“Treat others the way you want to be treated” In the book A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, there are many different themes. However, the main theme stresses the importance of treating others the way you would like to be treated. The main character in this book needs to learn this lesson in order to be happy after he dies. This is a very important lesson to learn, which is why, I think, the author wrote a book about it. It’s like telling people what to do, but not actually telling them what to do. But aside from that, the theme is treat others the way you want to be treated. There is evidence all over the book, some more obvious than others. This is especially applicable in the 4th chapter of the book when Scrooge is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Future. As Scrooge journeys to the future, he witnesses how much others respected him, and it wasn’t much. One person had even stolen the shirt off his back. This …show more content…
It comes up in every chapter of the book, starting in the first chapter, where he walks down the sidewalk, ignoring everyone, to the second chapter where he adores his master as much as his master is fond of him. It is there in the third chapter, where Scrooge's assistant is kind to him, in hope that Scrooge will be nicer back. It appears again in the fourth and fifth chapters where he wishes to be nice so others are nice too him, and then becomes nice with the retaliation of others being nice to him. The whole story is ghosts trying to convince Scrooge to be nicer, so others will be nicer to him. The Title of the book could very well be “Scrooge being convinced that being nice is better than being mean, so that others will be nice to him once he’s dead.” But that would be too long, so will have to settle for “A Christmas Carol.” Aside from that, though, there is evidence all over the book pointing to “treat others the way you would like to be