The Day After Christmas : A Christmas Day : Christmas And Christmas

The journey to his childhood results in visible signs of emotion in Scrooge, which we do not associate with him to start with, as this one of the first ways that Dickens presents the change in Scrooge. ‘“Your lip is trembling”’. ‘“And what is that upon

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is a moral tale that depicts the protagonist’s Ebenezer Scrooge’s moral journey from selfishness to redemption. It can be seen that his new found way of life is derived from the desire to be a good man of the community and to assist others such as Tiny Tim. The idea of Scrooge’s transformation not being selfish can also be seen in his aspiration to contribute to the wider community that suffers from a poverty stricken way of life. In addition to this, Scrooge also reforms his way of life in order to feel love and care from family, which satisfied his nephew Fred aswell as himself. However, this selflessness is only to an

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

The vision of Scrooge’s nephew serves to awaken Scrooge to the fact that he himself had a family that would gladly welcome him. The nephew, in explaining to his family why he faithfully invited Scrooge to the celebration, said, “I mean to give him the same chance every

Foremost, Scrooge regrets not appreciating his clerk’s work. For instance, when Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Past visit Scrooge’s old boss, Scrooge whispers, “No. I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now” (40). Scrooge mistreats his clerk due to his off day on Christmas. He does not enjoy other people mooching off of his money. However, the events of his past life change Scrooge to the point of thinking about others. He imagines his clerk who can barely support his family and works cold as ice in his working quarters. Furthermore, when Scrooge meets his former self when he visits his past, he mutters, “I should like to have given something” (33). Scrooge strangles a kid who comes caroling to his door the night before. He hates Christmas with all his heart. However, after seeing his lonely self he imagines what that caroler felt. He regrets not granting that kid a gift of some sort. Hence, Scrooge regrets his hasty

He calls “Merry Christmas!” out to everyone on the streets. At the sight of a boy, he gives him lots of money to go buy and deliver a turkey to the Cratchits. Scrooge walks past a man he had treated poorly the other day and promises to help him. He then goes to Fred’s house. Everyone is shocked by his sudden change in attitude. The next morning, Bob arrives late to work. Acting like his old self, Scrooge pretends he is mad at him, and then tells him he is going to give him a raise and help his family. Following his promise, Scrooge adds a little Christmas spirit to each day and is a second father to Tiny Tim who lives. The story concludes with Scrooges words, “and so, as Tiny Time observed, God bless us. Everyone.”(Dickens

end, The Spirit of Christmas Present makes Scrooge realize that he is affecting people badly, but

In 'A Christmas Carol', Dickens represents Scrooge as a 'squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner' who is against Christmas and happiness and values money, yet given a chance to redeem his fate. Marley's Ghost has come to warn Scrooge to change

Scrooge would not pity him even thought his nephew was trying to be nice to his uncle. Second, he did

“Merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone,” This says how the last spirit changed Scrooge fully into a good man. This quote shows us how the future spirit changed Scrooge into a more joyful, polite, and generous man. The third spirit changed Scrooge by scaring him with his looks and the future by showing him he died the next day on Christmas, this scared Scrooge so bad that he had become a good man, Scrooge the next day went out saying Merry Christmas and happy new year to everyone, he even gave money to a boy to buy a turkey and keep the

Scrooge now no longer thinks only of himself, but others and their needs as well. When he first arrived back in his room after the spirits visited him, he changed immediately through his thoughts. “It’s Christmas day!” said Scrooge to himself “I haven't missed it. The Spirits have done it all in one night.”. This shows the reader that Scrooge now cares about Christmas and is thankful for the Spirits.

Lastly Scrooge wants them to have a better life, so he will keep an eye on them. Scrooge changed by realizing that they can be poor, but still be

We see at the start of the novel, two men ask Scrooge for donations to help the poor this Christmas, Scrooge turns them done saying if they needed money they should make money. Going to the past, present, and future gave Scrooge a new understanding of how his attitude could affect everything. By the end of the novel, Scrooge is a kind heated man who buys turkey for a struggling family with an ill child. He gives them presents and sits around a fire singing songs with the whole

Ebenezer Scrooge has gone through some really hard changes throughout the passage. The begging of the passage Scrooge was a really grumpy man who wasn't liked by many people from the town. On page 6 it quoted “ If they would rather die said Scrooge, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population” this statement showed how Scrooge really didn't have a heart to care for others. Everyone in town was afraid of him because he was just really cold hearted that when someone would say Hi to him he would just walk by and ignore that person.

Additionally, when Scrooge's nephew, Fred, comes into Scrooge’s place of work with Christmas spirit, Scrooge gets really annoyed and tells him to leave because he thinks that they should be working and not be that merry. Although Scrooge is not a nice person now, he still has room to change and grow, and if he does, he will save himself and many other from a bad life in the