Charles Dickens, a well known writer, was born in Portsmouth, England, in the year 1812. Dickens lived in various places as he was growing up, which included Chatham and London. As a teen, Charles dropped out of school and soon became an actor (“Charles Dickens” Britannica). He had a rough life as a child. Because Charles’s dad had trouble feeding his large family, he was forced to be locked up. As a young adult, Dickens was headed towards his successful career by helping with the London Newspaper (Dickens 994). All of his novels were written for his audience’s happiness and to please them (995). Dickens passed away in 1870 (994). As A Christmas Carol starts, Scrooge is the cruel old man who is too cheap to do anything has needed to be done or care about anyone in need around him. Fred is a relative to Scrooge and tries to encourage his uncle during Christmas to get into spirit, which is almost impossible for him to do so (“A Christmas Carol” 66). On Christmas eve Scrooge was visited by three ghosts, the ghost of the past, present, and future. They are here to warn him that he must change(“A Christmas Carol” 67). He soon realizes how selfish he is and wants a second chance. He decides to change for the better and start being in Christmas spirit along with everyone …show more content…
Marley’s ghost makes Scrooge think to himself that he needs to make major changes in his life, or he will end up like him (“A Christmas Carol” 70). One ghost takes Scrooge to Bob Cratchit’s window, to see his happy family having dinner. He understands that you do not have to have money to be merry. After Scrooge has seen all that has changed and all that could happen in his future, he decides to make a big adjust to his life and become more involved with his coworkers, friends and family (“A Christmas Carol”
On Christmas Eve , Scrooge is gone by a progression of ghosts,starting with his old business accomplice, Jacob Marley. The three spirits follow,the Ghosts of Past , Christmas present and Christmas future ,show how his ,mean conduct has influenced everyone around him. Toward the finish of the story ,he is soothed to find that there is still time for him to change and we see him changed into a liberal and kind hearted person.
Later on Christmas Eve, three spirits sent by Marley attempt to change Scrooge’s ways. The first ghost, the Ghost of Christmas Past, shows him how miserable he was as a child and how he became a grumpy old man. The reason he is the way his is today is his lost love left him for him loving money more than lovingnher. “Another Idol has displaced me. A golden one,” (689) she says...
In the play, Mr. Scrooge is a greedy man who thinks Christmas is “Bah Humbug!” (Dickens 3). His family has always wanted him to join them for a Christmas feast, but Mr. Scrooge has never wanted anything to do with Christmas. Marley, Mr. Scrooge’s old business partner, didn’t want Mr. Scrooge to end up like him with chains of greed attached to him when he died, so he sent Mr. Scrooge three spirits: Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Those three spirits visited each day to haunt him about his Christmases. Eventually, he traveled with two of the three spirits, but when the spirit of Christmas Future arrived, Mr. Scrooge realized that he would die in a few years. Ebenezer begged for mercy and promised to celebrate Christmas with joy and festivity. (Dickens 7-32) After the haunting with the spirits, Mr. Scrooge woke up and asked a boy what day it was. When the little boy, Adam, replied that it was Christmas, he ordered the boy
Just like the play, Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in the story. He is a mean, cold-hearted man that has no Christmas spirit whatsoever. All that Scrooge cares about and will ever care about is his wealth until he is taken on a journey. He is lead by 3 ghosts of his past, present, and future as he was in the play. These ghosts show him what Christmas spirit is and try to force it upon him. All of this finally hits him once he is taken to the future and witnesses his own grave. Scrooge pleads for a second chance to change his bad ways. Once he wakes up in his bedroom after all of this craziness, he jumps for joy and makes many new friends while mending with some old friends. He fixes many of his wrongs and lives out the rest of his life as a happier, friendlier, and a generous
Little did Ebenezer Scrooge know, this was going to be the kickoff to a substantial journey on his night of Christmas Eve. The ghost of Christmas past had the appearance similar to a child, yet it had some characteristics comparable to a lit candle. This ghost took Scrooge to all of his most painful memories leading up to his present day position. After brief reminders of these incidents, Scrooge started to get melancholy. Events from his schooldays, his engagement, and even his happy apprenticeship with his former boss Fezziwig provided enough insight for the main character to visit his childhood. Scrooge then got an unexpected visit from the ghost of Christmas Present. He took the display of a gigantic man, dressed in a green robe. This ghost helped provide an insight for Scrooge on what his acquaintances were doing on Christmas Eve night. Bob Cratchit, had a dinner with his family and could barely afford any food due to his low wage from Scrooge. Lastly, Ebenezer received a visitation from the ghost of Christmas yet to come. The ghost was strictly straightforward with Scrooge’s future if he kept acting similar to what he did. The three ghosts provided a prolonged climax to the story, giving Ebenezer a direct turning point in his actions and beliefs. He had adjusted to not making
Dickens portrays Scrooge as being a mean old man that wants nothing to do with anyone throughout the beginning of the novel. As a young boy many family members played a huge role in Scrooge’s life. It is easy to tell as a young boy, Scrooge loved his family although his father was extremely hard on him. His sister is the only member of his home-family that has a scene in the story. It seems as if that she was the only one who truly loved him. Whenever the ghost of Christmas past takes Scrooge back to the time his sister came and told him that she was taking him back home he was filled with joy. The ghost was sure to remind him that his sister passed away when giving birth to Fred. This really effected how Scrooge looked at Fred later in life. As hard as Scrooge was towards Fred, Fred never gave up on getting Scrooge to enjoy Christmas. “His nephew, Fred, and Bob Cratchit represent the salving spirit of Christmas. They have never abandoned hope and faith” (Gold 153). Scrooge’s relationship with his family is critical to the plot of the story. All of his hard times growing up led to Scrooge’s jealousy of Fezziwig’s wealth and charm. Scrooge’s determination to be like Mr. Fezziwig turned him into the exact opposite of his goal. “Dickens contrasts Scrooge, “excellent man of business,” with old Fezziwig, the master of his apprenticeship days. Fezziwig was a “reasonable” employer; he worked his men hard and fairly, be he was able to play occasionally, and he did not he did not hesitate to spend money at Christmastime for the entertainment and jollification of his employees” (Davis 122). Scrooge’s drive ended up being his
