It does so because it allows the individual to believe in ones own self. With Tiny Tim passing away and realizing that Scrooge himself will also perish, it motivates hope to emerge once again. Hope becomes critical for Scrooge because it allows him to believe that he can alter the future and allows him to understand that there is still time left to do so. He takes an introspective view of himself and realizes that he is “liberated by the simple-sounding discovery that the future can be altered if one changes and, thus, that human will is free” (279-280). Scrooge now realizes that hope is the key to changing what he has seen throughout the spirits visitations. He will carry this emotion with him as he wakes up on Christmas
It does so because it allows the individual to believe in ones own self. With Tiny Tim passing away and realizing that Scrooge himself will also perish, it motivates hope to emerge once again. Hope becomes critical for Scrooge because it allows him to believe that he can alter the future and allows him to understand that there is still time left to do so. He takes an introspective view of himself and realizes that he is “liberated by the simple-sounding discovery that the future can be altered if one changes and, thus, that human will is free” (279-280). Scrooge now realizes that hope is the key to changing what he has seen throughout the spirits visitations. He will carry this emotion with him as he wakes up on Christmas