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Starting with this extract, write how the character of Scrooge changes in A Christmas Carol.

Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol

Read the following extract from Chapter 5 and then answer the question that follows.

In this extract, Scrooge has arrived at work on Boxing day.
But he was early at the office next morning. Oh, he was early
there. If he could only be there first, and catch Bob Cratchit coming
late! That was the thing he had set his heart upon.
And he did it; yes, he did! The clock struck nine. No Bob. A
quarter past. No Bob. He was full eighteen minutes and a half behind his time. Scrooge sat with his door wide open, that he might see him come into the Tank.
His hat was off, before he opened the door; his comforter too. He was on his stool in a jiffy; driving away with his pen, as if he were
trying to overtake nine o’clock.
“Hallo!” growled Scrooge, in his accustomed voice, as near as he could feign it. “What do you mean by coming here at this time of day?”
“I am very sorry, sir,” said Bob. “I am behind my time.”
“You are?” repeated Scrooge. “Yes. I think you are. Step this
way, sir, if you please.”
“It’s only once a year, sir,” pleaded Bob, appearing from the
Tank. “It shall not be repeated. I was making rather merry yesterday, sir.”
“Now, I’ll tell you what, my friend,” said Scrooge, “I am not
going to stand this sort of thing any longer. And therefore,” he
continued, leaping from his stool, and giving Bob such a dig in the
waistcoat that he staggered back into the Tank again; “and therefore I am about to raise your salary!”


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Starting with this extract, write how the character of Scrooge changes in A Christmas Carol.


Write about:

• how Scrooge is shown to have changed in this extract
• how Scrooge is shown to have changed in the novel as a whole.

Answer 1

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How Scrooge is shown to have changed in this extract:
Scrooge was very harsh with everyone that had to pay him back or work for him. Once he saw Bob's situation as a father who only wanted to bring joy, food, and everything else his children wanted he realized that Bob works hard not because of money but because of the love of a father. The main reason Scrooge changed his mind about Bob was because of Tiny Tim's condition.

In chapter 4, where Scrooge met the last Ghost of Christmas, which represented the fear of death, Scrooge asked the Ghost if Tim will die and the Ghost replied: "Yes, he could". From what I remember, Tiny Tim died in the timeline that the last Ghost showed Scrooge, but he was saved by Scrooge's charity in another.


How Scrooge is shown to have changed in the novel as a whole:
Scrooge hated Christmas because of his past and became cold-hearted and mean. Once he learned he had to leave the past behind and forget what happened he started to see the situation he put a lot of people in, but also how people reacted to his death. One thing he had throughout the story was character development. Being hurt in the past and remembered the pain every Christmas, closing himself to others, and being mean, but in the end, he realized his mistakes and wanted to make a change to save the future of his timeline.

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If you want to know more about the story but you don't have time to read or simply hate reading, then you should listen to the audiobook or watch the animated movie!

I hope it was helpful!