Comparing A Christmas Carol And Scrooge

In Scrooge’s past and present, his actions had not been admirable. In reaction to this, Scrooge had closed himself off and become cold and impenetrable by any kindness. He had no empathy for others. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come changed this mindset by showing Scrooge the most severe consequences of his cold hearted actions. In

In the beginning of the passage Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Past, and shows Scrooge when he was a little boy. He starts to tear up when he sees himself, but denied that he ever cried. Scrooge starts to feel bad for his partner Marley because he was mean to him all those times. He wish he would have

Following this bitter blow, the Ghost of Christmas Present leads Scrooge on a tour of two more families: that of his nephew and of his clerk. The vision of Scrooge’s clerk’s family – the Cratchits – paints an intricate example of the beauty of family. As Dickens explains, “They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from being water-proof; their clothes were scanty… But they were happy, grateful, pleased with one another, and contented with the times…” (page 54). The Cratchits possessed minimal earthly wealth, and even had an ill son, yet they displayed incredible joy! The joy, warmth, affection, and laughter surrounding the Cratchits’ Christmas celebration brought Scrooge to the realization that the “Christmas spirit” does not depend on any material possessions, or even on situations. Joy is a choice, and that choice is made easier when we are surrounded by the ones we love.

Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserable and greedy old man, who focuses mainly on his business and continues with his greedy ways on Christmas Eve. He is always grumpy and yells at his employees, and most of all at Bob Cratchit. Scrooge’s desire is to be by himself on Christmas Eve, and rejects his nephew Fred’s, invitation for dinner. One night, the ghost of Jacob Marley, a former colleague of Scrooge, who has passed away seven years ago, visits the old man. Marley reminds Scrooge of his cruel lifestyle and encourages him to change it before it is too late. He tells Scrooge that three spirits will visit him. When Scrooge falls asleep, The Ghost of Christmas Past visits him first. The Ghost shows him scenes from the past the reveal Scrooges’ live; from a lonesome young boy to a man who has allowed greed to overcome his life, a man who does not know love and compassion. Scrooge is touched by what he has seen and even allows emotions to overcome his stone-cold heart. Secondly, the Ghost of Christmas Present visits Scrooge. The Ghost takes Scrooge to several Christmas celebrations, including the party at Fred’s house. Also the Ghost takes Scrooge to the Crachit’s house, and warns him that unless the future is changed the crippled young son of Bob, Tiny Tim will die. The ghost warns Scrooge to be carful of his ignorance. Lastly the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come visits Scrooge. The old man becomes aware that several people discuses the death of someone. At last, he learns that this is

The Ghost of Christmas Present showed Scrooge many happenings from the people Scrooge knows, but the Ghost also showed him people he doesn’t know and probably never will, people who are suffering themselves. After the Ghost showed Scrooge the Cratchit’s household and his nephew’s house, he showed him people far from home, people in jails, people in hospitals, and people who were simply struggling. The Ghost blessed each of those people, the people that he had no relation to, the people whom he knew nothing about. Their struggles were relieved, the struggling more patient, the sick healed, and so on. In doing this, the Ghost showed Scrooge that although Scrooge was not magical, one person’s blessing can impact many people. He showed Scrooge that kindness and generosity can make the biggest difference, and caring about others, caring about all others, can create a big change and be beneficial to everyone.

He is a crippled boy who walks on crutches. Despite his condition Tim is always happy. Concerned, Scrooge asks if Tiny Tim will be alive in the future and the Spirit says it doesn’t look like he will. All gathered at a table, Mrs. Cratchit starts to speak poorly of Scrooge, but toasts to him for Bob’s sake. The spirit then shows him miners and lighthouse men who are happy about Christmas. At Fred’s house, Scrooge’s nephew, are laughing about how Scrooge called Christmas a humbug. Fred says he feels sorry for Scrooge and will keep asking him how he is doing despite that he always answers the same way. At this house Scrooge participates in the Christmas games and is very happy.

