A Christmas Carol Stave 4 Fishbowl 12/11

• 3rd ghost said nothing
• significance?
• symbolizing a bleak future
• scrooge’s death
• page 110
• epiphany
• open to ghosts help
• page 108
• tiny tim death reaction is different than scrooges
• spirits hand trembles, why?
• the future isn't definite
• “the kind hand”
• progression of ghosts
• helped him
• made him want to change
• why does scrooge want to change?
• is it for selfish reasons?
• is it to help others?
• ghost shows him the cratchit’s house after tiny tims death
• could give money to to the cratchit’s to help tiny tim get better
• page 102
• scrooge tried to look at the body on the bed, but he couldn’t; was powerless
• theme of power
• people were talking about his scrooges death like a casual conversation, they didn’t care he was gone
• wondering if they could make a profit from him like he made a profit from them
• dickens was trying to demonstrate why people should be good
• they have the power to change for the better or for worse
• why does scrooge block out his nephew? why does scrooge hate christmas?
• reminds him of his sister, his sister loved christmas
• brings him pain to think about her
• scrooge hides himself from love instead of surrounding himself with loved ones
• thinks that in order to be happy, he has to be rich
• he doesn’t really have anyone who cares for him
• dickens got part of the story from his childhood
• 3rd phantom didn’t talk, but scrooge knew he had to change and take responsibility
• last ghost scared him more than the others, like how the future scares him
• jacob marley regrets what he did in his life to gain the chains, and wants to spare scrooge from the same fate
• at the time, english society looked down on the poor