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A christmas Carol final paper. Every now and then, it is hard for a person to realize
they have done wrong, until someone brings it to their attention. ...
... In 1843 he began "A Christmas Carol" working on it until ... He also published his Christmas
book "The Haunted Man ... His final public speaking took place in London in ...
... A Christmas Carol, the first of Dickens's enormously successful ... what would be his
last Christmas book, The ... Dickens's final public readings took place in London ...
... He obtained a job at the best paper in London ... time he wrote the classical tale A
Christmas Carol which he ... publication of this book he took the final step toward ...
... He obtained a job at the best paper in London ... time he wrote the classical tale A
Christmas Carol which he ... publication of this book he took the final step toward ...
Submitted by shawty2134 on April 13, 2008
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Every now and then, it is hard for a person to realize they have done wrong, until someone brings it to their attention. Admitting to your mistakes and previous decisions, can sometimes be the hardest thing in life. Eventually, everyone makes bad choices, but it is possible to fix what they have done wrong, and make everything right again. Scrooge, from the novel, A Christmas Carol, makes many awful choices in his lifetime, but on one very special Christmas Eve, he is given a chance to glue his life back together. This gives him a chance to make better choices for his own future. Scrooge is guided by three spirits who open his eyes to see what kind of a person he is, and how he affects other people. The three spirits in A Christmas Carol embody the major steps in Scrooge’s transformation- the recollections (good and bad) of memory, the awakening of senses and sensitivity, and the awareness of death.
The Ghost of Christmas Past visits Scrooge to show and remind him what love was once like, before materialism began conquering his life. The ghost is childlike, innocent, and pure, but the white, long hair, muscles, and mature body gives it an older appearance. The strangest feature of the ghost is a beam of white, clear light that shot from the crown of its head. This is a metaphor, because the ghost shows Scrooge the light, and reminds him of his youth, gradually advancing to his older, more mature years; just like the ghost’s physical appearance. The ghost brings back the excruciating memories of Scrooge’s past, by taking him back to Christmas in his previous years. They first visit Scrooge’s old school. Scrooge sees a young man reading near a fire, all alone, and realizes, the young boy is him. He feels sorry for himself, and remembers that he alienated himself from others during his youth. Scrooge feels pity for himself and says, “I wish.” The spirit then asks him what is wrong. Scrooge replies, “Nothing. There was a boy...
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