Examples Of Selfishness In A Christmas Carol

This is backed up by the many things that Scrooge is shown, but denies. One of these things is when he saw all of his possessions being sold after he died. He is shown everything of value he owned being sold after he died, but he denies it because of his fear. The last example is when he sees his grave. He denies that that will be the final outcome, and he begs to have the chance to make up for the things he has done.

The main theme in Stave 1 of A Christmas Carol is greed. Based on what I read in Stave 1, Scrooge is very greedy. He does not like to give to others and is only focused on himself and what he wants and needs. On page 9-10 that Scrooge is not interested in helping others. When the two gentlemen asked if he would like to donate money to help the homeless, Scrooge says that he would not like to. Also, when Scrooge’s nephew asks him if he would like to have Christmas dinner with him and his family, Scrooge replies with “ Humbug “.I really hope that Scrooge will change.

In a Victorian Age society where making money is everyone’s goal, one may forget that making money isn’t the most important thing. Children grow up knowing they’d be no one without money, but they aren’t being taught that this isn’t the most imperative thing to worry about. A lot of people tend to ignore the negatives that come with having a lot of money. One such book that teaches this lesson would be A Christmas Carol. In A Christmas Carol, wealth is a sign of a moral corruption and the devastating effects of greed because it changed Scrooge into a cheap, selfish person who valued money above all.

Greed in Christmas Carol Guy Madison Dec. 7th, 2017 Imagine an old man who is overflowing with wealth, he has bad relations with his nephew, does not donate to charity, won’t let employee’s of work for christmas, that is Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is full of greed, one of the main themes in the story Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. Christmas Carol is a book based on greed and other themes, here is details on why there’s greed in the story. Scrooge is a wealthy greedy elder, he only likes charities for prisons and such. After a conversation on that he still won’t donate money for even a prison charity.

In stave two of Charles Dickens’ novella, A Christmas Carol, the greedy and pessimistic Ebenezer Scrooge meets the Ghost of Christmas Past and re-experiences his Christmases both prior to becoming a “scrooge” and at the onset of his pessimism and greed. Scrooge describes the Ghost of Christmas Past in the phrase, “that from the crown of its head there sprung a bright, clear jet of light,” (Dickens 30) and this light itself is the symbol of knowledge and truth from the spirits. Scrooge, after spending a whole night with the Ghost of Christmas Past will be enlightened and shown the truth of what he has become, for he does not truly remember what the joys of Christmas were prior to the development of his greed. Hints of this enlightenment appear throughout the stave, however shines most clearly through a moment that Scrooge shares with the Ghost when he says, “Nothing…nothing.

In the blistering cold of a dim Christmas Eve, a man with a frozen heart of stone was able to find a spark of warmth and goodness through the three spirits that guided him to hope and happiness. In A Christmas Carol, a classic tale by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge, a man with a cold empty heart who had learnt a lesson of a lifetime. He never could comprehend and seem to understand why people were so joyous on this one specific day, as he preferred to live his life alone and in the dark. When requested to donate some money for the poor, he greedily rejected and responded with a cruel answer. In the heartwarming and magical story, this stingy man travels through time to the past, present, and future with three different spirits to learn

Your going to have to pay for your action later in life. In the story the Christmas Carol Mr. Scrooge Does some bad actions like scaring a Christmas caroler, not contributing to help the poor people, and not paying his assistant enough for help his disabled son to get what he needs to get healthy. That's why I think the Christmas Carol displays the things you do affect you later in life theme. Firstly, the reason why Mr.Scrooge in the movie contrays the theme the things you Do effect see you later in life is the following.

Scrooge is very confused and then he knows what he's doing to people he doesn’t like. When the spirit showed Scrooge who the two kids under his robe where Scrooge didn’t like that at all because he realized what he has said in the past had hurt them. The spirit also used Scrooge’s own words against him and he realized that he made a big mistake saying

First, I would say Scrooge is selfish because he never gave out to those in need although it’s your choice to give out he never did.He was also greedy. And obnoxious I would say.He was greedy and obnoxious because when people were having exciting stuff to do he would be not festive but again it was his choice, I can’t blame him.He’s greedy because he loves his money and I think he hates spending it on “useless” things for example, homeless people and or charity’s.When Scrooge is with future he saw his grave and immediately begged for pardon. That’s where Scrooge changed his mind on being all the things I called Scrooge before he was kind.Scrooge also changed his mind probably to the fact that there was poor people and he hasn’t known how the

Scrooge is very inconsiderate of others, and accordingly to the text on page one, stave one it said that “ No wind blew was bitterer than he”, and he was a person who did not believe in the Christmas spirit until a trio of ghosts shows him his past, present, and future. According to the text the

He does not pay people fairly and he does not give back to his community like he should. Throughout the story, Scrooge changed in many ways such as, feeling bad for not doing something for someone, not giving enough money to his employee who needed it really badly, and finally not seeing anyone grieve his death. In Stave Two when the First of the Three Spirits appeared, Scrooge was very confused about what was going on. He did not understand what was happening to him at this point.

Greed is a part of human nature, therefore a prominent theme in the novel A Christmas Carol, is the greed of Scrooge and the greed of the people after Scrooge’s death shown by the Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come. The theme of greed is shown by Scrooge mistreating Bob Cratchit, the cheapness of darkness, Scrooge doing business on the day of Marley’s funeral, the scavengers taking Scrooge’s various possessions after his death, and the gentlemen only organizing a funeral if they could get something out of it.

Christmas is the time of year where everyone seems to be happy no matter what is going on currently in the world around them. But not for Ebenezer Scrooge. Everyone makes mistakes, but some that Scrooge had made, made a big impact on his life. Because of his lack to spread kindness and charity, Scrooge’s consequences were three lovely visits from the Spirit of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come that made Scrooge reflect on his previous decisions so he can have an even greater future. When Scrooge’s partner, Marley, passes away, he lives an even more greedy and selfish life, finding another reason to strongly hate Christmas. Thus one part of why his poor action will provide a future consequence. Secondly, since Scrooge had been so selfish to everyone, including the whole town of London, it is pretty certain that all of London dislikes Scrooge. Although the Spirit of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge that if he does indeed stay selfish, he most certainly will not be missed when he passes away. Lastly, his mistake in life was from his past when he decides to worry and obsess over making money and being successful rather than making sure he and his fiance’s future was more secure rather than secure finances. A Christmas Carol displays actions and consequences depend on one's own actions and decisions whether good or bad.

A morality play, not unlike some of the popular plays I have seen. I think we all have seen this familiar theme many times over the years. As we head into the Christmas season, where reflective thinking becomes this very theme. I can compare this play with some of these seasonal plays. The play that comes to my mind immediately is, "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

In this stave, the ghost of Christmas Past come to visit Scrooge, and takes him to some memories of the past. As Scrooge observes some past events of his life, he is mostly filled with shame and regret as to why he would do such a thing. On page 50, it talks about why his fiance, Emily, breaks up with him because she thinks he’s replaced her with money, and the need to be wealthy. At seeing this occur, he immediately fills up with regret and overall shame. This stave is mainly bringing up all the things that Scrooge has done during Christmas, and trying to make him regret and be shameful so he can change his way of living before it’s too