Essay On Scrooge Change In A Christmas Carol

Imagine being described as a squeezing, wrenching, gasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner. In the play, A Christmas Carol, by Israel Horovitz, a made up character who goes by Ebinezer Scrooge starts off as a miserable miser by hating the poor. Later, his actions are altered because of three ghosts who visit him on Christmas Eve. Examples of ways Scrooge changed were seeing his past self, hearing other people’s thoughts about him, and looking into what the future would bring for himself and others around him if he didn’t change soon. The first thing that shows changing in Scrooge is in act 1 scene 5 with the Ghost of Christmas Past. The setting is in a schoolhouse in which they see a young, solitary boy. Scrooge then realizes that the lonely boy is him many years ago. Young Scrooge reminds him of the boy who was singing carols outside of his counting house the night before. “There was a boy singing a Christmas carol outside my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that’s all,” Scrooge says. This quote shows Scrooge understands how the young boy felt.

At first, Scrooge is unaware of where he is until The Ghost of Christmas Present tells him. This shows that Scrooge is not close with his employee. On the other hand, when Scrooge sees all of Cratchit’s children, he makes the comment that Cratchit is foolish to have this many children and only make fifteen shillings a week. Later on, it is revealed that Cratchit has an ill son, Tiny Tim. “Spirit, tell me if Tiny Tim will live.” This shows that Scrooge is concerned for someone other than