Bob Cratchit

of how happiness is more important than currency. He closes work early on Christmas day to gather everyone together and have a party, just for the opportunity for everyone to enjoy themselves. The example that surprises Scrooge most of all is the Cratchit family’s…

the lack of money the family possesses, they choose not to. The ghost of Christmas present shows Scrooge the lovely Cratchit family’s attitude despite the death of Tiny Tim. It was necessary for Scrooge to witness love in a family environment in order to be transformed because his old sense wouldn’t be revived otherwise. Seeing as he had never been part of a family, watching the Cratchit family reminded Scrooge of the sorrow he felt when he was a young man. “Spirit said Scrooge, with an interest…

The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens suggests that true redemption is seized when you accept future consequences of your past mistakes. This novel follows an avaricious man named Ebenezer Scrooge and his route to redemption. Charles Dickens used a lot of illustrations to describe many things surrounding Scrooge. He incorporated images like family, joy and parts of the Christian religion. As you will read in my essay, Scrooges journey to redemption was a rather bumpy than smooth; it was one…

christmas. the 3 ghosts names were: past, present, and future. Past was the first to come. He showed scrooge visions from the past of himself and how happy scrooge was as a boy and young man. Present showed scrooge the family of his college Bob Cratchit. Bob was a poor man with a big family. On christmas eve his wife prepares a moderately small meal of a turkey and fig pudding, but despite their lack of money, they are happy. He shows scrooge that he is now something of a tyrant and that his…

Charles Dickens is about Christmas when it was originally written to prevent child labor. The novella tells the story of a wealthy and greedy man named Ebenezer Scrooge. He is not the nicest gentleman and he is mean to his poor servant whose name is Bob Cratchit. This book teaches us that money does not always make us happy. This message can still apply to us today. around the time that ACC was written, children did a lot of work in the mines and they supported their families. Some of them did…

The Butterfly Effect Committing mistakes is inherent to the learning process as it is the ability to learn from others’ failures and successes which determines one’s wisdom. It is only in enduring appalling events that one is faced with nature’s trials and is given the opportunity to grow. In William Shakespeare’s King Lear, King Lear learns the true nature of those around him when he is forced to endure emotional and physical hardships. In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, three spirits…

2nd Quarter Book Analysis Character Sketch A Christmas Carol In the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, is about how one night changed the life of Ebenezer Scrooge. The story begins in December, 1843 in London, England, when Scrooge is a middle-aged gentleman, who is a bad man at the start and becomes a good man by the end. In the beginning story Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy man and a mean person who does not care to if, what he does with his money hurts other people. In between the…

At first, Scrooge is a big grump. He acts as if the world doesn't need him, thinking that he has it all. He has the money, but the fame is not there. Everybody hates him, he is just cruel and is extremely selfish, but this is how he changes, not how he was. Scrooge's partner Marley dies and comes back to haunt him. Scrooge sees what will happen to him if he continues hating people, he will be weighed down in chains, his wrongdoings. Marley then tells Scrooge he will be haunted by three…

of his own grave during the visit from the ghost of Christmas future. He comes to a realization about his own treatment of others, leading to the story's resolution, where Scrooge turns over a new leaf of generosity: visiting his nephew, helping Bob Cratchit, and paying for Tiny Tim's medical treatment…

nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice” (3). Since his sole partner in life, Bob Marley, has died Scrooge has gone into a recession of loving money more than anything. While in the office with Bob Cratchit we see how miserable and isolated Scrooge is because the fire is tiny and the room is very dark. The fire is a symbol of family and love, and the foggy weather outside is a symbol of…