plot

• Progression of Themes in the Novel

  Beginning = loves money.

  End = cares about people.

  
• Spirit 1

  Ghost of Christmas past. Shows Scrooge he used to be nice--he liked his sister and fiancee.

  
• Spirit 2

  Ghost of Christmas present. Shows Scrooge the Cratchits are nice, Scrooge's nephew & his friends make fun of him.

  
• Spirit 3

  Ghost of Christmas future. Shows Scrooge will be dead, and people will be happy. Tiny Tim will be dead, and his family will be sad.

  
• Bob Cratchit

  Works for Scrooge. Nice, loves family. Poor but still has a big Christmas dinner.

  
• Tiny Tim

  Cratchit's son. One leg doesn't work.

  
• Fezziwigs

  Scrooge's first boss. Nice, spent money to make people happy.

  
• Jacob Marley

  Scrooge's dead business partner. Warns Scrooge to be nice before it's too late.

  
• Fred

  Scrooge's nephew. Thinks Scrooge is a miser.

  
• miser

  love money, don't spend it

  
• Why does Scrooge hate Christmas?

  Expensive, friend died on Christmas Eve; lost his fiancee (dumped)
• "If they had rather die, they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population." WHO said it? WHY?

  Scrooge said, because he doesn't like poor people.
• "Another idol has displaced me." WHO said it? WHY?

  Scrooge's fiancee said, because he started liking money too much (greedy).
• What does the Christmas PAST look like?

  candle

  
• What is one thing the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Future) shows Scrooge?

  Scrooge's tombstone, Tiny Tim's death, pawnshop (sell his things)

  
• being everywhere at the same time

  ubiquitous

  
• What does Scrooge think is causing him to see Jacob Marley's ghost at first?

  food poisoning, tummy ache

  
• "A small matter to make these silly folks so full of gratitude. Is that so much that he deserves this praise?" WHO said it? WHY?

  Ghost of Christmas Past, saying Fezziwig had the Christmas party to make everyone happy

  
• "Without their visits, you cannot hope to shun the path I tread." WHO said it? WHY?

  Jacob Marley, telling Scrooge why he should listen to the ghosts

  
• Whose face appears in the door knocker of Scrooge's house?

  Jacob Marley

  
• What is one place the Ghost of Christmas Present took Scrooge?

  Cratchit's house, nephew's (Fred's) house
• What is the good deed that Scrooge does for Bob Cratchit on Christmas?

  buys him a turkey, gives him more money

  
• Why is Scrooge surprised to find it is only Christmas day?

  He thought it was supposed to take 3 nights.
• too ready to believe something is true (gullible)

  credulity

  
• "I will honor Christmas." WHO said it? WHY?

  Scrooge, saying he is good now

  
• What does Scrooge do at his nephew's house in the last stave? Why does he go there?

  eats dinner

  
• not clear or known about, mysterious

  obscure

  
• well-meaning, kindly, nice

  benevolence

  
• unexplainable

  inexplicable

  
• What does the final spirit look like?

  Death, Grim Reaper

  
• feeling regret or remorse

  repentance

  
• having a lot of space,

  capacious

  
• without basic necessities of life

  destitute

  
• Historical period

  ninteeth century England 1843
• Fan


  scrooges sister who dies giving birth t her son, Fred. She represents innocence
• below

  a beautiful woman who scrooge loved and was engaged to ; after he becomes obsessed with money , she married another man
• 1. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge makes his clerk, Bob Cratchit, work in the cold.
• 2. He refuses an invitation to his nephew Fred's Christmas party and will not give money to the charity collectors
• 3. At home he is visited by the ghost of his old business partner, Marley.
• 4. The Ghost of Christmas Past wakes Scrooge and shows him moments from his childhood, his apprenticeship and his failed engagement.