| Ebenezer Scrooge is a hard-heartened old businessman who hates Christmas and often acts like he hates his fellow men as well, or at least does not care for them. He is stern and demanding with his underpaid clerk Bob Cratchit, barely agreeing to let him have a day off on Christmas; he is not kind to his nephew Fred. When Fred comes to wish Scrooge a merry Christmas and invite him over for a Christmas dinner party, Scrooge ridicules him and refuses to come.
That night Ebenezer Scrooge has an unexpected visitor, and an unusual one, too – the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley. Jacob, who was very much like Scrooge in his life, cold and uncaring, is now miserable because of it. He wears a heavy chain that he says he had forged in life when he was thinking only about making money instead of helping those around him. Jacob warns that Scrooge is heading in the same direction. He tells Scrooge that in order to give him a chance to escape such a fate he will be visited by three spirits. The first Spirit is the Ghost of Christmas Past. He takes Scrooge on a journey to his childhood, showing him what a lonely boy he was, abandoned in a boarding school when all other children went home for Christmas. He shows him his now dead sister, Fan, to whom Scrooge was very attached. Then Scrooge gets to see the lady he loved but never married because he thought making a career was more important. Scrooge is very touched by these visions; his transformation begins. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - thoughtful Time/era of story - 1600-1899 Internal struggle/realization? Yes Struggle over Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 60's-90's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - none Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 6 () Europe Yes European country: - England/UK City? Yes City: - London Writing Style Amount of dialog - significantly more descript than dialog |
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