The past

• What is Dickens trying to say about our past ?

  Our past dramatically influences our future decisions
• How is the affect on the past presented on Scrooge ?

  Through how his Father abandoned him when he was younger and

  Through how his wife, Belle Abandoned him
• What is the affect of Belle's daughter on Scrooge ?

  It makes him reflect that he will never get that experience to have a daughter
• How did Scrooge's abandonment affect him to choose Belle as his bride ?

  He wanted to recreate the abandonment his father gave him when he was younger and picked Belle someone who is much younger than him be more likely to abandon him.
• How does Scrooge's abandonment and isolation of Fred change at the end of the novella ?

  Scrooge seeks Fred out and goes to his party.