Could you imagine lying within your warm, cozy bed and just as you’ve fallen asleep, you have three unwanted visitors; not knowing whether they were real, or just all in your head? In Charles Dickens book, A Christmas Carol, there is an extremely diverse arrange of settings, well thought out themes, and also well-chosen characters. In this story, our main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, is a grouchy old businessman who, after losing his longtime friend Jacob Marley, turned sour and becomes disliked by everyone in the town. He treats his only living relative, his nephew, like garbage and makes it quite clear to him that he wants absolutely nothing to do with him. He also treats his only employee, Bob, like a slave, making him work unbearable hours and he is paid barely enough to feed his family. Scrooge is also rude …show more content…
The ghost shows him how his only living relative and all of his nephews close friends actually feel about Scrooge’s existence. The third setting is at Scrooge’s only employee’s home, Bob Cratchit. Bob is the father of Tiny Tim, whom wears a leg brace and is very sick. Dickens never directly tells us exactly what is wrong with our minor character, but has the ghost of Christmas to come inform Scrooge that if he doesn’t change his ways, that it will result in the death of Bob’s son. Another setting is when the ghost of Christmas past takes Scrooge to his snowy, cold childhood town and shows scrooge when he was a young boy. The last setting is within Scrooge’s workplace, which is where we see how he treats his only, and hardworking, employee Bob. As well as how close he isn’t to his nephew whenever he comes to invite him to a Christmas dinner. In all of the settings, there is one common factor, which is Scrooge’s negativity toward all people involved, and even non-involved, in his personal life. (Shmoop Editorial