Spirit In A Christmas Carol

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In Charles Dickens's masterpiece, "A Christmas Carol" he narrates a unique perspective of true joy, gladness, and happiness to his readers through the perspective of a cantankerous, reserved, irritable old man, this man is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve in order to reveal the true meaning of Christmas to man loathing happiness altogether. The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is the most influential spirit, although silent, his actions speak, although mysterious, the phantom puts the last puzzle piece in place and everything finally becomes clear as day. Silently the spirit takes the man, Scrooge, through a whirlwind of depression, he sees the effects of a death of rich man ripple through the city. Scrooge sees the hustle and bustle

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