How Does Scrooge Change In A Christmas Carol

The change begins when the Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge. In this section of the play the Ghost of Christmas past took Scrooge to the place where Scrooge grew up. (683) Scrooge began to cry at the scene of his childhood. The Ghost said, “Your lip is trembling, Mr. Scrooge. And what is that upon your cheek?” Scrooge said, “Nothing… a blemish on the skin… lead me where you will, but quickly! To be stagnant in this place is, for me, unbearable!” From Scrooge crying it shows that Scrooge saw something from his past that he did not wish to remember. He also cried, which is the first bit of emotion and or feelings he had shown in a very long time. Scrooge was also shown him as a boy sitting alone in a school room. Scrooge began to sob at the sight. Scrooge said, (688) “...poor boy. He lived inside his head… alone… [weeps]... I wish…

To start, the result of Scrooge being visited by the ghost of Christmas past had made him become loving. In scene 5, the ghost took him to his past childhood where he got to visit Fan, a loved one of his, the sister. This memory was important because he had been filled with so much anger and sadness and getting to see his sister Fan again made him feel a bit loving and joyful. “How I loved dear Fan.” Scrooge has once said. This changed Scrooge to be nicer to the ghost and nicer to all the other ghost yet to come, because he knew they would take him to see something or someone he misses or loves so he didn’t give the ghosts attitude. After being visit by Christmas past he became loving.

The author implies that Scrooge is donating a good amount of money to the Portly Man, which he'll give to the poor. This is a huge change because Scrooge used to have never donated like from act one scene one, where he just yelled at him to get out. Finally, Scrooge also showed change when he gave Adam extra money. While Adam and the poultry man with the turkey were just getting back to Scrooge, Scrooge said, "Good. There you go then . . .

Titus H Xiong A Christmas Carol Date - 03-28-24 Class - Hour 2A. In the text, “A Christmas Carol,” Scrooge was a negative, grumpy, malcontent, selfish, and greedy type of person, but after the meeting of three spirits throughout the next few nights, he was able to alter his fate. Throughout the early scenes of the book, Scrooge tends to be a very greedy and rude man. He told the people that homeless people can go to prison for shelter during the winter, he told his nephew being in love was the most ridiculous thing he's ever heard, and he just didn’t change his point of view no matter what. He was extremely stubborn!

In the play, A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley by Israel Horovitz the main character Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas and people. At the beginning, he shows very different and mean actions towards people and how he is always mad. For example when Scrooge leaves his office's people start to walk past him in a happy and merry mood. But in contrast to the people, Scrooge has a frown and looks unhappy for the Christmas time. Another example is that when his nephew is talking to him he is wanting him to leave so he keeps on repeating the words, “Good Afternoon!” until he leaves. The last example would be that when Cratchit is cold in the office, Scrooge starts yelling at him saying that he would fire him because he was showing he was cold. Scrooge also shows it in his own words by saying “...every idiot who goes about with “Merry Christmas” on his lips, should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.”(647).

Scrooge's mean attitude was demonstrated when he said to his nephew, “What right have you to be Merry? You're poor enough" This is the first indication that Scrooge was not in the Christmas spirit as he was not joyful. This is also an indication that Scrooge was greedy and

Greed and coin took over his mind many years ago, striking him with multiple losses, such as faith, happiness, family, and many others, but unfortunately, he sees this all as gain. Friends family are no longer worthy of his attention, the only remaining importance being wealth. Fred, his loving nephew, is ignored, treated extremely poorly and is seen as obnoxious, Scrooge could be described as caring more about a shilling. On the morning nearing Christmas, Scrooge is visited by two Gentlemen, who kindly asked for donations, but selfishly denied any sort of money share, and shooed away the visitor. After the rejected visitors had left, Bob Cratchit, who works for Scrooge, prepares to leave, as the clock bells struck six. Bob showed hints of wanting a day off on the following Christmas day, but once again, Scrooge denies any sort of break, even if it was once a year. Demanding Bob to return tomorrow, he goes back to minding his counting table, while Bob makes his exit. Scrooge, in a whole, is very selfish, self-centered, and unaware of anything or anybody, if it does not involve money gain of some

Scrooge starts off his day by asking a boy what day it is, when he hears it is Christmas he is ecstatic. Scrooge is a changed man, he buys the biggest turkey for the Cratchit family, he goes to church and greets everyone he passes, kindly. Scrooge attends his nephew's house that he had been invited to earlier on, this fills his own heart and his nephews. The last thing Scrooge is sure to do is give Bob Cratchit a raise. He raises his salary as a Christmas gift and helps to contribute to the wellbeing of his family and to Tiny Tim's needs.