On February 7, 1812, a popular author named Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England during the Victorian Era and the French Revolution. He had a father named John Dickens and a mother named Elizabeth Dickens; they had a total of eight children. In Charles’s childhood, he lived a nomadic lifestyle due to his father 's debt and multiple changes of jobs. Despite these obstacles, Charles continued to have big dreams of becoming rich and famous in the future. His father continued to be in and out of prison, which forced him, and his siblings to live in lodging houses with other unwanted children. During this period of depression, Charles went to numerous schools and worked for a boot cleaning company. This caused him
Scrooge wears fancy clothing and a short-tempered look (Video, 1984). The conflict similar to the play’s, is that Scrooge is a selfish and greedy man,caring about himself only. Scrooge is grumpy during the holiday season because he just wants to be left alone. The spirits past, present, and future travel through Scrooge’s life, looking from a different person’s perspective of how they view Scrooge to be like (Video,1984). Scrooge gets really scared when he sees his grave and his coffin in a empty funeral home. Once he finds out it is Christmas, he scurries through the streets to make generous donations to people. He lives out the promises of the spirits for the rest of his
Charles Dickens, an English writer and social critic, lived in England from 1812 to 1870 (Cody). Dickens usually critiques topics important to him or those that have affected him throughout his life. He grew up poor and was forced to work at an early age when his father was thrown into debtors prison (Cody). As he became a popular and widely known author he was an outspoken activist for the betterment of poor people’s lives (Davis). He wrote A Tale of Two Cities during the 1850s and published the book in 185...
Charles Dickens, born February 7th, 1812 in Portsmouth, England was one of eight children. He was unfortunately born into a low social class and in the English society that often meant you were the rag dolls for the rest of the country. Although his father didn’t solicit an abundance of money he spent it as if he did. They lived entertaining lives but as a result of their frequent spending they...
In summation the Novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge was an unhappy man who was given the chance to change. The ghost that prompted this the most was the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The ghosts all showed us something different about Scrooge, but the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come was literally the final nail in the coffin of Scrooge’s humbuginess! In the end Scrooge was a changed man, who was more merry than could be. He never again question the spirit of
By exposing Scrooge to scenes where he sees Belle and another scene where he sees his own grave, Scrooge experiences both love and grief. ‘Spirit!’ yelled Scrooge ‘this is a fearful place. In leaving it, I shall not leave its lesson, trust me. Let us go’ Scrooge just witnessed a dead left in a dark room with absolutely no connection with anybody. the fear Scrooge had to experience in order to choose alternative routes. ‘Spirit’ said Scrooge ‘I will honor Christmas in my heart… I will live in the past, the present and the future. When Scrooge found out that the dead man him, he got horrified because everyone was treating him awfully. Scrooge changed his was because of the fear and the feeling that no one is connected to him and no one will remember him once he dies. In this quote, we see that Scrooge truly regrets the way that he has been living and he is begging the ghost of Christmas past to grant him a second chance in life. If Scrooge hasn’t seen the love and gloom that this ghost has shown him he would’ve never thought about the footprints marks that he was
The first spirit that comes to visit Scrooge is the Ghost of Christmas Past, a man with old and young features, a white tunic, a branch of fresh green holly, and fresh summer flowers. The spirit shows Scrooge some of the most regretful moments in his past. The first is when Scrooge lets his little sister Fan go. Scrooge had a very strong bound with his sister and loved her very much. Next, Scrooge saw his former employer Fezziwig. Scrooge realized how well Fezziwig treated him but, Scrooge also realized how poorly he treated Charchit. Finally, Scrooge sees when he lost the love of his life. After, seeing all of these events again Scrooge realized how all of these decision cost him a piece of this of life. After seeing all of these regretful decisions Scrooge states, “Remove me! I cannot bear it!” This shows that Scrooge is now regretting his poor decisions. The second spirit that comes to visit Scrooge is the Ghost of Christmas Present, he is a very jolly man wearing a simple green robe. The spirit takes Scrooge to see Cratchit's house when he is there his family toasts to Scrooge. Scrooge is very confused. He doesn't think they should toast to him because Scrooge is realizing how selfish he is toward Charchit. Next, he sees Fred's house and they also toast to Scrooge. Scrooge realizes how much these people appreciate him, and how selfish Scrooge is toward both of them. Scrooge
Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England in 1812. The second of eight children born into an incredibly poor family, Charles led an extremely oppressed childhood. After his father was sent to a debtor’s prison, Charles went to work at the age of twelve to assist his family in paying off their debt. The same
Dickens lived a life full of events that would later influence his novels. Dickens grew up during a time of change for Great Britain. By the time he was born in 1812, the Industrial Revolution was in full force. Dickens grew up as a normal middle-class child in Portsmouth, Great Britain. It was around the age of twelve that his life took a drastic turn. Dickens was still a child when his father was imprisoned for debt. Families, at this time, lived with the father in prison. Charles did not live in prison, though. Instead, he was sent to live alone and become a laborer at Warren’s Blacking Facto...