Scrooge and Fan

   This chapter starts with Scrooge the next night spending most of his time after work was done contemplating if what he saw was a dream or real. He is debating it back and forth and finally goes to sleep at 2:00 A.M. However the clock was stuck at twelve A.M. when he tried to sleep. He tried to sleep though could not and finally remembered Jacob Marley said another ghost would visit him when the clock hit one. Scrooge already couldn't sleep so waited. It hit one nothing happened he felt triumphant until lights shined the curtains of Scrooge's bed flew off. The ghost of Christmas past had a very supernatural appearance looking young and old simultaneously. There was a clear jet of light from the crown if its head. The ghost led Scrooge through past Christmases, when he was a boy left alone. Another Christmas where his sister tried to lead him to his mean old father pretending he changed. Scrooge is getting really excited especially with people like Ali Baba. Scrooge gets really excited as he is about to talk to Fezziwig.

   Scrooge's sister died giving birth to a child. Scrooge rarely ever purposefully tries to assosciate himself with him. We are told in this chapter that Scrooge's sister's name is Fan and that she died a woman and gave birth to a son. Though this same son is always cheery in greeting his uncle Scrooge and always invites him for dinner even though he rejects the invitation every year on Christmas in a rather humiliating way. He never wants to do anything for the only person that will show up to his funeral. Year after year he denies him in his greetings I think it might be that he lost his sister and in the cause gained a nephew. Even though it is through no means the nephew's fault Scrooge seems to harbor resentment for that and never attempts at assosciating with him and denies his attempts. Scrooge for this reason does not spend time with him and blames him consciously or subconsciously. He was very close with his sister and Fan was the kindest person he ever knew.