In Charles dickens novella, ‘A Christmas carol’ you see that the minor characters do in fact have the greatest impact on both the reader and the main character, Scrooge. Scrooge is an unlikable horrible character who has no sympathy for the poor but throughout the novel, you see Scrooge slowly start to change. Important messages through the novel are shown by the minor characters, this helps Scrooge finally see that money cannot buy you happiness and opens reader’s eyes up to the harsh reality going on in the industrial revolution. This suggests to readers that treating the poor in the way Scrooge has is wrong. Minor Characters like the portly gentlemen, Scrooges ex-fiancé, Bell and Fezziwig are a huge part of Scrooges Journey of becoming a better person.
It was Christmas Eve. Hearing his clerk wish his nephew a merry Christmas Scrooge said “my clerk, with fifteen shillings a week, and a wife and family, talking about a merry Christmas”. Dickens is trying to express how Scrooge could not see what all the fuss was about; his clerk was paid very badly and even though he did not have much was willing to spend money on one day. Also how Cratchit was looking forward to spending time with his family. Dickens also writes how Scrooge treated his Nephew Fred, badly, his nephew and only living relative is a very cheerful man who loves Christmas.
Chapters 1-7 Chris McCandless is a very odd person, and a very awkward character that makes the reader think he is crazy for leaving his perfectly fine family and sister behind to go die in the woods somewhere. You can tell he wasn’t the brightest color in the crayon box by the people he associated himself with as well. Crazy Ernie, for example, is a prime character to look to for a reflection of McCandless in. Chris worked for him to make some money but when he realized Ernie had no intention of paying him, he left. This doesn’t say that he was a materialistic person, just a reasonable man that chose to do what any other normal person would do, and stole a bike for his work and left.
What’s immoral about Willys characterization is his false pride and his unwillingness to see life for what it is. So instead Willy continues to lie to himself and to others. In the novela Willy refuses to believe that himself and his family isnt successful. Willy is around sixty years old and he is a salesman, a salesman with no knowledge of what it actually takes to be a salesmen. Over the many years he was a salesman he always believed that it was people liking him was what made a salesmen.
Section 1 1- Adjectives describing scrooge- Pusillanimous, nonchalant, Sinner, Mean and miserly, Selfish, not liked, unpopular. - Jacob Marley was Scrooge's old business partner 2- they’re both selfish,greedy,and cheap also work in da same business 3- Marley arrives in the beginning of the book as a warning not only that three spirits will be visiting Scrooge but because he cares about Scrooge and doesn't want him to have to suffer the same fate as he is. Marley explains to Scrooge that his chain is twice as long as Marley's chain is already and warns him of what his life as a spirit would be like. 4- . Marley's fate is that he must travel the world in pure torture, carrying chains with the burdens and mistakes of his past; the chain is attached to items that represent
He is complicit in Dwight’s attempt to lure Rosemary; he finds that they are too deeply entwined to stop the prevent carnage. Dwight’s attempts to “improve” Toby and turn him into a “man”, highlight the extreme vulnerability and sense of powerlessness that pervade many of the surrogate father figures in the novel. Dwight constantly sets him up for ridicule. For example, he makes him “shuck” horse chestnuts without gloves, which is an incredibly difficult task. His fingers become covered with a yellow stain and people think that he is hygienically unclean.
Although the line, “no-one had got around to fixing it up yet”, shows that he is still seeing everything as a product that has the potential to be fixed. The fifth stanza has an angry tone as Dawe describes people as being “godless, money-hungry, backstabbing and miserable”. In this stanza, his childhood ends and he enters adulthood, this is shown through the line “goodbye stars and soft cries in the corner”, the once innocent child has now become a greedy business man who is selfish and ruthless. In stanza six, his wife (Alice), is driving him home from a not so good dinner party, as he is angry and getting annoyed with his wife, “now take it easy on those curves, Alice, for God’s sake…” they crash. His last words “watch it” demonstrates the irony of being a product, as if to watch it on
Christmas time is usually viewed as the time of forgiveness, kindness, and the goodness it inspires in people. However, the main character Scrooge, is a cold, money-pinching grouch. He does not believe in Christmas spirit, or any kind of gentleness. However,
Tommy tells them that he sold his soul to the devil and from there the men know that they are making a mistake and something bad is going to happen. As soon as the men start to think they are away from trouble, things get worse when they pick up a guy who just sold his soul to the
Asher Gevisser Mrs. Nonhoff-Zieg English 1 Honors, period 2 1 November 2012 Morals of the Expectations “All men are created equal” (Thomas Jefferson). Relative to this world-renowned quote, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations prominently stresses that it should not be the wealth or class, but the loyalty and affection of an individual that determines a true “gentleman.” At first, this novel creates a dark, unsympathetic environment where only the few wealthy enough to own it, control it. During a visit to the most up-scale house in town, the beautiful and rich, yet cruel and arrogant Estella harasses Pip, the protagonist, because “[his] hands [are] so coarse and [his] boots [are] so thick” (1.8.71). Estella, even being the same age as Pip, assumes the superior position as a result of her wealth and class. She disapproves those who have less; despite the fact she stands nowhere near as polite.