Microcosm In A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol Essay There will always be stories that are microcosm, which are written in order to help society or the community realize that there is a problem at hand that needs to be resolved. Charles Dickens, who wrote A Christmas Carol, wrote about the real meaning of Christmas and what we should be in our mind during this period of time. He was able to bring up the problem that was happening around him and helped many realize it was time for a change and time to fix this problem. Charles Dickens who was born on February 7 1812 had many works. Unfortunately many didn’t sell but the one that made him know to the world was A Christmas Story. When Charles Dickens first released the novella A Christmas Carol it was during the Victorian era in Britain. At this time there was a huge gap between the rich and the poor, which caused an even more catastrophic gap in the economy. There wasn’t any …show more content…
In the novella Charles Dickens showed how the rich lived and how the poor lived and how they looked and wanted in life. In the opening Stave, it opens up with the burial if Jacob Marley, who was Ebenezer Scrooge’s business partner. It shows us how Scrooge is a greedy and angry man. They tell us how Ebenezer Scrooge is greedy by rudely turning away two men who are asking for donations, how he denies the Christmas dinner invitation from his nephew. The story is opened with much hate and the theme of isolation. It shows us how the rich man doesn’t want to give his money away and how he doesn’t want to be with other people. An example of how Charles Dickens sees his community. Through out the stave his only friend Jacob Marley’s comes and visits him. Scrooge is terrified because it was not possible for him to be there because he has been dead for over seven years. Jacob Marley came to tell him to change his way of living because if he does not he will end up like him and be alone and