Scrooge After the Ghosts

Question 1

“I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.”

Answer 1

-Scrooge has finally truly transformed turning from a miserly, selfish person to someone who embraces love and compassion, promising to keep the spirit of Christmas alive in his heart

Question 2

“I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a school boy”

Answer 2

-This transformation has changed Scrooge physically and mentally
-Dickens present the benefits of being generous of how happy you become

Question 3

“A merry Christmas to everybody!”

Answer 3

-After the spirts support Scrooge has truly changed loving Christmas and everybody

Question 4

“I’ll give you a shilling”
“turkey”
“I’ll send it to Bob Cratchits”…

Answer 4

-His generosity sprouts and he gives money to a boy to buy the Cratchit a turkey.
-Sends it anonymously Dickens present Scrooges first kind act towards to the poor

Question 5

“Scrooge regarded everyone with a delighted smile”

Answer 5

-In contrast to himself in Stave 1 where he is repulsive to other now he is much kinder, appealing, affectionate, joyful, friendly man

Question 6

“A great many back payments”

Answer 6

-Scrooge is more generous then ever in comparison with him in Stave 1 where he doesn’t donate to the portly gentle men in stave 5 he donates to the Portly gentleman

Question 7

“He was a second father”

Answer 7

-At the end of the novella he ends up helping Tiny Tim which stops him from dying as foreshadowed by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

Question 8

“God bless us, everyone!”

Answer 8

-The novella ends with Tiny Tim saying “god bless us everyone!” Dickens uses this last heart warming message telling the reader that poverty can be overcome if everyone in society helps to become more generous and kind