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]]> By: emma roides http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/09/bloggersbase-readers-influence/#comment-377965 emma roides Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:05:43 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=11490#comment-377965 Describe how Ebenezer Scrooge Changes Throughout the novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ By Charles Dickens In the novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ the main character Ebenezer Scrooge changes throughout. This essay will explore how he changes and his views towards the poor using quotations from the novel. At the time when the novel was wrote there were to main groups in society the working class and the upper class. The working class were poor and to earn money many of them ended up having to work in the workhouses and the children were split up from their parents. Conditions in the workhouses were horrific. The upper class were very rich and looked down on the working class. Ebenezer Scrooge was rich and was upper class he shared the same views towards the working class as anyone else during that time. At the beginning of the novel scrooge is said to have red eyes ‘made his eyes red’. This shows that he is so cruel he is being compared to the devil. Scrooge is also described as being ‘tight fisted’ this means that he keeps his money close to him and does not like spending it on things he does not need. When Scrooge is at work it says ‘for Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room’ so even when they are cold he does not start a fire because coal costs money and he did not want anyone else to use it. As well as being described like the devil his attitudes towards people and how he talks to them is quite similar. Scrooge says ‘I can’t afford to make idle people merry’ this is saying that he will not give money to the poor because he thinks they are lazy. He then goes on to say ‘If they would rather die,’ ‘they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population’ this means that he would rather the poor would die so they would decrease the number of poor people and so they would not be filling the streets. When Bob Cratchit asks Scrooge about letting him have Christmas day off to be with his family he says ‘it’s not convenient,’ ‘and it’s not fair. If I was to stop half a crown for it, you’d think yourself ill used, I’ll be bound?’ Scrooge then goes on to after Bob Cratchit says that it’s only once a year ‘A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every twenty fifth of December!’ This is saying that Scrooge hates Christmas because he is loosing a small amount of money for one day. He also believes that it is not a good enough excuse to not come to work and that the money is more important than family. When Scrooge is walking home someone says ‘nuts to Scrooge’ This shows that the people do not like him and Dickens is putting the message across that if you disregard people you will get the same back. This is also shown in the first paragraph on pg. 13 especially when the blind man’s dog pulls his owner into a nearby doorway to get away from Scrooge. Scrooge treats other people with disrespect even if they are poor or not. For example when the two charity workers ask him for some money for the poor ‘I wish to be left alone’ Scrooge feels as if Christmas is a time where he looses money this goes back to show that he is tight fisted and does not give any of his money away to what he thinks are worthless causes. When Bob Cratchit asks to have Christmas day of with his family Scrooge says ‘it’s not convenient,’ ‘and it’s not fair’ He has only asked for one day off and Scrooge acts as if he is loosing all his money Describe how Ebenezer Scrooge Changes Throughout the novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ By Charles Dickens
In the novel ‘A Christmas Carol’ the main character Ebenezer Scrooge changes throughout. This essay will explore how he changes and his views towards the poor using quotations from the novel. At the time when the novel was wrote there were to main groups in society the working class and the upper class. The working class were poor and to earn money many of them ended up having to work in the workhouses and the children were split up from their parents. Conditions in the workhouses were horrific. The upper class were very rich and looked down on the working class. Ebenezer Scrooge was rich and was upper class he shared the same views towards the working class as anyone else during that time.
At the beginning of the novel scrooge is said to have red eyes ‘made his eyes red’. This shows that he is so cruel he is being compared to the devil. Scrooge is also described as being ‘tight fisted’ this means that he keeps his money close to him and does not like spending it on things he does not need. When Scrooge is at work it says ‘for Scrooge kept the coal-box in his own room’ so even when they are cold he does not start a fire because coal costs money and he did not want anyone else to use it. As well as being described like the devil his attitudes towards people and how he talks to them is quite similar. Scrooge says ‘I can’t afford to make idle people merry’ this is saying that he will not give money to the poor because he thinks they are lazy. He then goes on to say ‘If they would rather die,’ ‘they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population’ this means that he would rather the poor would die so they would decrease the number of poor people and so they would not be filling the streets. When Bob Cratchit asks Scrooge about letting him have Christmas day off to be with his family he says ‘it’s not convenient,’ ‘and it’s not fair. If I was to stop half a crown for it, you’d think yourself ill used, I’ll be bound?’ Scrooge then goes on to after Bob Cratchit says that it’s only once a year ‘A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every twenty fifth of December!’ This is saying that Scrooge hates Christmas because he is loosing a small amount of money for one day. He also believes that it is not a good enough excuse to not come to work and that the money is more important than family. When Scrooge is walking home someone says ‘nuts to Scrooge’ This shows that the people do not like him and Dickens is putting the message across that if you disregard people you will get the same back. This is also shown in the first paragraph on pg. 13 especially when the blind man’s dog pulls his owner into a nearby doorway to get away from Scrooge.
Scrooge treats other people with disrespect even if they are poor or not. For example when the two charity workers ask him for some money for the poor ‘I wish to be left alone’ Scrooge feels as if Christmas is a time where he looses money this goes back to show that he is tight fisted and does not give any of his money away to what he thinks are worthless causes. When Bob Cratchit asks to have Christmas day of with his family Scrooge says ‘it’s not convenient,’ ‘and it’s not fair’ He has only asked for one day off and Scrooge acts as if he is loosing all his money

]]> By: emma roides http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/09/bloggersbase-readers-influence/#comment-377964 emma roides Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:57:11 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=11490#comment-377964 hahaha funny Lol hahaha funny Lol

]]> By: all the gear no idea http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/09/bloggersbase-readers-influence/#comment-377963 all the gear no idea Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:50:24 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=11490#comment-377963 connor is a gay connor is a gay

]]> By: Ben Dover http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/09/bloggersbase-readers-influence/#comment-377962 Ben Dover Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:46:31 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=11490#comment-377962 HI BEN DOVER I SAW U AT SCHOOL 2DAY HI BEN DOVER I SAW U AT SCHOOL 2DAY

]]> By: Ben Dover http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/09/bloggersbase-readers-influence/#comment-377961 Ben Dover Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:43:05 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=11490#comment-377961 FRESH homy... pump it (shabazzzz) FRESH homy… pump it (shabazzzz)

]]> By: all the gear no idea http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/09/bloggersbase-readers-influence/#comment-377960 all the gear no idea Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:42:23 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=11490#comment-377960 wadd up fools wadd up fools

]]> By: Ben Dover http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/09/bloggersbase-readers-influence/#comment-377959 Ben Dover Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:41:28 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=11490#comment-377959 its my birthday its my birthday

]]> By: Ben Dover http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/09/bloggersbase-readers-influence/#comment-377958 Ben Dover Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:40:31 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=11490#comment-377958 hi all the gear no idea how r u? hi all the gear no idea how r u?

]]> By: Ben Dover http://thenextweb.com/2009/02/09/bloggersbase-readers-influence/#comment-377957 Ben Dover Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:09:00 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=11490#comment-377957 vote communism vote communism

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