Compare And Contrast Scrooge And Pratt

Christmas is a season that stands out for a variety of reasons, including the closeness of the family, the gifts, the food, and the charitable giving. However, some people dislike the Christmas season. These individuals include Ebeneezer Scrooge, the crotchety Christmas-hater from A Christmas Carol, and George Pratt, the suicidal spouse from The Greatest Gift. Both characters in these stories show how they have changed and improved through their deeds, words, and reflections both during the course of the story and at its end.

Scrooge and Pratt both utilize their actions to make amends for previous transgressions. Scrooge's Three Ghosts of Christmas and George Pratt's Stranger on the Bridge are recurring elements in both of these stories, which

He tells the Ghost of Christmas Future: “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” This demonstrates that, having learned from his mistakes and past experiences, Scrooge is determined to make every effort to keep the spirit of Christmas alive each year. In a conversation outside of his dream, he speaks with a young boy who knows about the Poulterer's on the next street but one. "Do you know where the Poulterer's is?" Scrooge asks him. The boy responds with intelligence and some exceptional manners! "Of course I do," he answered. "It's on the next street but one, at the corner." Scrooge was pleased to hear this news and was eager to find out if Turkey had been sold. What a sweet boy! This conversation shows that Scrooge has changed since his previous appearances; he would have shooed away this youngster in an instant before. All of these quotes demonstrate how different protagonists' word choices have evolved as a result of their frequent spiritual encounters. Compliances, both characters also learn from their previous gests and failures. George Pratt is so rapturous to come back that he rushes