The Spirit of Christmas

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    his frosty rime on his head and his eyebrows makes him appear shrewd and cold.” Scrooge pronounce “What’s Christmas time to you but paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, but not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having everything. On page four, we learn that the first spirit is a ghostly figure from Christmas past. Then Scrooge and the spirit went for a walk and, after a while Scrooge starts talking about “ A solitary child, neglected by his friends

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    most famous words spoken by Charles Dickens’ main character of “A Christmas Carol”. Scrooge was a greedy man whose life was changed by the visitations of three spirits; Past, The present, and Future. Scrooge learned why he had become greedy, how much he missed out on by avoiding Christmas, and that he was capable of becoming a compassionate person who could make a difference in the lives of others. The Spirit of Christmas Past was the first to teach Scrooge a lesson. This lesson took place

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    wishing to say a few words to his clerk. Consequently, the effect The Ghost of Christmas Past had on Scrooge is now he learns how others were overwhelmed by his life choices, and now he is in the ladder of redemption as he thought his life is nothing, so he reevaluated the true meaning of Christmas. This shows how people Scrooge is surrounded by people who extremely influence him to change his ways because The Ghost of Christmas Past provokes Scrooge to remember who he was before. To rephrase it, Mr. Fezziwig

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    Scrooge is a rude old man, who hate Christmas. One night the spirit of the past showed Scrooge his past to remind him of what he used to be like and that he changed. The spirit of the present took Scrooge to visit Bob Cratchit’s house. Bob Cratchit's family is still grateful and happy despite having little money. Fred (Scrooge’s nephew) ,and his wife feel sorry for Scrooge. They are happy despite Scrooge being rude. The spirit of the future took scrooge to the Cratchit's family preparing for Tiny

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    Greed influences people in negative ways. Money and power can corrupt people and replace their relationships with material possessions. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge starts as a greedy, grumpy elderly man. After three spirits visit him and reveal his past, present, and future, he realizes the error of his selfish ways and comes to understand the poverty that surrounds him. Scrooge examines his own mistakes, which encourages readers to consider their own actions, thoughts

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    According to the text Scrooges nephew invite Scrooge to Christmas dinner with his family, Scrooge, in turn responds, “Bah! Humbug! The text describes Scrooge as a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone. Based on what I have read in the text, foreign heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge, he was a man who felt no warmth or wintry climate, even the winds of the winter chill did not affect his inner self or his outermost surroundings. The text states that Scrooge is all head, no heart, a miserable

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    After the exit of the final spirit, Scrooge emerges a changed man. He was a man who thought money was everything, who thought Christmas was just an excuse for picking a man’s pocket, and who thought poor people shouldn’t deserve a donation. Now he is a man who spreads Christmas cheer, buys huge birds as presents, and raises his clerk's salary. Scrooge shows change as the Spirit of Christmas Present takes him to his colleague(the Cratchit’s) house When Scrooge sees how positive Tiny Tim is being in

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    Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge, was disrespectful to everyone around him, is miserable now that Marley, his business partner of many years has died. According to the text, Scrooge hates things like happiness, generosity, and Christmas. Oh! How he hates Christmas! His feelings about Christmas are consistent until three ghosts show him that his way of thinking is wrong. On pages one and two, it says “External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather could chill

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    Live without Regret “The magic of Christmas is not in the presents but in His presence”- Unknown. The story A Christmas Carol is the story of an elderly man named Ebenezer Scrooge. The story takes place in London, England in 1843, in the beginning of the story Mr.Scrooge is a grumpy old man until three spirits visit him. Throughout the story Scrooge changed his outlook on life, he gained sympathy and he became more giving. In this essay I will be talking about how Scrooge's attitude changes throughout

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    helped Scrooge realize that he had made everyone turn away from him and think poorly of him, and that some people like Bob Cratchit and his nephew, had hoped that he could change. Scrooge’s encounters with the spirits had shown him the most. During his encounters with the Ghost of Christmas Past, he had seen his relationship and mood change. When he was a little boy in school, Scrooge was more concentrated on his schoolwork. He shut himself out at the early age, and was alone for most of his childhood

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