Scrooge’s personal life was affected by the way he treated others and the things he valued. The Ghost of Christmas Past brought him back to when his fiancee, Belle, left him. She said, “Our contract was an old one... You are changed. Another idol has displaced me” (Dickens
At first, he was grouchy all the time. He would always say “ Bah, Humbug. [or] Good afternoon.” to people if they say Merry Christmas to him. These are hs ways to avoid saying Merry Christmas.
To conclude, these quotes clearly show Scrooge’s transition from a mean man to a kind and nice
This is demonstrated by his promise to Bob Cratchit that he is ‘about to raise (his) salary.’ Scrooge has come to understand his responsibility in society to help provide for the poor- the Cratchit Family. Scrooge has abandoned his miserly and greedy ways as his actively shares his wealth. This is also shown when he makes his generous donation to charity, adding that ‘A great many back payments are included in it.’ Scrooge’s donation shows a direct transformation from the beginning of the novella; when before he was dismissive.
It was very kind of you to stop by to see me.” Gentleman Visitor (in disbelief) “Mr Scrooge?” Scrooge: “Yes, that is my name, and I fear it may not be pleasant to you. Allow me to ask you pardon, and will you have the goodness to add this (throwing him a purse) to your good work!” Gentleman Visitor: “Lord bless me!
It was a gloomy day in the city of london, and Mr. Scrooge is finishing up his dinner in the cold, dark, melancholy tavern. As he was about to head to the outhouse, a beggar came up to him and pleaded, “Sir, would ye’ be kind enough to spare me a few pence for a small Christmas dinner,” “Humbug! The prisons have plenty of food, so go there!” Scrooge countered.
The Gentlemen shockly ask srooge,” Ypu wish to be anonymous?” Scrooge responed,” I wish to be left alon. Since you ask me what I wish, sir, that is my answer. I don’t make merry myself at Christmas, and i can’t afford to make idle people merry. I help suport the establishents I have mentioned. . .
Scrooge also starts to regret how he treats his clerk, Bob Cratchit, when he looks upon his old boss’s party, and how it made people happy. “‘...He has the power to render us happy or unhappy... The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune.’” This shows how Scrooge starts to realize that he can use his own power and money to make others happy. This also provokes him to think about how he currently treats his clerk compared to his old boss, leading up to his change.
Scrooge lives in a ‘gloomy suite of rooms in a lowering pile of building up a yard, where it had so little to be, that one could scarcely help fancying it must have run there when it was a young house, playing hide and seek with other houses, and forgotten the way out again.’ Scrooge’s personal loneliness is reflected through the personification of his residence and tells the reader that whereas Scrooge used to be somewhat jolly (pg 56-57), he has lost his way and has forgotten the way out, and has now turned into a gloomy miser, representing what most rich men would have gone through in Dickens’ time. (because
‘What else can I be,’returned the uncle, ‘when I live in such a world of fools as this? Merry Christmas! Out upon merry Christmas! What’s the Christmastime to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer; a time
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This ghost would then take Scrooge to different families, poor families, and show him money is not required to have a good time. One of the families he and the ghost visit is that of his clerk, Bob Cratchit. There he watches them eat their Christmas feast and talk to each other. “Then Bob proposed: ‘A merry Christmas to us all, my dears. God bless us!’
and him had a fight about Christmas. In the book Scrooge also says, “‘What reason have you to be merry? You’re poor enough.’”(page 5) This shows that Scrooge is being mean and asking his nephew why should he be merry because he is poor.
Scrooge exclaims, " Come back with the butcher and I 'll give you a shilling. Come back in two minutes and ill give you a crown!" this show Scrooge truly overcoming the was he acts. Scrooge was all about the money- never wanted to share.
In the beginning of the story, Scrooge was a lonely greedy man. He also hated Christmas and didn’t like other people. One quote that shows that Scrooge was greedy is, “What
