In Stave III, The Ghost of Christmas Present, shows Scrooge the Cratchit Family. Scrooge asks if Tiny Tim would die. The Spirit responds with,”I see a vacant seat, in the poor chimney-corner,and a crutch without an owner,carefully preserved. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die” (Dickens 62). After the spirit says this Scrooge realizes he has to be the person that changes his actions. He takes a step into reality and realizes that he has to start paying Bob Cratchit (his employee) more, so they can afford help for the young Tiny