Bob Cratchit

A Christmas Carol “Ignorance and want are man’s children and for the time being ignorance has doom of you, written upon his brow.”(Dickens 26) Ignorance consumes a man and all he is worth. Sure, he has money, but what else may a rich, greedy man like that say of himself. May he say he is loved, may he say he is popular among his peers. No. This man may come out on top, but he has no respect for what the simple pleasures of family bring and, as far as I’m concerned this man, Scrooge, lives a…

Dickens throughout one and half century about a life of Ebenezer Scrooge as a negative, penny-pinching and distasteful man in London. No one had ever wished to work as an employee in his office after his best business partner Jacob Marley died except Bob Cratchit. Nothing in the world would scare Scrooge if it wasn’t about the gold coins. The man, who used to be a heartless person, had changed in just a few nights before Christmas Eve coming. At this point, we must be thankful to three Christmas…

being a wealthy man, would not donate any of his money to charity during the holiday season. He also has no desire to be kind. Scrooge refused to buy coals to heat the fire in his office building, which lead to his worker, Bob Cratchit, working in the cold. Not only was Mr. Cratchit forced to work in the cold, he was forced to work on Christmas day. Due to Ebenezer Scrooge’s cold-hearted demeanor, his whole appearance is affected. He always walks sluggishly through the town with a mean mug on…

The classic tale of, “A Christmas Carol,” has various insights to be viewed and interpretations to the text, all of which a good story should posses. However, it establishes an inevitable them, to which most would agree, is that it’s never too late for redemption, derived from the shifting of personality traits from Scrooge after living a life of poor morals into a man with a heart of benevolence. These changes occur during the entire course of the story, and are caused by elements of guilt,…

horrible life on his partner Bob Cratchit, the poor and homeless, and the grave house where he rests. Scrooge promises to change his ways of life. When he returns in his bed he wakes up…

apprenticed by his old master Fezziwig. Scrooge and past go to when he fell in love but didn't get married. The ghost of Christmas past leaves and Scrooge wakes in his room. Soon the ghost of christmas present comes. They travel to Bob Cratchit (An Employee of Scrooge) house. Bob has a lame child and Scrooge asks present if the child lives. Present says “If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child will die”. (Dickens, 22). Present and Scrooge then travel to his Nephew's house.…

biggest bird and he will get payed. When the boy gets back with the turkey he sends it to bob cratchit's house. As he is outside he is walking he is feeling so great he donated to the carolers. He also donated to the poor as well. He remembers that his nephew invited him for dinner. So he went over to his house and had a great Time and a great Christmas. Then the next day when he was at work his clerk bob cratchit was late by 19 minutes. Scrooge acted mad and was talking in an angry manner. He…

girlfriend and he gets a job, but then he started to carry more and more about his money so he yelled at her one day and she left him. Then the ghost of Christmas present shows scrooge what he has been doing to people so he gets sad for the son of bob…

behaviours and asks the spirit to 'conduct [him] where you will. I went forth last night on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson…let me profit by it.' The spirit, through Dickens, transports Scrooge to view an affectionate scene during Christmas with the Cratchits, where Tiny Tim's feeble self is seated next to his father. Scrooge feels miserable for the family even though they are 'happy [and] grateful' because it was Christmas time and are always 'pleased with one another and contented with the…

the tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! On page two, I noticed the author states that Scrooge has an insufficient fire for keeping himself warm, but the clerk’s fire (Bob Cratchit) was so indubitably small that it looked like one coal, which is very small. Everyone used to know Scrooge’s persnickety personality throughout the community as an unpleasant personality to be around and an unpleasant friend to be around, in…