A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1. Chapter 5

   • Scrooge awakes cheerful and bouncy while talking of how excited he is for the day and asks a young boy outside what day it is to which the boy replies "chnristmas day" Scrooge then gives the boy money to get the largest turkey which was "double the size of tiny tim" and take it to bob cratchits house while giving the boy a cab to get there. He then apologises the the charity man who had visited him the day before and gives him a very large doation before visitsinghis nephew and family for christmas dinner to which they were estatic and the next day gives bob a large pay rise and supports his family, thus saving tiny tims life and beoming 'a second father' to him

2. Chapter 1

   • Key Events
     • When scrooge's nephew came to visit, Scrooge did not wish to pay him any attention nor was he thankful fir his visit. He instead Questioned how his nephew could be happy without money, which his nephew returns by asking Scrooge how he could be so Misserable while being so rich. Scrooge Had no answer to this and explains how he is surrounded by fools and ignores all if his nephews attempts to have scrooge over for christmas dinner his nephew then leaves ats scrooges request
     • The Ghost of Scrooges former business partner comes to haunt Scrooge and tells him he wears chains that he's forged in life by being so ingenerous and selfish and warns Scrooge of the same fate of never being able to rest in death. Marley warns Scrooge he will be visited by three spirits and leaves, Scrooge then looks out his window to see thousands of ghosts, many of whom he knew in life, chained down like marley and attempting to hept the living bbut are unable to due to their chains holding them down
     • When two men came to Scrooge in look for donations to the poor for christmas, Scrooge replies to them by asking "Is there no prisons" " Is there no work houses?" which leads to the men replying in shock "The poor would rather die than be in prisons or workhouses" Scrooge then says to them that the poor should "Hurry up and die" with the men seeing their attemps were going no where they then soon left
     • Scrooge's employee Bob Cratchit asks if he could have christmas day off impying that it is only one day of the year that he requests it. Scrooge Then replies by asking why he should pay for no days work and tells Cratchit to be at work in the morning to which he agrees
     • Scrooge is visited by Carol singer on his door step and before the young boy can finish the first line of his christmas song he is scared away by Scrooge
   • Characters Presentation
     • Scrooges nephew - Merry and happy
     • Marley - Remourseful and sorrowful
   • Key Quotations
     • "Oh- he was tight fisted Scrooge! Hard And Sharp as flint"
   • Writers Intentions

3. Chapter 2

   • Key Events
     • The first of three spirits comes to visit scrooge and shows him his past. Scrooge is taken to his youth where he is at first happy to see the place he grew up but when he is shown him as a child in school, by himself and not playing with the other children, Scrooge reacts to this by bursting into tears and exclaiming how sorry he feels for the' ,poor boy,'. Scrooge then is shown his sister at a young age when he is leaving school, showing her love for christmas and her brother, telling him how excited she is to be spending christmas with him, the ghost then reveals to the reader that she died as a younger woman and the nephew from the begginging of the story was her only chold
     • Scrooge is next taken to see him as a young aprentice under fezziwigg who loved to throw parties for his friends. upon seeing him scrooge became extatic in reminition of how kind fezziwigg was to him and the ghost shows scrooge how fezziwigg is happy to spend his money making others happy as he did scrooge uncaring of the status of his friends.
     • Scrooge is then taken to watch as his former fiance tells him he is no longer the man he was as money has changed him and it replaces her in his life, he is unable to deny what she says and so she leaves him, scrooge is distraught and begs for the spirit to take him away from what is happening. The ghost lastly takes scrooge to see his former fiance and her family much later in her life, she is told by her husband that he has seen her former friend mr scrooge when his partner marley was on his death bed but this is cut short when scrooge fights for the spitit to remove him so he doesnt have to see any more of whats taking place and so the spirit does so.
   • showing the same merryness as her son who reminds scrooge of her

4. Chapter 4

   • Scrooge meets with the ghost of Christmas yet to come who does not speak a word to him but instead takes him to a group of men who are discussing the funeral of a man who had died. they yawn as they talk of his death and laugh at the speak of attending his funeral while their only interest is what the man has done with his money. He is then taken to a group of others who once worked for scrooge and are also talking of this mans death while taking turns in stealing which of his belongings they desired - while talking about how he wouldnt need these in death and making jokes. this horrifies scrooge as he does not know who the men are talking of but he tells the spirit he understands this could be his fate; no one caring of his passing.
   • Scrooge is next taken to a man who is telling his wife about the death of this man to which she is joyful for she was in debt to him. Scrooge is then taken to Bob cratchits house where it is revealed in the future tiny tim is now dead and bob is discussing with his wife that he had seen scrooges nephew who had offered to help bob if he is ever in need, Bob tells his family they shall stay happy and never forget tiny tim. Scrooge then walks past his work and looks to find that all inside has changed while he looks for himself and can never find him in this future. The ghost then shows Scrooge his own grave and reveals the dead man was him to which Scrooge begs for an alternate future where he can be kind and generous.

5. Chapter 3

   • Scrooge is introduced to the second ghost, christmas present where he tells the spirit "Conduct me where you will. I went forth last night and i learned a lesson which is working now. Tonight, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it ". He is taken by the ghost to his employee bob cratchets home where he watches as the cratchit family get ready for christmad dinner. Although Mrs cratchit admits she "had her doubts about the quantity of flour" the family continue to praise her for her cooking and "Nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding for such a large family" everyone continued to be amazed and largely greatful for the meal as it was only once a year they could eat in this manor.
   • Scrooge is shown how happy the cratchit family is despite being poor and is then introduced to mr and mrs cratchits son tiny tim who is very ill and yet him and his family continue to stay positive and jolly. Scrooge asks the ghost if tiny tim will live as he feels hugely empathetic for the young boy, and pleads for him to not to die - to which the ghost answers with the words scrooge had once before said "If he be like to die, he had better do it and decrease the surplus population." Scrooge then hears mrs cratchit refer to him as an "odeous, stingy, hard and unfeeling man"
   • Scrooge is then taken to see his nephew and his wife along with their family as they enjoy playing games after a christmas meal. Scrooge hears his nephews wife and her sisters express their dislike towards scrooge and his nephew replies with "His offenceses carry their own punishment" meaning scrooges hatered only effects himself by keeping him misserable and alone. Scrooge enjoys the games the family play and calls out the answers although they cannot hear him and he begs the spirit to stay longer and finish one last game.
   • Scrooge is introduced to two "Meagre, ragged, Scowling and wolfish children; a boy and a girl. Scrooge asks if the children belonged to the spirit which the spirit replies by calling them "mankinds" children then tells scrooge they are ignorance and wantand to be weary of them as they are followed by doom. when scrooge asks "Have they no refuge" the spirit once again returns with Scrooges own words "Are there no prisons?" "Are there no workhouses?" Before disapearing