“A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scarping”, this long list of adjectives, all of which are bad, describe fully what sort of character Scrooge is. They shows that he is determined to make life hell, by squeezing the life out of them and scrapes every last penny he can find, even taking the clothes off of people’s backs.
When the gentleman visits Scrooge and asks him for a charitable donation, Scrooge turns sour and acts if there is no one there. “Are there no prisons”, Scrooge takes a look up. This suggests to people that Scrooge is as bad and if he is happy with dealing with the system of the poor, the people who invented the workhouses are stubborn, solitary and sly just like Scrooge.
Scrooge a twisted, heartbreaking, old crook tells the gentleman, that “I wish to be alone”. This shows the audience that he doesn’t interact with other people and only cares about himself.
The ghost takes Scrooge back to his schooldays, where he was is lonely and miserable as he is now. “A lonely boy was reading near a feeble fire” Scrooge can remember this person very well, he starts crying which indicates to us that inside that body of gold there is a person, a person reaching out to be noticed. He starts to have pity on the poor boy in the corner which was him. Scrooge regrets what he did the other night when a boy comes and knocks at the door. This is shown by “I should have given him something: that’s all”. This means that he wished he gave him something, I don’t deserve it!
All his family, especially his sister, were excited about Christmas. This is shown by “We’re to be together all the Christmas long”. This changes Scrooge because he can’t let his sister down and ruin Christmas for all.
Scrooge’s first employer, Mr Fezziwig, paid for a Christmas ball for all his employers. Scrooge at this point liked Christmas, expect the financial pay outs. You can tell this by “His heart and soul were in the scene”. This shows that Scrooge enjoyed the party, but he was not full of Gratitude. He was furious that Mr Fezziwig had used some of his money to pay for the party. You can tell this by “He has spent three or four pounds of your money and is that so much that he does not deserve the praise”. This shows that Scrooge, even from a young age was obsessed with money and had no intentions on spending on anyone but himself.
When Scrooge goes and sees Mr Cratchit’s family enjoying a Christmas dinner at their family home, Scrooge becomes very emotional, when he is told tiny Tim might not live. You can tell this by “Oh, no, kind Spirit. Say he will be spared”. This shows that he does have a heart of gold underneath his hard, indestructible shell of a body.
Scrooge is not very well like by the Cratchit’s. You can see this by “I wish I had him here. I’d give him a piece of my mind to feast upon and I hope he’d have a good appetite for it”. This shows that he is not liked because “he is an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man”. This make Scrooge feel bad and he learns a valuable lesson. Treat others as you wish to be treated. If he doesn’t want to be called bad tempered, money grabbing, old sinner, then we has to be caring and thoughtful.
Scrooge every year at his nephew Fred’s house, is invited to a Christmas party, but always turns it down. Scrooge is not very well liked by the people at the party especially Fred. You can tell this by they invent a new game called “yes or no”. This shows that Scrooge is talked behind this back and that people do not care if they hurt his feeling. Scrooge feels unwanted and uncared for. You can tell this by “One half hour, Spirit, only one”. This shows that Scrooge has feeling and he wants to go as soon as possible because he crying and in great disbelief.
Scrooge’s future looks uncertain when he goes into the future and sees him in a corner of the graveyard, unnoticed, uncared for. You can from this point that Scrooge is at the end of his tether. You can tell this by “For the first time his hand appeared to shake”. This shows that Scrooge has become more and more frightened and knows he must change his future to be cared for and missed dearly. He does not breakdown till this point because he can not change the past and that does not bother him.
At the end of all the spirits visiting Scrooge is disappointed himself by being a selfish, lonely, old man. The Last straw is when he visits his own grave. He is already depressed with the entire trauma and another dig in his grave has made him tremble in fear. You can tell this by “The Spirit stood among the graves, and pointed down to one. He advanced towards it trembling”. This shows that Scrooge is scared of him and wants to change rather than just a person who has just died.
Scrooge really wants to change because he doesn’t want to be the man in the corner that no one visits. You can tell this by “Are these the shadows of the things that will be, or are they the shadows of the things that may be, only”. This shows that Scrooge wants to change because of his experiences over the night. He wants to know that if he changes and mingles with people he will not die and nobody will care.
He gets more and more distressed because the spirit won’t tell him if he can change his shadows of the future. You can tell this by “Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life”. He is on his knees, desperately trying to change his future. This tells us from this point onwards Scrooge will be a changed man to avoid distressing death.
Scrooge wakes up the next morning a changed man, a generous man. You can tell this by “Scrooge regarded everyone with a delighted smile”. This shows that Scrooge has took into great account of what the spirits said and gone out to change his future. He is a changed man to the public. You can tell this by “If you please, ‘said Scrooge and not a farthing less. A great many back-payments are included in it, I assure you” This shows Scrooge as being as kind, thoughtful, caring man rather than a “squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching covetous old sinner”.
Scrooge now respects the poor people more than ever, especially the Cratchit’s. You can tell this by “and therefore I am about to raise your salary”. This shows that Scrooge would rather share more of his money to make more people happy than just himself. This is different from the beginning because when the gentleman comes to visit he pushes him away and believes in “Laissez Faire”.
Scrooge has now become a happier and more cheerful human being because he has changed his way of living. You can tell this by “they all sit around the table eating Christmas dinner”. This shows he is not self-contained, lonely old sinner, but a sociable character and because he changed his actions, Tiny Tim did live and Scrooge and his family say “God bless Us, Everyone!”
