It also explains why his fiancé left him and why she never returned. This explanation illustrates why Scrooge was so mean and hateful to others, and it allows the story to come to life. We all need to remember to love others, even when we are in an awful circumstance. The play had a little more symbolism than the movie did. In the play there was a little girl singing a song to her doll.
We come to learn that Scrooge changes with his attitude. One quote from the text that accurately confirms this is…“No warmth could warm, no wintry weather could chill him. ”(page 3). This excerpt from the text explains how troubled and insecure he is inside, using a metaphorical perspective. We, as the readers, can draw inferences and conclusions on how loathsome he seems.
On the other hand, Scrooge and Charles Dickens are very different from each other. For example, Charles Dickens was very sympathetic with the lower classes and “requested that one of the readings be reserved for working people and that they be charged only a small admittance fee,” (Warren 118). This is all while Scrooge is is telling the portly men the poor should go in prisons and workhouses. He also tells them that “If they would rather die, they had better do it and decrease the surplus population,” (Dickens 10). Another difference is that Dickens loved to interact with people.
In the movie A Christmas Carol, Fred is an important character who is easily overlooked. But he plays an important role to the plot and to revealing other character’s traits. Fred is Scrooge’s (adult) nephew and only family in the movie. The first scene in Scrooge’s bank reveals him to be a young, average man with brown hair and a big forehead. Although the movie doesn’t give us much information on his background we know that Fred isn’t very wealthy and is married.
It is a joyful celebration and Scrooge is shocked on why they so are happy when they are poor, He then sees Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit’s son who is crippled and will die if not given medical attention . Scrooge feels regret not helping the Cratchits and is even more shocked when they toast him and this makes Scrooge feel guilty for not treating Bob better. Third, the spirit takes Scrooge to see his Nephew Fred’s house who is having dinner with his wife and even with his Scrooge’s attitude Fred doesn’t get angry with him and still loves him as an uncle. Scrooge is flattered knowing that his nephew still cares about him. Scrooge learns from Present that he should never forget you are loved “Well, true, wife, Uncle may rail at Christmas till he dies, I think I shook him some with my visit yesterday…
Looking for Change Hurts Many film and literature characters fail to leave an impact on the reader. This is not the case for Charles Dickens’ character Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol and Frank Capra’s creation of a character, George Bailey from It’s a Wonderful Life. Both protagonists are beloved characters, but have drastic similarities and differences. Ebenezer Scrooge and George Bailey are best compared by their outlook on life, time spent with the spirits, and each character’s transformation in the story.
Scrooge in "The Christmas Carol" shows how much he hates Christmas, and everyone he works with to change to a happy person with the help of others. Scrooge emphasizes, "What a fine day fellow... An Intelligent boy, a remarkable boy. " This is a critical part of this novel because this shows Scrooge overcame his dislike of Christmas and his entire disliking of people. Instead of rudely gesturing to people, he is now starting to act nicer, and more mature.
The absence of love prompted young Scrooge to evolve into a miser who only found reward in making money; greed had become his passion. Avarice had hardened Scrooge’s heart and blinded him from seeing the error of his ways. The miserly Scrooge rejects
A lot of people were talking about the dead many he was plain old scrooge he was even mean to his own niece and nephew.old,evil Mr. scrooge. He was the mean guy in town. He didn’t care about anyone he did not like christmas at all. He never did until towards the last part of the story. Scrooge didn’t have a personalitas actually talked to him Scrooge was a negative person everyone hated him because he didn’t like christmas and when he died people that w or that was family or close friends wanted his money they got into arguments about it.so there for mr.scrooge was a plain person who had not personality so because when marley died his wife he was a very lonely guy until the spirits showed up so then scrooge started to like christmas.
In these stories, it seems that what the characters truly find valuable always turns out to be something other than money and riches. In Tuck Everlasting what Winnie found valuable in the beginning to her was freedom and just wanted to get out of her house and yard, but through most of the story and by the end she truly found valuable was the friends she had made during her journey and her home, and even though in this story many people would find the immortality that her friends had to be the most valuable thing in the universe, she saw them as valuable friends than immortal people. In A Christmas Carol Scrooge first saw money to be wealthy, but later in the story he saw that wealth to him was kindness and making up for what he had done in
Scrooge is actually happy at this time. The Spirit finally takes him to his worst nightmare. she takes him to the exact moment when Ebenezer’s girlfriend releases him. On a Christmas eve, Scrooge(whose father has died and now he has finally made his fortune) comes home from work and finds his girlfriend at the park on a bench. His girlfriend sadly goes off about how he never has time for her and his thoughts had been consumed by money.
During “A Christmas Carol”, Scrooge's Nephew , Fred, has always had a positive personality throughout the book. In the beginning of the story, Fred invites his Uncle Scrooge to Christmas dinner. Although he was declined harshly he still keeps his happy demeanor. “But I have made the trial in homage to Christmas and I’ll keep my humour to the last.’ ‘Merry Christmas Uncle!’
Eventually, Scrooge was more invested in money, then he was in his fiance. He wishes that he would of cared more about her than the money. Scrooge missed an event with Belle because he was busy with work and forgot, so she came into his store and ended the engagement. However, he regrets that he didn't say or do anything to her to make her stay. During his
Cratchit his poor employ at Christmas Eve dinner. They have hardly a meal but they are still happy. Mr. Cratchit’s wife is not happy with Scrooge. His nephew Fred doesn't think fondly of him either. Scrooge is shown to children ,Ignorance and Want.
Christmas Carol Literary Analysis Have you ever wondered if someone can change overnight? In this book Scrooge changed very rapidly with the ghost appearing and changing him completely . In the beginning of the story Scrooge was hateful and in the end he was very loving. But once he started to change he changed very rapidly.
