A Christmas Carol is a short novel by Charles Dickens, published for the first time in 1843 that takes place in the Victorian London. The main characters are Scrooge, Jacob Marley, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas Future. But other characters can also be found such as Fred, Scrooge’s nephew; Fezziwig, who was Scrooge’s mentor; Belle, a woman who Scrooge loved; Bob Cratchit; Scrooge’s clerk, and others.
The story begins by stating Marley’s death. Repeatedly. But this does not stop Scrooge, Marley’s only friend and main character of this story, from working. It is even said that that very day he sealed a deal. After this the author makes clear how miserable and stingy Scrooge is, with a …show more content…
During the burial ceremony, Scrooge sees businessmen talking about the dead man’s wealth, some beggars exchanging cash for the old man’s effects, and a couple feeling relieved for the death of their moneylender. Anxious and wanting to know the reason behind that scene, Scrooge asks the spirit the name of the man who had just died. The spirit’s only response was to point at the headstone who showed Scrooge’s name. Desperate, Scrooge begs the spirit to change his terrible fate with the promise of changing his greedy and bitter self, and to honor Christmas with all his heart. After this, he suddenly finds himself safely lying in …show more content…
It will first make you despise a character such as Scrooge, to later feel pity of him and lastly love him. Although the book is based in many of the circumstances the author had to gone through during his childhood, more than an autobiographic piece, I think the author’s purpose was to prove all the readers that no matter your age or status there is always a chance to change yourself to do well and to be meaningful to the world. I also believe that with this story the author is telling us, in an implicit manner, that to able to change positively we need to submerge ourselves in self-reflection and contemplate our mistakes in a critical way in order to make this change happen. Because unlike Scrooge we won’t have ghosts leading us through the path of self-discovery, or so I
The story begins by stating Marley’s death. Repeatedly. But this does not stop Scrooge, Marley’s only friend and main character of this story, from working. It is even said that that very day he sealed a deal. After this the author makes clear how miserable and stingy Scrooge is, with a …show more content…
During the burial ceremony, Scrooge sees businessmen talking about the dead man’s wealth, some beggars exchanging cash for the old man’s effects, and a couple feeling relieved for the death of their moneylender. Anxious and wanting to know the reason behind that scene, Scrooge asks the spirit the name of the man who had just died. The spirit’s only response was to point at the headstone who showed Scrooge’s name. Desperate, Scrooge begs the spirit to change his terrible fate with the promise of changing his greedy and bitter self, and to honor Christmas with all his heart. After this, he suddenly finds himself safely lying in …show more content…
It will first make you despise a character such as Scrooge, to later feel pity of him and lastly love him. Although the book is based in many of the circumstances the author had to gone through during his childhood, more than an autobiographic piece, I think the author’s purpose was to prove all the readers that no matter your age or status there is always a chance to change yourself to do well and to be meaningful to the world. I also believe that with this story the author is telling us, in an implicit manner, that to able to change positively we need to submerge ourselves in self-reflection and contemplate our mistakes in a critical way in order to make this change happen. Because unlike Scrooge we won’t have ghosts leading us through the path of self-discovery, or so I