The title of this novel is A Christmas Carol, which is written by Charles Dicken. In this novel, the main character, Scrooge, has a callous personal. He doesn't recognize poverty, kindness, and love. During nights, he faced the four ghosts, who were trying to teach him life lessons. After that, he realizes money is not the only thing that matters in the world. Scrooge learns a great deal about himself and the world him as a result of the visits by the spirits.
Marley is Scrooge's former business partner, but he died seven years ago. Marley's face came up to Scrooge on Christmas Eve to warn Scrooge. The warning is about Scrooge's cruel actions towards people. Unless he changes his ways, he would be wearing the big chains. Marley hopes to save his old partner from suffering a similar fate. He is symbolized by the big chain, which is partly made up of money cases and keys. The chain represents greedy and evil deeds on the earth. Scrooge learned that he will also have to wear big chains, if he doesn't change his actions on the community. He found out about needs in this world and the real job of mankind is to involve in the community.
The Ghost of Christmas Past is the first spirit to visit Scrooge, and has a child body with a shining head. The Ghost of Christmas Past is the soul of the disagreement of Scrooge's youth and old age. A beam of light display from his head is to show the truth about his past. Scrooge tried to put out the light when he feels that he is unable to hold the memories that the ghost is showing to him. Scrooge learned he is alone and neglected when he was young. With the presentation of Scrooge past, the ghost makes him to realize that he has changed considerably from who he was when he was young. The ghost also makes him to realize what he is capable of doing about society. It makes him to recognize the good people living in the society, such as Belle and Fezziwig.
The Ghost of Christmas Present, who has magic torch, shows Scrooge the homes of Bob Cratchit and Scrooge's nephew, Fred. As the time passes the ghost, who was young when he first became visible to Scrooge, seems to get older. The ghost represents how plenty is the resources, which includes joy, around the society. His torch is in the shape of the Horn of Plenty and when he sprinkles the magic juice on the people, they are filled with the kindness and joyfulness. In both homes, the family members think about Scrooge, although he hasn't been good to either his clerk, or his nephew. Seeing upon that, Scrooge learned there are people, who care about him, and how he is isolated from the society. He also got to realize that a person can be living happily without necessarily get rich. Scrooge figured out that want and ignorance are dangerous for the society.
The Ghost of Christmas Future is partly invisible, and its shows Scrooge about what happen when he dies. The ghost brings the warning of his pitiless death, which is reflected by his past actions. It made comparison between his death and the regretful death of Tim. Viewing upon that, Scrooge realizes there are only a few people who mourn for his death. On the other hand, he saw a lot of people mourning for poor little Tim. Scrooge learned that in this world, a person shouldn't expect more than what he or she put into society. Finally, Scrooge gain knowledge of how he must change to become a more generous person if he want to live happy as little Tim.
The results of the visits by the spirits, Scrooge learns about himself as well as the world. It is important to read this book because it gives the reader about knowledge on greediness. It also shows how important to live happily during a life span. This book is important to me because I want to make my life model as little Tim. They live very happily during his short life time.
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