How Does Scrooge Change In A Christmas Carol
The novella, A Christmas Carol, by author Charles Dickens, talks about Ebenezer Scrooge, an old man known for his miserly ways. Scrooge is visited by several ghosts on Christmas Eve, starting off with his business partner, Jacob Marley. As the ghosts take Scrooge on many different scenes/memories, he learns lessons on the way. As a result, Scrooge is given a chance to change and make up for his miserly ways. Charles Dickens wants us to understand that the ‘business’ of being human is not always the amount of wealth or money that is our ‘business’ but it’s the “common welfare” of others, sharing happiness with one another.
At the beginning of the story, we see that Scrooge’s nephew, Fred, visits his uncle to invite him to dinner on Christmas, but Scrooge blatantly rejects. The conversation quickly escalates and Fred says “There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,” …show more content…
The quote “Scrooge weeps and says to the Ghost, “There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should have liked to have given him something: that’s all,” represents how mankind is the business of being human. It represents this because Scrooge realizes how even one coin could have brightened the boy’s day. It also could’ve reminded Scrooge about his own behavior and how it may have made others feel like he once did, when he was young & lonely. This also says that our actions have an impact on ourselves and others. “When we were both poor and content to be so, until, in good season, we could improve our worldly fortune by our patient industry. You are changed. When it was made, you were another man,” also shows how Scrooge was filled with greed, and had chosen wealth over love. It shows that he chose money over mankind, and he had affected Belle and himself, losing her in the
At the beginning of the story, we see that Scrooge’s nephew, Fred, visits his uncle to invite him to dinner on Christmas, but Scrooge blatantly rejects. The conversation quickly escalates and Fred says “There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, I dare say,” …show more content…
The quote “Scrooge weeps and says to the Ghost, “There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should have liked to have given him something: that’s all,” represents how mankind is the business of being human. It represents this because Scrooge realizes how even one coin could have brightened the boy’s day. It also could’ve reminded Scrooge about his own behavior and how it may have made others feel like he once did, when he was young & lonely. This also says that our actions have an impact on ourselves and others. “When we were both poor and content to be so, until, in good season, we could improve our worldly fortune by our patient industry. You are changed. When it was made, you were another man,” also shows how Scrooge was filled with greed, and had chosen wealth over love. It shows that he chose money over mankind, and he had affected Belle and himself, losing her in the