Question

What is the BEST meaning of the social commentary being made in the following event in Stave II? "The Ghost of Christmas Past shows Scrooge's break up with his fiance, Belle, who broke their engagement because Scrooge valued money and his business more than her." *
A. Society puts pressure on the wealthy to give away all its money to the poor and become poor instead of rich.
B. Society looks down on the wealthy, criminalizing those that try to attain wealth.
C. Society is not accepting of the poor, but the pressure on people to become wealthy breeds greed and selfishness.
D. Society makes it okay for the wealthy to hoard their money and not share it.

Answer 1

C, especially for the time that the movie was set in.

Answer 2

C makes the most sense cause Scrooge was most likely poor and became rich