"By Close Analysis of Staves One and Five Show How Dickens Portrays the Transformation of Scrooge and To What Effect"

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL (BY CHARLES DICKENS)

"By Close Analysis of Staves One and Five Show How Dickens Portrays the Transformation of Scrooge and To What Effect"

In December 1843, Charles Dickens wrote and published "A Christmas Carol." He published this book when he needed money; he needed money badly because he was in debt. He decided to link it to things that are happening; that Christmas was not taken seriously, it was fading out and ghost traditional Christmas tales. Dickens used the genre of ghost stories, but Dickens did something unusual, he changed the fact that ghost stories are meant to be frightening, in this book, the ghost stories were scary.

In 1843 (ancient times), there were no security, pensions, national health nor compulsory education. You were expected to work six days a week and on Sunday, you go to church (only if you had a job). Those who had no job couldn't go to church, because they were probably in prison or workhouse. There were no holidays, you had to work on Boxing Day, and if you ended up in debt, you would be put in debt prison. Dickens grew up in this