooge : I don’t think that I have. You have many brothers? Ghost : More than 1‚800. 1‚842‚ to be exact. Scrooge : I see you wear a scabbard‚ but no sword. Ghost : Indeed. Peace on Earth. Good

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