Scrooge In Israel Horovitz's A Christmas Carol

Do you think people can change? Scrooge was pretty much always a grumpy, self-centered person, he hated Christmas and people, and he wouldn't care about many things. He made people think that was his whole personality. Every Christmas Eve three spirits come to see a scrooge. Past, Present, and Future. Eventually, Scrooge becomes a better person because of how these spirits help him see life. In the story of “A Christmas Carol” by Israel Horovitz, Scrooge had many changes, his life changed from a cold, cruel person into a kind, caring person. After meeting the Ghost Christmas Past, Scrooge remembered many things about his childhood which brought out his emotions. Scrooge was heartless and emotionless with no humanity and didn't care about family, …show more content…

In fact, it says “Remember it! I would know it blindfolded!” (page 250) Scrooge remembers his old neighborhood and gets emotional. You can see that Christmas Past showed him his childhood, which made him emotional, which brings out the softer side in Scrooge. After meeting the Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge had a little change by being a bit kinder. Scrooge would always argue with everyone and everyone thought of him as a mean person. Scrooge never believed in having a family and was very materialistic and only talking about money. In Act II it says “No, No, kind spirit, Say he will be spared!” (page 272 paragraph 57) Scrooge was talking about Tiny Tim with kindness, saying he doesn't want him to die. This reveals the soft and kinder side of him. Christmas Presents helped him see what kind of person he was and he realized some of his mistakes. After meeting the Ghost of Christmas Future, Scrooge had a big change from mean and selfish to caring and kind. Before meeting Ghost Future, Scrooge didn't care about anything and he also mostly focused on money but paid very little to his