URGENT HELP!! on a christmas carol exam tomorow?

Question

hey im writing my exam tomorow and i need to explain how scrooge turns into a good character from a bad on!! please help me its tomrorow

thanks for everyones help :)

thank you everyone i now understand thanks for everyone that put a detailed answer in it really helped and i did read a summary i just dont know the detail in the story

Answer 1

Ask yourself which ghost influenced Scooge the most then you'll have your answer.
Ghost of Christmas Past: The first ghost to visit Scrooge, the small, elderly figure represents memory.

Ghost of Christmas Present: A giant clad in robes, this ghost has 1800 brothers and a life span of one day. He represents celebration and charity.

Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come: This solemn, silent phantom represents death, but also the presents the possibility that the future is not determined, but open to the free will of humans.
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/carol

Then Open the link below and book mark for future helps from the sources on the left. ie; Gradesaver, Spark Notes etc.
Charles Dickens Links and Resources
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Answer 2

Yikes! Writing exam tomorrow! Sounds like somebody didn't read the book, or watch one of the eight versions that show up on TV every year at this time.

Google "A Christmas Carol" and see if there's any way you could view the movie tonight--like Netflix would have it as a download probably. It's best to read the literary version, but in a pinch, the version where Patrick Stewart or George C Scott plays Scrooge would give you the information you need.

To write about this story, you have to know who was in the story and what happened to Scrooge during the night before Christmas. I can tell you he was visited by three spirits who showed him his past, present, and possible future. Because he doesn't like the way he was treated in his death, he changes his attitude to try to save his life and heavenly soul.

Except you need to say it in your words, and you need to know what happened with each ghost you you can give details. I used to be an English teacher, now I'm a writer. I don't think you can fake your assignment if you don't know the story. Do you have a grandmother who would tell you the story? Most adults know it.

Good luck. Hope you tackle assignments a bit sooner next time. Putting adequate time into assignments is a sign of a mature responsible person--so shall we say, you have something to work on.

You might find something written about "Christmas Carol" at www.AssociatedContent.com. You could also check at Writing.com. Those are web sites where people write because they like to. Good luck, really!!!

Answer 3

Well, events lead up to this character's changing. The first ghost (The Ghost of Christmas Past) merely shows him what his christmas was like before, and (not to me, anyways) does not do much for him. The second shows how his employee is having a hard time during christmas, and starts his sympathy for him. Lastly, the third ghost shows that if he doesn't get a kind heart soon, he will end up dead, so in order to save his own skin, he becomes a kindhearted person, and begins with helping his employee have a better christmas.

Answer 4

First let me humbly say that this is an extremely facile exam question. That being said, Scrooge is mainly swayed when the Ghost of Christmas Present shows him the warmth and love in the poor family he has mistreated. And when the Ghost of Christmas Future shows him Tiny Tim's fate, he realizes that he has been a bad person and that he truly cares about the family. There might be other elements in there, but I can't remember, and hey, this is supposed to be ur responsibility anyway.

Answer 5

You probably should have read the book or watched one of the movies based on "A Christmas Carol".


Scrooge turns good after being visited by 3 ghosts & realizing that if he doesn't change his ways, he is going to die alone & that no one will mourn his passing.

Answer 6

what do you mean? havent you read the book? im only 14 and i have read the book, okay heres two things of why he does, the reader is meant to think he changes his mind because he learns good, and to care.

But here is the real reason the first ghost takes him to his past, and everything that brings him pain, then the second the present and the sad and gloomy because of him, and then the future, where he is going to die, because of how mean he acts, so really e changes for three reasons each he learned a lesson from each ghost, past , present, and future, 1. He remeber how many liek his lovely girlfirend leaves him becaus ehes so involved with money, everything in the past makes him sad, including the school he went to and stuff, and 2. the present, he sees how bad his cowworker and his family are doing and there son tim and how hes sturggling with health and he is soon to die as well ,abnd how poor they are, then 3. he sees himself dying which he does not wish to be in chains likle his friend hwo died, and came to him on chains and told him its not worth it.

So he changed becaus eof his past present and fututre, simply as that, he didnt want to die and be totrued for eternity, he knew how much pain he has given himself, and himself. And he changed from being scare dof his death, cruelness, and remorse fro mhis past, i think i pretty much werote a lot, hope i helped, im sure you can find a quick short story of it or the video cartoon real fast if you would liek to undertsand it more and watch it.

Answer 7

After he was visited by the ghosts of his late business partner, Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Future, Scrooge was made aware of the error of his way and was determined not to continue his miserly ways. If he had continued he would have ended up alone and hated in this life and doomed to an eternity of misery in the next life.

Answer 8

You've never seen ANY of the Christmas Carol movies?? The spirits (of Christmas past, present, and future) show him the error of his ways and "open his heart" to become a decent person. Go rent the old version with Alastair Simm! (or Sims?)

Answer 9

He sees the consequences of his actions on three different levels. First of all, his past and how he missed out on his one chance for love by choosing money over his girl. Secondly, in the present, his stingy ways giving his assistant a horrible quality of life, yet the assistant still is generous of heart towards him even when facing the imminent death of his son, Tiny Tim. Lastly, in the future he sees that Tim has died and noone even cared to come to his (Scrooge's) funeral.

Answer 10

He is shown the error of his ways. He is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future - and is made to remember the good times, see the conditions of those whom he should be concerned about & treating better - and then shown what will come to pass, if he doesn't change. He realizes that money isn't everything and that he's been stingy - not only with his money - but with his love - and that there is much more he can do for people - by spending time with them & being nice.
The following is from http://www.wisegeek.com/who-is-ebenezer-scrooge.htm
As the short novel progresses, Dickens uses the invention of Christmas “Ghosts” or “Spirits” to elucidate on Scrooge’s past and his future should he continue in his evil ways. One Spirit shows Scrooge a past that reminds him of his loneliness as a child, his abiding love for his sister, the kindness of his first employer and then the break-up of his relationship to a young woman.

These visions all begin to work on Scrooge mightily. In fact he sheds tears when seeing himself alone and abandoned in a school. His next vision into Christmas Present helps Scrooge grasp the importance of the holiday. Most essential is his visit to his clerk’s home, where we meet the clerk’s son Tiny Tim. The Spirit of Christmas Present’s prediction that Tiny Tim will die without good food and medical care is clearly a converting moment for Scrooge.

He willingly embraces the Spirit showing his future, but is terrified by his fate, of dying alone and the subject of jokes by old business associates. Scrooge is given the chance to change and responds accordingly, keeping “Christmas in his heart” ever afterward.

The transformation of Scrooge is interesting to witness. As well, though his character is at first unlikable, he quickly becomes both humorous and likeable. Dickens' method of delving in Scrooge’s past is an interesting psychological statement that holds consistent today. Many psychologists believe that poor behavior is a reflection of pain felt deep in childhood. Such is the case with Scrooge.

When Scrooge learns to pity himself, he can become empathetic to others. It is easy for him to suddenly relate to Tiny Tim, who earlier he would have dismissed as one of the “surplus population.” Scrooge’s complete reversal is sentimental but believable because Dickens has been sure to scribe the emotional path Scrooge takes to reform. Though sentimental, the change of heart in Scrooge is lovely to witness, and keeps people drawn to the popular book, and its numerous adaptations into plays and films