Scrooge sees how everyone brings him up and describes him in many ways, but to sum it all up as an evil, nasty, disgusting old man with no love in his heart. Scrooge gets to see Bob's youngest son, Tiny tim in his ill state and also how the family was living in such poverty. The Ghost of the present also shows him to devil children, one name ignorance and the other want and that if he keeps doing what he’s doing Tim will

Using the first spirit, Scrooge was forced to face the fact that people viewed him as greedy and selfish, and began to open him up to the fact that he needs to change. The second spirit, The Ghost of Christmas Present, arrived and took Scrooge to the home of a worker of his, Bob Cratchit. It showed the family content, despite barely getting by. When Scrooge saw Bob’s sick son, he began to show worry that he would not survive. When the spirit told him that the son would not make it to next Christmas, this made Scrooge want to help him. This kind of emotion was unlike him, showing that he was changing (CC40). The spirit then took him to several other Christmas gatherings, where he enjoyed himself and played many games, even though he was merely in a dream. This spirit was used to open up Scrooge and showed his inner want to be around people. These thoughts for Scrooge were different than his from the beginning of the novel, showing that the spirits were being used to teach valuable lessons to Scrooge. The final spirit arrived, but would not answer when asked if he was the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Scrooge plead with the ghost to share his lesson with him, fearful of becoming like Marley (CC51). The silent spirit took Scrooge to a series of strange places, showing people discussing the death of a dead rich man. He then began to understand the

You’re poor enough. When the ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge, it shows him his past and when he was a kid during Christmas and he started to get sad and started crying a little bit and then. When the ghost of Christmas Past showed Scrooge his childhood and he saw his little sister Fan and he feel sad he was troubled about seeing him and his sister on Christmas Eve having fun and stuff. He’s starting to believe in Christmas

Scrooge is a hard, cold miser who spends his days counting his profits and wishing the world would leave him alone. He doesn't believe in charity, and he is certain that those who do are just lazy bums looking for a handout. Scrooge's entire life is his business and he shuts out his nephew who is the only relative he has. But Scrooge is visited by his old business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him that if he continues to live his life in such an unchristian way, he will spend all eternity trying to make up for it. Three ghosts, who show him that the errors of his ways, visit Scrooge. Because of what he sees and learns, Scrooge opens his heart to the people around him and learns charity and love and saves himself from the doom of which Marley

Later in life, scrooge is visited by the ghost of his departed co-worker, Marley. Marley visits Scrooge because the ghost wanted to give his friend a chance at redemption. The scrooge is vicious, malcontent and greedy in the story of “A Christmas Carol”, however he transformed himself into a better person over the course of the play because of the effect of seeing himself in a new way. The

After the Ghost showed Scrooge the Cratchit’s household and his nephew’s house, he showed him people far from home, people in jails, people in hospitals, and people who were simply struggling. The Ghost blessed each of those people, the people that he had no relation to, the people whom he knew nothing about. Their struggles were relieved, the struggling more patient, the sick healed, and so on. In doing this, the Ghost showed Scrooge that although Scrooge was not magical, one person’s blessing can impact many people.

As the ghosts come, Scrooge begins his change of heart. The ghosts teach him that money is not important, but being kind, caring, and having a love for family is the true meaning of Christmas. He realizes that in the past he has had a nice life, involved with family and friends and even love. But this is where he discovers his lust towards wealth and a rich lifestyle. In the

Happiness is one important part of this story wanna know why? The ghost of Christmas past is a symbolism of happiness and there are lots of reasons why. In the story A Christmas Carol the ghost of Christmas past shows Scrooge his past Christmases. The ghost brought him back to when he was sitting alone on Christmas reading a book and he could not leave and it showed how he use to love books and how he use to act out as if he was in the book when he was reading like he pretended he was fighting off pirates and defending a map. The ghost of Christmas past brings also brings him back to when his sister comes and visits him and tells him his father would like him back and that made him very happy to hear, also his teacher of his school gives him a notebook to write in and that ended up being a very important book to him. It had become an important book to him because he started a new business and he wrote a lot of the stuff for his business in the book that his teacher had given him. She brought him back to the time when his new business opened up and everyone had been so happy and they all danced and had a big happy party and also that was a happy time for Scrooge because she shows when he met

Mr. Scrooge has become a shell of the person he used to be before greed took over him in his younger years. He has formed a wall full of stones to hide from his past neglects and regrets, which made him the miserable person he was before his visits with the ghost. He is a selfish, cruel, and bitter old man consumed with nothing but misery. He resents anyone who is merry and joyful around Christmas time. Mr. Scrooge believed money brought happiness, yet he was so miserable. Mr. Scrooge barely wanted to allow his clerk, Bob Cratchit, off work on Christmas Day. When he did he was complaining the whole time, even though he doesn’t pay Mr. Cratchit enough money to even support his family. Two gentlemen stopped by his business and asked Mr. Scrooge