Fate In A Christmas Carol

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In the novella, A Christmas Carol written by the accomplished writer Charles John Huffam Dickens wrote this inspiring book to tell a lesson to the readers. In this short story, a miserly moneylender, Ebenezer Scrooge does not care about the wellbeing of anyone not even himself. Three spirits attempt to notify Scrooge to change his odious ways or else he would continue to be the avaricious person he is for the continuation of his life. Going through the past, seeing the present, and looking at the future made Scrooge realize that he needed to alter his fate in order to not end up like the rest of the spirits.
The very first spirit took Scrooge back in time so Scrooge can see the way he lived, and the way his life used to be. The first place …show more content…

Once the ghost arrives, the first place they are taken is to Scrooges living room. The Ghost of Christmas Present sprinkled water and the room adjacent from Scrooges turns into a high-spirited room. Everything was decorated very precisely and with a lot of care. When the spirit took Scrooge to the Cratchiat’s house he meets a crippled little boy name Tiny Tim. Although Tiny Tim was crippled he was still in the Christmas spirit, and stayed high spirited. However this was not the reason the specter brought Scrooge to their house. The Cratchiat family is not very wealthy. Instead of having a turkey for their Christmas Eve dinner, they were only able to have a goose. Although they were only able to afford a goose, they were still a very high-spirited family. The reason the Ghost of Christmas Present showed Scrooge this was because he wanted Scrooge to realize how fortunate he is compared to everyone else and even though they are not wealthy, they continue to be cheerful. When the Ghost of Christmas Present was about to leave Scrooge saw two little children representing want and ignorance. The child representing ignorance would be turning a blind eye to mankind as his business while want is the needs and wants of food, love, shelter. Once the Ghost of Christmas Present leaves Scrooge starts realizing all of his

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