Events from the past can influence people to change their life for the better. Influence from anyone and anything can definitely affect you. Chances are, if you have done atrocious things, you probably want to try and do some good. This the case for the main characters in the stories “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens and “A Retrieved Reformation” by O’ Harey. Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy, grumpy man who hates Christmas and really anything that involves joy. One night, when three spirits come to him to inform him about the past, present, and future, he decides to turn his life around and change for the better. Jimmy Valentine is a safe cracker who moves to a new town. Once he meets a girl name Annabel, he decides to literally change his …show more content…
One night, in a dream, he is warned by his deceased friend, Marley, that three spirits would come to him. The first spirit is the spirit of Christmas past, and it shows him an event from his past. In the event, Scrooge is seen leaving his lover because she is too poor. Scrooge regrets this decision greatly. The next spirit tells him about the present, and it shows him how his employee, Bob Cratchit, is suffering. He and his family have barely any food, and to make matters worse, their son, Tiny Tim, is crippled. The next spirit, the spirit of Christmas future, shows Ebenezer how his own servants would steal from him and not shed one tear after he passes. It also shows Ebenezer how …show more content…
Some similarities between “A Christmas Carol” and “A Retrieved Reformation” are the fact that both the characters change for the better by the end of the story, and that they were both influenced by other characters in the story. In “A Christmas Carol”, Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits. These spirits show Ebenezer his past, present, and future. Scrooge regrets decisions he made in the past, is disturbed by the events that are happening in the present right under his nose, and is shocked by the events of the future. All of these different events touch Scrooge in a way nothing else ever had. The spirits all influence Scrooge to change for the better. In “A Retrieved Reformation”, Jimmy Valentine is a criminal that is just released from jail. He goes to a town called Elmore and meets the girl of his dreams, Annabelle. Annabelle inspires Jimmy to change. He opens a shoe shop, and he even sends a letter to his friend, offering him his old tools. He also plans to move away to a different part of the country to make sure that all the events from his past are, well, in his past. He wants to make sure that he would never have to see anyone who knew him as Jimmy Valentine. This proves that Jimmy and Scrooge both want and decide to change for the better, and that they were both influenced by other characters in the story. Even though there are many similarities, there are some differences, too. For instance,
One of the places the spirit brought Scrooge was Bad cratchit's house. When they arrived they saw poor tiny Tim, Bobs son, so brittle and frail and looked like he couldn't live much longer. “Spirit,” said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before,”tell me if Tiny Tim will live.” “I see a vacant seat,” replied the Ghost, “in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die.”
His nephew was wanting him to come to Christmas but he said he didn’t like Christmas. In the text it states,”... finding yourself a year older and not an hour richer…” This means that Scrooge wants more money, so that means he’s
In a alarming voice, The ghost announces himself as the Ghost of Christmas named Present. He tells Scrooge that he has more than 1800 brother. The ghost tells Scrooge to fell his robe. Upon doing this, the ghost and the room disappears instantly and Scrooge finds himself alongside the spirit in the midst of the bustling city on Christmas morning. He happily take pleasure in the amazing sights and smells roaming through the shop doors.
Dickens explores the theme of transformation in his novella- A Christmas Carol- by Scrooge’s attitude to the poor and how it converts over the course of his redemption. As a result of his divine intervention; he changes from a selfish and self-centred man consumed by greed to someone charitable and caring. The most notable difference in Scrooge is how he views those living in poverty and the struggles they face. In the opening Stave of the novella, Scrooge is clearly demonstrated as apathetic to those other than himself.
He left all his friends and family because he was more interested in his gain rather than anyone else's. All that is about to change when Scrooge over time, begins to understand happiness for the first time in a long time. Once the spirit of Jacob Marley had visited him. Scrooge had been met by a couple spirits. The Ghosts of Christmas past and present had shown Scrooge many things that he had forgotten.
This evidence shows how it is important to look a the tone of the story to see how scrooge changed. Dickens used many literary elements to write the book “A Christmas Carol”. People can be redeemed specifically was one of the most obvious themes
In the story A Christmas Carol You can learn a lot of things form different people in the play. They tell you a lot of things in the story that they make intelligible. But today i will be talking about Scrooge And How his actions than makes changes in the story.
In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the theme of human capacity for change is explored through the transformation of the protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge. Through the skillful use of various literary devices, Dickens emphasizes the importance of redemption, personal growth, and seizing opportunities for a better life. One of the notable literary devices employed by Dickens is the allegorical representation of the three spirits who visit Scrooge. The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come serve as catalysts for Scrooge's self-reflection and eventual transformation.
The story A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, is a story about a rich old man who had a deep hatred for Christmas and everything involved in it. Scrooge shows that he redeems himself, and proves that he's changed throughout the story, through his generosity to the poor, his generosity to Cratchet, and through his newfound love for christmas. To begin, Scrooge shows he redeems himself through his thoughtfulness and generosity for the poor. Scrooge wakes up on Christmas Day in a joyous and delighted mood, “And will you have the goodness —-here Scrooge whispered in his ear.(66)” When Ebenezar is approached by the portly men he gives them lots of shillings to help them and the other poor out.
Scrooge is the protagonist, the character with the most room to change, in Charles Dickens’ book A Christmas Carol. Due to outside forces, that manifested themselves in the forms of three ghosts, Scrooge changed throughout the book. The ghost most responsible for said change, is the Ghost of Christmas Past. The ghost of Christmas Past was the cause of extreme emotional reactions in Scrooge, a drastic change in Scrooge’s character, and caused Scrooge to ponder his life’s outlook. The Ghost of Christmas Past caused extreme emotional reactions from Scrooge.
In the place of Ebenezer Scrooge’s outlook on life, he feels no joy. Ever since his lifelong business partner, Jacob Marley, kicked the bucket, Scrooge became more stingy than he ever was. A time of useless giving, robbery, is what Scrooge sees Christmas as.
“The righteousness of the blameless keeps his ways straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness”(Prov. 11:5). The story, “A Christmas Carol”, is about a cold-hearted man named Scrooge who transforms himself into a jolly, kind man when three Ghosts teach Scrooge about the spirit of Christmas. In the story, Charles Dickens illustrates the theme of how no one is past redemption through the transformation of Scrooge’s personality by the lessons of the Spirits. At the beginning of the story, Scrooge’s selfish personality is revealed, and the Ghost of Christmas Past comes and shows him the memories and truth of his life long ago.
They start out with an elderly Scrooge who has a terrible Christmas spirit. He is visited by his deceased business partner, Marley Jacobson, in an attempt to save his spirit from the same infection which destroyed his soul, greed. In order to do so, Marley sends three spirits, Past, Present, and Future, to
If you change the future will change too. In the beginning, Scrooge is an angry man who only cares about money. Everyone dislikes his attitude and rudeness. His old business partner, who died, came back as a ghost to warn him of his bad ways.
Christmas Carol Literary Analysis Have you ever wondered if someone can change overnight? In this book Scrooge changed very rapidly with the ghost appearing and changing him completely . In the beginning of the story Scrooge was hateful and in the end he was very loving. But once he started to change he changed very rapidly.