Stave 2 provides readers with insight on the miniscule amount of time you have left on earth and to change your ways if they are not meant to provide joy in your life or those around you alike. Clocks are persistently emphasized during this stave to recognize (as earlier explained) your time left …show more content…
Throughout their journey scrooge doesn’t want to face his past which shows the readers he might have something in his past that is painful to bare. He attempts to avoid the past by apologizing and hoping the ghost will return him to his present day life. Compared to young scrooge who relied on love his choice of loneliness in present day is not reasonable to readers. Scrooge’s young sister Fan represents innocence which once again compared to his mirthless present seems astoundingly wonderful. During his childhood he experiences neglect from students at school and family “--for his son to be brought home to become a man and never return to the …show more content…
The ghost of Christmas present is the archetypal father christmas figure. He is dressed in a green robe with white trim as if snow had fallen and rested on each of his sleeves and around the bottom of his long robe. The scene has a richness to it, gluttonous pigs, red shinning berries, and plenty of food yet, there is a kind of sadness in the scene of what seems as perfect as a christmas card. This feast, Scrooge could afford with his wealth, and yet chooses darkness instead. Scrooge soon realizes he needs to stop resisting the ghosts lessons and just accept his acts. Scrooge’s definition of wealth changes from materialistic items like money to emotion driven things like family, for instance displaying the Cratchits home as if scrooge was in it, gives the sense of their small wealth but colossal spirits and love. The ghost of Christmas present’s power to walk into any room helps reaffirm how christmas spirit can be found in any situation. The Cratchits modest “feast” meant everything, their appreciation for their “not so” feast shows just how much work they put into life with very little returned (except love of course!). The moral of the story is revealed here, you can be happy with next to nothing, if you are grateful and