In the beginning of the story, “A Christmas Carol”, Scrooge is grouchy, selfish, and mean to everyone. All he cares about is money (material good) in the beginning of the story. He isn’t a overjoyed person with this material good. He tells his son he rather be dead than be with his family, he says mean things to the 2 men going around collecting money, and sometimes he is even mean to Cratchit. Also notice, this is when he doesn’t have any family around him. After going through memories/experiences, he sees the type of person he was, is, and going to become. Scrooge changes his ways because of the memories/experiences he was shown by the spirits. In the end, Scrooge doesn’t cherish material goods any more, he cherishes experiences. Scrooge goes around giving money away in good deeds like it means nothing to him anymore, he gives money to the portly man, and a raise to Cratchit. He does this just out of the kindness of his heart. He is only interested now in being a positive, kind person, not the person he used to be. Notice, he is a very happy man at this point in the story. This is when he is developing friends and having family closer to him than ever. For me, I feel Dickens is trying to tell us how an experience can change a

Scrooge began his transformation into a good man when the Ghost of Christmas present shows him the Cratchit household. Scrooge throughout this scene is presented with the consequences of his actions and how they affect those who are less fortunate than he. “Think of that. Bob had but fifteen bob a-week himself; he pocketed on Saturdays but fifteen copies of his Christian name; and yet the Ghost of

Mr. Scrooge has become a shell of the person he used to be before greed took over him in his younger years. He has formed a wall full of stones to hide from his past neglects and regrets, which made him the miserable person he was before his visits with the ghost. He is a selfish, cruel, and bitter old man consumed with nothing but misery. He resents anyone who is merry and joyful around Christmas time. Mr. Scrooge believed money brought happiness, yet he was so miserable. Mr. Scrooge barely wanted to allow his clerk, Bob Cratchit, off work on Christmas Day. When he did he was complaining the whole time, even though he doesn’t pay Mr. Cratchit enough money to even support his family. Two gentlemen stopped by his business and asked Mr. Scrooge

Throughout all of Scrooge's acquaintances with the three spirits, he has completely turned around as a person and has a whole new perspective on life. He has decided to make up for all the years he has spent wasting being unhappy. Once Scrooge has taken in the changes he needs to make. Scrooge decided to deliver a great Christmas turkey to Bob Cratchit's house. He meets one of the portly gentlemen who earler came by to collect charity money for the poor and apologizes for his previous rudeness, promising to donate huge sums of money to the

Scrooge was a man changed by wealth and wasn’t aware of how hurtful he was to the poor. He said horrible things like, “put them in workhouse,s” or, “let them die.” Thinking of himself is something Scrooge would repeat and repeat till his chains were longer than any other, an example of this was when scrooge was speaking with his nephew, Fred, scrooge called Christmas a, “Humbug.” Another example of his hurtfulness towards people filled with christmas spirit is not giving, this was shown when the

Scrooge is a very cold-hearted greedy man. For instance, Scrooge notified his nephew Fred “ Nephew, keep Christmas in your own way and let me keep it in mine.” This shows how selfish Scrooge is and that he does not want to be bothered even by his family. “ I wish to be left alone. Since you ask me what I wish, Sir, that is my answer.” This is supported again while he is talking to The Gentleman Visitor. In that way it shows how hostile and selfish Scrooge is. Scrooge says to Bob Cratchit ( his clerk ) “ Still you expect me to pay a day's wage for a day of no work.” That is a way of showing how stingy Scrooge is. This shows that Scrooge's behavior and his personality are hostile, stingy, and selfish.

Throughout the story Scrooge’s attitude changes. He starts off the story being a grumpy old man that not many people like. He yells at them and is disrespectful. Some examples of this are, he doesn’t accept his nephew's invitation for supper, and he wants to cut Mr. Cratchit's salary since he is going to miss a day for Christmas. However after the spirits visit him, he starts to feel regret. For instance, while the spirits were showing him memories, he was feeling sorry for his past actions, he didn’t want to watch them and was afraid of what was to come. Towards the end of the story he becomes happier. He feels bad for what he has done to the people around him in the past. For this reason he buys the Cratchit’s a big turkey since he has overworked and underpaid Bob Cratchit. In summary, at the beginning of the story Scrooge is an angry grumpy old man but after the spirits visit him he realizes that he should be happier and nicer to people or he will die alone.