A Christmas Carol was written by Charles Dickens. The story is about a character named Ebenezer Scrooge. All he cared about was money and himself. He changes throughout the story with the help of three ghosts. Scrooge made a substantial amount of changes.
The way that Scrooge lived most of his life hating Christmas and spending money but changed his ways in one night shows that it is possible to change for the good even if someone might not believe
Scrooge's attitude to giving changes from Stave 1 to Stave 5. In Stave 1, Bob Cratchitt requests Christmas day off of work, to which Scrooge responds by saying it 'isn't fair', nor 'convenient'. This shows that he does not care for his employees' wishes and is against the idea of Christmas being a good excuse to not work. The fact that the majority of people don't work on Christmas Day shows that, despite his opinion differing from the predominance of people, he doesn't succumb to regular conventions and isn't manipulated at all. This promotes him to be an independent, lonely character which is also inferred at the beginning of the book where Dickens uses a rhetorical question to ask 'but what did Scrooge care?'.
When the Ghost claimed that Fezziwig had spent a mere amount of money and effort on the night, Scrooge defends Fezziwig, speaking unconsciously like his former, not his latter self: “[Fezziwig] has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome; a pleasure or a toil… The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.” This suggests that in re-experiencing the joy and generosity that Fezziwig provided, Scrooge was subject to, or perhaps already experiencing, change, improvement and
Does Scrooge's motivation (or motivation) change? Now that you have read A Christmas Carol, decide whether or not you believe Scrooge’s motivation(s) - the reason(s) for his behavior - change by the end of the story. Use evidence from the text to support your response. Type your response below.
The spirit tells scrooge, “If These shadows remain unaltered by the future, none other of my race,” returned the Ghost, “will find him here. What then? If he be like to die, he better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the spirit, and was overcome with grief. (Dickens 30) Now, that Scrooge hear dthat Tiny Tim will die, he wants to change.
Have you ever heard of someone being mean and selfish to being someone kind and giving? Well in the play “A Christmas Carol” By Israel Horovitz, A grumpy old miser living in the city of London He was greedy and selfish and only cared about money. He hated Christmas and he thought it was a waste of money. Now this is the story of how Scrooge's life changed.
The book revolves around an old businessman named Scrooge who lives alone and is extremely unpleasant. However, this all changes when he is visited by 3 spirits and given a second chance to change his ways before it’s too late.
“Change your thoughts, and you change your world” was once said by Norman Vincent Peale, an American minister who focused towards ‘positive thinking’. The quote itself says that if you make certain decisions, then everything around you could change. This is significant to Ebenezer Scrooge in the play, A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge, in the beginning, Scrooge was an elderly, rude, and greedy man with a love for large amounts of money who cares about nothing but himself. For example, a kind gentleman asks Scrooge to donate money and help the poor.
Scrooge is not a good person and he needs to be taught a lesson and needs to be a lot nicer. And is visited by multiple ghosts and wants to be better but does not want to be changed. It talks about how he pays his employees so little and deducts pay for the little reasoning. Such as his employee Cratchit who deducted pay for him spilling a little ink. Scrooge's character changes over time because of the impacts the ghosts and Marley push open on him.
What if you could change what happens tomorrow? In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooge has been haunted by his dead business partner, Marley. His life will be changed forever with the help of three different spirits who take him to his past, present, and future; from his money-loving life to a charitable one. The spirit who helped Scrooge change the most is The Ghost of Christmas Present because he helped Scrooge to to care about others, celebrate Christmas, and learn empathy. First of all, Scrooge starts to care about others.
In the novel Christmas Carol Scrooge is visited by three ghosts who show him his bad ways. In the movie Scrooge states, "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if preserved in, they must lead. But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it thus with what you show. " This means what you do or have done affects the future.
After this, The Ghost of Christmas Present shows the mean old man what people who are part of his life are doing on Christmas Eve. Lastly, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come leads Scrooge to a future Christmas. All these spirits had the power to change Scrooge by using memory, compassion,
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens recounts how a cruel and selfish business man transforms into a caring and charitable person. Ebenezer Scrooge, the protagonist of the story, cares very little about moral principles. He berates the streets of London for their cheerful view of Christmas and focuses soley on increasing his wealth. He begins to change, however, when three spirits visit him on the night of Christmas Eve. They take Scrooge on a journey through his past, present and future with the desire of transforming his bitterness.
A point in Scrooge’ life in which he was content was when he was apprenticed under Fezziwig. Learning business with his friend Dick Wilkins, he became engrossed in banking and thrived in his close friendship. Because of his love for banking, he started to push others away without meaning too. This caused his fiancee to break off the marriage and truly cemented him in his cold hearted path. The realization of potential to change became evident to Scrooge, just like all have the ability to meet our potential through change, , open views, and willingness to change.
