Scrooge's Redemption In Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol

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Christmas Carol What does it mean to live a good life? In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Scrooge was visited by three ghosts, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Yet to Come. Through Scrooge’s experiences and character development, Dickens shows the reader that he believes the “business” of being human is redemption. Scrooge’s definition of the word “business” at the beginning of the text and its impact: Scrooge’s definition of business is to work hard and have no feelings. On Christmas Scrooge does care about anything or anyone ever since his partner Marley died on Christmas. Many people would say he had a heart of coal and he was disliked by many but old Scrooge kept to himself not letting …show more content…
No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Foul weather didn’t know where to have him. The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet, could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. They often “came down” handsomely, and Scrooge never did. Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, “My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me?” No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o’clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge. Even the blind men’s dogs appeared to know him; and when they saw him coming on, would tug their owners into doorways and up courts; and then would wag their tails as though they said, “No eye at all is better than an evil eye, dark master!” This evidence supports my claim because its shows how lonely and friendless Scrooge is. No one comes up to Scrooge in the street to say “Hi” or “How are you?” it also shows how he has no feelings saying nothing at all bothers him. “But what did Scrooge care? It was the …show more content…
“Good Spirit,” he pursued, as down upon the ground he fell before it: “Your nature intercedes for me, and pities me. Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me, by an altered life.”
The kind hand trembled.
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach. Oh, tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!”
This quote connects to my claim because it shows that after Scrooge realizes his fate is death if he continues to be how he is now he has change of heart promising that he will honor Christmas in his heart.
In Conclusion, Dickens shows the reader that he believes the “business” of being human is redemption through Scrooge’s experiences and character development. Scrooge learns that he should embrace Christmas even after the bad things that has happen on that day 7 years ago when Marely died when The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Yet to Come shows him
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