Scrooge

Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens is based in the 1800’s, in a town of England. The main Character Ebenezer Scrooge is an old miser who hates the Christmas celebration in the town. Scrooge is haunted by 3 ghosts, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. The three ghosts haunt Scrooge because they are trying to make Scrooge see that he needs to change; they want him to see that he cannot continue to be greedy or selfish.…

sympathy for Scrooge during his Christmas gathering despite that Scrooge treats him in such a rude manner. Scrooge’s employer, Fezziwig, displays a prime example 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…

Scrooge, a heartless man who only cares about his money and his wealthy, Scrooge doesn’t let go of his wealthy any second, even on Christmas. The day before Christmas, everywhere was peaceful, and happy, but only in the store which Scrooge owned, there only darkness and coldness. Fred, Scrooge’s nephew came in the store and wished his uncle a Merry Christmas, but all Scrooge said was, “a time finding yourself a year older and not an hour richer.” And made Fred went out. That night, after…

"December 17, 1853, Dear Mr Scrooge: You, a fine sir of business, may take little notice of this letter. Ten years ago you changed for the better. However before the change, you flung a cane towards the window of a boy singing. That was me." Scrooge laughs bitterly and makes the letter shake in his wrinkled hand. "Humbug," Scrooge read the crumpled letter over, mumbling parts to himself. "My father came home that night with remorse of your greed." Scrooge snaps his head up and throws the letter…

Based on what I read, Scrooge sounds like an old grumpy, greedy, disrespectful man. According to the text it states that, he is grumpy and very hard to handle. Also, the text states that he doesn't really care about a plethora of things like Christmas because he does not get the point of Christmas. On page one, the author describes how he was exceedingly rude to a boy who shows up asking for any donations for the poor, but Scrooge tells him to leave, and argues that anyone who is poor can…

twelve and the hooded phantom hovered towards Scrooge, ready to show him the shadows of the future. If you’ve read Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol, you would know that Scrooge at this point, while engulfed in fear, is willing to follow the final ghost and have him lead on to view the Christmas yet to come. With that said, while the ghost of Christmas yet to come had visited Scrooge at a time where he began to recognize his wrongs, he was needed to show Scrooge the lack of emotion shown by…

How well do you know Ebenezer Scrooge? And what does business mean to you? Ebenezer Scrooge does not understand the true meaning of “business”. The novel A Christmas Carol is about a mean old greddy man that learns a big lesson. He believes that “business” means to make money and to be rich. Dickens helps readers understand that being human means to be charitable by the way Scrooge acts at the end of the novel. In stave 1 Scrooge defines man's “business” as to making money. This impacts…

named Ebenezer Scrooge comes into play. This particular character comes off as a stubborn, unkind man. He yells at everyone, threatened poor Mr. Cratchit of his job, and refuses to accept the happiness that…

care for them? In the beginning of, "A Christmas Carol', by Charles Dickens, Scrooge never thought about his future until Future ghost shows him what happens in his future. In the story, Scrooge, is haunted by three ghosts, Past, Present, and Future. All three ghosts show him events of his life. The events shown differ, but Future's effects him the most. Firstly, one incident that the ghost of Christmas Future shows Scrooge is his maid stealing from him when he is dead. The maid is showing…

Carol, retells the story of Ebenezer Scrooge who is a bitter old miser. He is definitely one of the above mentioned people that he lives a cold and lonely life without any passion for life, forgetting about the warmth of Christmas. Facing the warm Christmas season, Mr. Scrooge displayed his dislikes of the surroundings. As Christmas came nearer, he tried all sorts of methods to exploit Bob, his employee, as well as his nephew, Fred. Since the beginning, Mr. Scrooge had no plan to celebrate…