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Cause And Effect Of Ebenezer Scrooge In A Christmas Carol Acts

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A Chrismas Carol Acts (1 & 2) By Israel Horovitz. First, this story is about an old man named Ebenezer Scrooge who is always a grumpy, selfish, and mean man. And this essay is about the cause and effect of how Ebenezer Scrooge went from a Mean grumpy to and nice a non-selfish man, At the beginning Scrooge is a cold-hearted man and hates Christmas. He says that Christmas is ridiculous and when his nephew asks for more time off for Christmas scrooges says No. Scrooge is a very lonely man he has a family but doesn't keep in contact with them because he wants nothing to do with anyone. Then Marley is not quite dead but not alive either and he is going to try and help Scrooge become a better person. Marley says * Im here tonight to warn you that you have yet another chance and hope of escaping my …show more content…

Marley was assigned by the clergyman to make Scrooge a better person.
Then the Ghost Of Christmas Past shows up and shows Scrooge his past revisiting his childhood and Scrooge sees the bad and good in his past. Scrooge was a Solitary Child, neglected by his own friends Scrooge then gets sad seeing how he was treated. And this is one of the reasons why he changes later. Scrooge encounters with the Ghost of Christmas Present which shows Scrooge that kindness is very important to people who do not have that many things in life. And that's why Christmas present spread kindness to the poor more. And Scrooge grew up making things hard for him. And his family also grew up poor. Then Scrooge sees how his family was poor and struggling but they were all very happy and Scrooge was rich And miserable and lonely. Then The Christmas Future Shows Scrooge that He can Die as an old

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