The ghost of Christmas present is showing him the bad things he is doing now which could create more problems for him in the his future. Also he should try to change him self, bit by bit because a little drops of water makes rivers.
Finally, the ghost of Christmas future, tells him that if he carry on being like a stupid scrooge he will soon die as a horrible death and no one will remember of his good memories.
This book has a message for all Christmas to celebrate and share the happiness. No one should consider the fact they are rich so therefore the poor shouldn’t celebrate the Christmas as they do. A man with a power should give something to a poor person so they can have the best Christmas. Some people were nice and gave what they could to poor unlike Scrooge who was a greedy rich man.
Scrooge is very sorrowful person. He is always in his world, for example, thinking about wealth and vocation. He also believe that money, work and self-importance is enough for a normal person. By not getting married and having a family, he has also lost happiness from his life.
He also want the people to stay away from his life so he does not have any disruptions in order to reach his aim, which was to become richer and richer everyday. As a result of this he is so far now, that it is so complicated for him to get back to be a normal scrooge again.
The narrator does not give a chance to make up their own minds through the novel while reading it because the narrators had defined every explanation. The narrator had carefully explained what has happened and what could proceed later on in the scrooge’s life.
In the introduction, Dickens introduces the novel to the readers and state: “I have attempt in this ghostly little book to raise the ghost of an a idea which shall not put my readers out of humour with them selves, with each other , with the season or with me.”
Christmas is the time when rich and poor can be happy and to also be equal. Dickens wrote to reinforce that by giving something to the poor you will be blessed and rewarded from God and not end up like Scrooge.
“A few of us are endea vouring to raise a fund to buy the poor some meat and drink, and means of warmth”
This quote shows that even busiest business men cares about poor and provide them something so they can celebrate Christmas but Scrooge never helped them, by giving some money, which can bring smile on poor faces. The reason is that he cannot understand someone as he totally turned to evil heart.
Scrooge is someone who thinks that Christmas has never bought him happiness so why would he return it by being happy and celebrating it like others do. He also thinks that why spend the money on family and get more poor and why not collect it all the time and become more richer and richer everyday.
“What is Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money, a time for finding your self a year younger and not a Hour richer.”
This quote shows that Scrooge thinks that by spending money on your family by buying them the things like food, clothes is waste of money. This indicates that he cares about the money more than any thing in this whole world. He also says that by spending the money you will find yourself a year older and not a hour richer. This means that the money you will be spending on Christmas can be saved.
Scrooge is so cruel that he says let the poor should die, it will decrease the rate of “surplus population“. He also adds that there are workhouses for them to stay in. That is where they’ll have to live and eat it’s rather like a prison as well as they will then have to work really hard and earn very little.
“ Many can’t go there; many would rather die… and decrease the surplus population.”
This quote illustrate that Scrooge has cold heart that has turned in to a stone, which cannot see or feel someone’s emotions or feelings. He would let the poor die, which will decrease the population of poor people without considering the fact that there was a day when he was poor too.
People who cannot afford Christmas but they still celebrate and enjoy it, but Scrooge who has got enough money, still thinks it is a waste of money and time.
“ There never was such a goose, Bob said, he didn’t believe that there ever was such a goose cooked.”
Bob is thankful to whatever he got even living in poor condition. As an example he is glad that they are going to have roost goose in dinner, which his wife brought out of all the cheap shopping.
Scrooge has lost his love while caring about his business instead of getting married. He said to his girlfriend that he does not have any time to waste on the family. As a consequence of that he is so lonely and soon he’ll be mentally ill. When the ghost took him the girl questions him “ What idol has displaced you?” he replied “A gold one.” This connotes that he has realised about the biggest mistake he made by losing the perfect girl in his life. The money has changed his personality completely where he had the hunger for money and nothing else.
Scrooge’s nephew, who is very kind, loves Christmas unlike Scrooge himself and thinks that it is the only time of the year for poor to be happy and also himself.
“ I’ve always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round… as a good time, a kind forgiving, charitable, pleasant time.”
This quote shows that how happy Fred is on Christmas and consider the time for forgiving each other.
Charles Dickens has written a very superior story which could turn a bad man or woman to a positive human being because you do not have to guess what happens to scrooge in the end or in the middle because it just tells you that if you turn up like scrooge it would be so difficult for you to be good again. Losing your respect in someone’s eyes is very easy but getting it back is very hard. It was Scrooge fault to turn himself into such kind of person but on the other hand it wasn’t his fault; money can turn anyone to become a selfish and greedy person. When Scrooge didn’t had money his own, he decided to work hard and become rich but at that time he didn’t said he’ll become so selfish and greedy. Sometimes people do not choose to be what they want, for example like scrooge.