So far in stave two, Scrooge was visited by another spirit. He is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past. This spirit is using regret to make Scrooge change his ways. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge through old memories that had took place on old christmases. He's taken back to his childhood, where he was neglected by his father and very lonely like he is now. He is reminded of this little boy caroler that had shown at his door. He regrets treating the child like that because he must've felt like how Scrooge felt as a young child. He is also reminded of Fan. Fan was his sister who had died giving birth to his nephew, Fred. Fred is Scrooge's living reminder of the death of his sister, and Scrooge blames him for the death of his sister. Now, Scrooge is regretting why he treats Fred the way he does. Fred is his only living family member and realizes that he has had a bad life. The Ghost of Christmas Past takes Scrooge to when he was an apprentice, alongside Dick Wilkins, to Fezziwig, the man who had gotten Scrooge into accounting. Fezziwig was a jolly fellow, and he allowed Scrooge to not work on Christmas or Christmas Eve because they would party. Fezziwig would dance with Mrs. Fezziwig. Scrooge described Fezziwig as the best dancer.
So far, I think that Scrooge is beginning to learn his lesson about being the way he is. We see that Scrooge is happy to remember the happier days in his childhood. He had family and he did not hate the holidays as he does now. I like how the spirit is using the feeling of remorse and regret to change Scrooge's mind. Regret is a strong emotion. Since Scrooge is a "product of his past", more things would've happened to make him this way. We see that Fezziwig is a happy and jolly man, who had the same occupation as Scrooge. Scrooge was even happy to see Fezziwig alive and dancing again. Yet, Scrooge is not as happy as he is, and he doesn't treat his workers the same. This interests me. How do you feel about this? Do you think Scrooge is just beginning to change, or the change has not even started?
I agree with you, I think that Scrooge is learning a lesson from just seeing his past memories, and how is was compared to how he is now. I think that for past it is a good idea to make Scrooge feel regret, because it is a good comparison for Scrooge to see how he acted in his past compared to how he acts in the present. I think that something must have happened to Scrooge in the next memory to make him become angry. I think that Scrooge may think he will change, but it will take all three of the spirits to change Scrooge's mind, otherwise there would be no need for all three, but since there is, every spirit will change some part of Scrooge's mind to make him change into a good person for ever.
ReplyDeleteI like that you put questions at the end of your post. I agree with you that Scrooge is learning his lesson. Scrooge has seen the good things that have happened in his life. He has also seen some of the big mistakes he has made. BY seeing his past Scrooge starts to regret and ant to change his ways. I don't think this will be enough to make Scrooge change forever. Yes, Scrooge is a product of his past but he has been pushing his past away from him his whole life so seeing it now won't make a difference.
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