“If they would rather die,’ said scrooge, ‘they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population,”(Dickens 6). This quote comes from a book written by, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol where charity beggars were asking scrooge if he would like to give money to charity and scrooge responded with the quote. Scrooge who is the main character works at a counting house and he is an older man. Scrooge has a clerk named Bob Cratchit who is a poor family man. Scrooge gets visited by three different ghosts or spirits during the story. The three spirits include the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas future, also known as the Ghost of Christmas yet to come. Scrooge was an uncivilized man that didn’t like Christmas but after seeing his clerk, Bob Cratchit, and his family on christmas and after seeing how scrooge’s future will turn out he changed into a kind, warm hearted old man that enjoyed Christmas.
The event where Scrooge visited the Cratchit’s house had the most impact on scrooge because Scrooge showed how much he truly …show more content…
Scrooge was very scared and asked the ghost, “Am i the man who lay upon the bed?’ he cried upon his knees… ‘I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been for this intercourse. Why show me this, if I am past all hope!”(Dickens 45). Scrooge was an old man who hated christmas and disliked many people. After seeing his gravestone he was scared, upset, and confused. Scrooge completely changed after seeing the gravestone because he believed that he already changed into a good person that enjoys christmas which is why he was confused. Scrooge also asked the ghost if there was any way to alter the future because he does not want to die a bad person that nobody
The event where Scrooge visited the Cratchit’s house had the most impact on scrooge because Scrooge showed how much he truly …show more content…
Scrooge was very scared and asked the ghost, “Am i the man who lay upon the bed?’ he cried upon his knees… ‘I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been for this intercourse. Why show me this, if I am past all hope!”(Dickens 45). Scrooge was an old man who hated christmas and disliked many people. After seeing his gravestone he was scared, upset, and confused. Scrooge completely changed after seeing the gravestone because he believed that he already changed into a good person that enjoys christmas which is why he was confused. Scrooge also asked the ghost if there was any way to alter the future because he does not want to die a bad person that nobody