Bob Cratchit

buzzing with energy and is as “light as a feather” and runs to the window where a young boy is shocked to know that Scrooge doesn’t know what day it is. Scrooge pays the boy to get the poultries and to buy the prize turkey which he delivers to Bob Cratchits as anonymous. The Stave is significant to the story as it shows that if someone as miserly as Scrooge can change it means that anyone can change which is what Dickens wants the adults as well as children who read the book so that they can…

In the Present, Scrooge listens as Mrs. Cratchit abruptly denounces him after her husband denominated him Founder of the Feast. She indicates that Scrooge is, “an odius, stingy, hard, unfeeling man” (53). Later in the Present, the spirit warns Scrooge to beware of Ignorance and Want, vices symbolized by a boy and girl, whose appearances were wretched and extremely depressing. When Scrooge eagerly alluded…

Spirit of Christmas Present, because it had shown them how Scrooge might have changed more by looking at his present actions and how starting that instant could have changed his future, “ Bob Cratchit : ( raising his glass ) My dear, to Scrooge. I give you Mr. Scrooge, the founder of the feats. Mrs. Cratchit : The founder of the feast indeed ! I wish I had him here ! I’d give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and hope he’d have a good appetite for it. ” ( p. 24 ). But, the third spirit is…

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.…

A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is about a man named Ebenezer Scrooge. All he cares about is himself, money, and personal gain. By the end of the story he happy, he was also generous and cared about other people not just himself. In the beginning before this all started Scrooge was mean and cold hearted. He didn't care about anyone else except himself. Scrooge lives in a dark and gloomy house, it is dark and gloomy because he doesn’t pay for electric. When The Portly men asked Scrooge for…

is enriched by wealth, to the embittered character of Scrooge whose view is one of a day of waste. Dickens uses both outdoor and indoor landscape to create the character of Bob Cratchit by contrasting his dominated servant attitude while in service to Scrooge versus his openly loving father/husband role within the Cratchit family.…

squeezing, wrenching, gasping, clutching, covetous, old sinner'. ( First quote shows his hatred towards Christmas, the other shows his personality). Where as, if we take Bob Cratchit, the clerk working for Scrooge, he enjoys and appreciates Christmas and the festive season very much. Starting on the basis of the entirety of the Cratchit family; they are poor- not a rarity in the Victorian era; 'dressed out but poorly in a twice turned gown'. Initially, you get the sense…

Scrooge almost always hated Christmas and because of 4 certain visitors he had a change of heart. He was given a chance of being happy at Christmas and took the chance and in the end he had the best Christmas. The ghosts gave him a chance to see what he had done to the people he loved and gave him a chance at having a lovely time and a future with people he loves. The first ghost that came was marley who was then followed, but the Spirit of Christmas Past and then the Present then the Future and…

Scrooge the city, the spirit takes him to the house of Scrooge’s loyal clerk, Bob Cratchit. The Cratchit family, as a result of Scrooge’s meager pay, lives in a tiny home with their large family, including their youngest son who is confined to crutches. They share a meal together and talk happily together, and then drink and give toasts, all the time being glad and grateful for what they have. During their toasts, Bob even raises a toast to Scrooge, to the dismay of his entire family. Scrooge’s…

The main character Scrooge is a guy who is mean and disrespectful in the begging of the whole story. His name Scrooge means that he is a hard hearted person. His friend Marley was a women who was his business partner who had died in the story represents mankind. The ghost that visits Scrooge means memory, charity, and fear of death. Charles Dickens reminds his readers throughout the story that you should notice the crowd and group of people that you hang out with. In the opening chapter or…