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A Christmas Carol

__The Ghost of Christmas Present__ The purpose of the Ghost of Christmas Present was to show Scrooge all the things that he is missing especially spending time with relatives and the Cratchits. He took Scrooge on a journey through town and showed him a hut of coal miners many generations of them sitting around the fire. Even though, they didn’t have many things and had dangerous jobs they were happy on Christmas just because they were all together. They went to Scrooge’s nephew’s house, Tim, where he was having a Christmas party. Scrooge was invited to this party but decided not to go. He saw how much fun everybody at the party was having. He ended up regretting not going to the party. Next, they went to Bob Cratchit’s home, who is Scrooge’s clerk. They are poor and even though they don’t have a lot of money they are still happy at Christmas time. Also, they have a sickly son who is crippled named Tiny Tim. Even though they have a lot of troubles and everybody in there family isn’t healthy they still are happy. This Ghost taught Scrooge that don’t need possessions to be happy all you need is family and people that care about you because that is what he saw in these families he observed around Christmas time.

__The Ghost of Jacob Marley__ The purpose of Jacob Marley was to show what would happen to Scrooge if he continued his life in the way he was currently going. In other words, he was supposed to “warn” Scrooge. His other purpose was to inform Scrooge that three Spirits would be visiting him over the course of three nights. Jacob Marley has chains wrapped around him and cashboxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, and deeds hanging from the chains. They were tying him down and not allowing him to peacefully rest. Now, he has to roam the Earth looking at all the bad things occurring that he could have stopped in his lifetime but is no longer able to do. He wants Scrooge to really understand that if he continues to live his life full of greed and want then he will end up just like Jacob Marley or even worse when he dies. Jacob Marley didn’t actually bring Scrooge anywhere but he showed Scrooge an important lesson about his future. This affected Scrooge by scaring him.

__The Ghost of Christmas Past__ The purpose of the Ghost of Christmas Past was to show Scrooge his past which he was hiding from and make him face all the things that he went through. He takes him to the town that he grew up in, and makes Scrooge remember how mean his father was to him and his little sister, Fan. Scrooge was sent away, and was alone at Christmas until his little sister appeared and told him that their father had changed and wanted them to come home. This made Scrooge remember the death of Fan.