'Free Will In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol

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In Charles Dickens novel, A. Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge states "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if persevered in, they must lead. But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with what you show me." This can mean several things. These are just the main ones.

The first meaning of the saying is that if you lead a good life, and they stay with it, the outcome of their fate will be a kind. However, if they depart from the life of kindness, their outcome end will be a bad one. In the book, Ebenezer leads a bad life. This leads to people laughing and taking his items when he dies. However, he has a chance to change his end. This will lead to a fate which everyone will remember. They will …show more content…

There is a theory called the multi verse theory. This theory states that for every action, there will be a different outcome. This means that if you make an action, good or bad, it will lead a different story, while in another universe, there is more than one you. You made a different choice in that universe, which led to a different outcome. Do not focus on that though. Focus on the first part. Think of it like a web. There will be more than one path, each one based on different choices. They all lead to a different fate because there is no chosen fate. Ebenezer Scrooge has chosen to do bad things in his life. However, if he begins making good choices, he can turn his fate into a good one.

Now come the question, did Ebenezer Scrooge follow his own advice? I would say yes. In the end he immediately begins doing good. In the movie he gave a little boy change, and bought dinner and gifts for his employee, Bob, and Bobs family. So yes, he realized that his greed would lead to his fate being the worst possible. If Ebenezer wanted to have a good fate, he would need to give instead of receive, which he did. Ebenezer Scrooge did follow his own advice, so he would have a good