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Directions: Write a five-paragraph essay that answers the prompt below.

Answer 1

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   “Ba! Humbug!” Was Scrooge’s reaction to Christmas. If you had known him, you wouldn’t have want to be with him. He was a very covetous person. But, this didn’t last for long.

     Scrooge wasn’t the same as he is now. Scrooge was a rude, mean, greedy, and selfish person. In the play, Marley describes Scrooge. He says, “England’s most tightfisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.” (Horowitz, Pg. #236. ) Another reason that shows Scrooge was not a nice person is he refused to give money to charity. He says that if they would like to die, they should do just that and decrease the already growing population. This shows that he doesn’t care about others and only cares about himself and his money. He also refuses to go to his nephew Fred's house for a Christmas dinner. As you can see, Scrooge wasn't a very good person.  

   

     There were three Spirits that Marley, Scrooge's business partner, sends to help change the way Scrooge acted. He didn't want what had happened to him to happen to Scrooge. First, Past visited Scrooge and showed Scrooge how he was as a young boy. Then, Scrooge realizes that he shouldn't have shooed away the little boy that came by his office. Then, the Spirit shows him his old boss, Fezziwig, and how his boss hadn't been selfish with his money and was kind to all of his employees. Scrooge had said that he would treat all his employees the same. Now, seeing this, Scrooge wants to go back and talk to his clerk. He feels bad for being rude.  

The Ghost of Christmas Present comes to see Scrooge, and they go to the Cratchit house. The Cratchit house is happy. They are having fun at their Christmas dinner even though Bob Cratchit doesn't get paid much. Scrooge doesn't understand how they can be so happy even though they don't have much money. Then, Scrooge figures out that Tiny Tim (one of Bob's children), is physically disabled. He feels very bad for him when someone says that Tiny Tim could die if nothing changes.  

Now, the last Spirit, Future, shows Scrooge what would happen if he doesn't change his attitude. They see that his slaves are taking the stuff off his body and things from his house to sell. Then, he sees that he is dead and Tiny Tim is too. He gets very upset and sad about this.  

   After Scrooge had seen all of this, he acts like he is a new man. He cares for everyone and isn't the mean, grumpy, miser he used to be. Scrooge yells 'Merry Christmas!' to everyone he sees. He also has a big turkey delivered to the Cratchit house. Scrooge decides to raise Bob's salary. He also goes to his nephew's Christmas dinner. Everyone is very glad to see that Scrooge has changed. Tiny Tim doesn't die because Scrooge changed the way he looked at things. Scrooge even gives money to charity. Scrooge changed in many ways. He is happy, kind, and not selfish.  

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Answer 2

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Dickens combines a description of hardships faced by the poor with a heart-rending sentimental celebration of the Christmas season. The novel contains dramatic and comic element as well as a deep felt moral theme. In the beginning of the novel Ebenezer Scrooge is portrayed as a hardhearted and unsociable man. However at the end of the novel we see dramatic changes in him as a trio of ghostly visitations causes a complete change in him. Scrooges transformed from an unpleasant and penny-pinching character to a charitable kind man. The following essay focuses and examines the life of Ebenezer Scrooge, delving into his past, present and supposed future.

In the opening of the novel, Scrooge is depicted as a miser who would not even give enough coal to his clerk despite the harsh weather to keep the office warm. His greed is his downfall, because he is so consumed with his money that he neglects people around him. He spends his day counting profits wishing that the whole world would leave him alone. His entire life is based on making more profits. Dickens describes Scrooge as a"squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!" and that "No wind that blew was bitterer than he," meaning he was harsh and very bitter. He also states that he is as "Solitary as an oyster," which means he did not open up to people and was often alone.

On Christmas Eve his nephew comes to invite Scrooge to a Christmas dinner. Scrooge however refuses and replies with his customary phrase "Bah! Humbug!" refusing to share his nephew's Christmas cheer. He sees Christmas as a time for finding yourself "a year older but not an hour richer." After Fred departs, a pair of portly gentlemen enter the office to ask Scrooge for a charitable donation to help the poor. Scrooge angrily replies that there are prisons and workhouses and they leave empty-handed. Scrooge is greedy and sees no reason in donating money to the poor. He thinks of them as idle and he states that if they would rather die than to go to the workhouse "they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population." Scrooge confronts Bob Crachit and complains about Bob's wish to take Christmas day off. "What good is Christmas," Scrooge snipes, " that it should shut down businesses?" he reluctantly agrees to give Bob a day off, providing he arrives earlier to work the next day.

Later that evening Scrooge returns home through dismal, fog-blanketed London streets. Just before entering his house, the doorknocker catches his attention. He sees a ghostly image that gives him a momentary shock; it is the peering face of Jacob Marley his dead partner. When Scrooge takes a closer look the image disappears. With a disgusted "Pooh-Pooh," Scrooge opens the door and enters his hose. He makes no attempt to brighten his home, "darkness is cheap, and scrooge liked it." Whilst he is in his room he hears the deafening sound of bell chimes and footsteps. A ghostly figure floats through the closed door of Jacob Marley, transparent and bound in chains. Scrooge shouts in disbelief, refusing to admit that he sees Marley's Ghost. The ghost comes to warn Scrooge of the horrible fate that awaits him unless he changes his way. Jacob Marley regrets his past and has an everlasting feeling of regret. He warns Scrooge that if he does not mend his ways a greater burden awaits him. Marley had not learned till it was too late that charity and kindness was important in a human life. Scrooge focuses too much on wealth and not people. However Marley tells Scrooge he still has a chance to change before it is too late. He tells him three spirits would visit him. He then rises and goes out of the window. Scrooge sees spirits bound in chains. They cry about their failure to lead honorable and caring lives. As Marley disappears scrooge stumbles to bed and falls asleep.