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Ebenezer Scrooge's Change In A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge, he was and old man and live in Old Marley home in London. People think he’s scary because the way Ebenezer Scrooge looks. Scrooge is a cold-heart man when Christmas comes because he have never had Christmas with his family. Scrooge want to try to be good to everyone and want to change his life.
Scrooge have distanced his self from people even though he look scary because of his eyes. Scrooge fight the demon in him at the end of the story to change his life. When Scrooge was cold-heart he believe that the ghost was telling him to change. When Scrooge was in the store and two man came and he was acting mean because he have never been cared about.
Scrooge physically change because when the fourth ghost came and show him flat

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