A New Start

Stave 5,  Scrooge basically becomes a better person at the start of the chapter. Scrooge wakes up from his sleep and realizes he is in his room and his house. He is joyful and pointed out the places where the spirits and Jacob Marley had been. Scrooge then heads out to town. He sees a kid and asks him what day it is and the boy responds that it is Christmas day! Scrooge becomes excited and tells the kid that if he goes and gets the biggest turkey and in return Scrooge gives the boy money. He sends the turkey to the Cratchits' house. Scrooge then sees the gentleman from the other day. He wished the gentleman a merry Christmas and the man was surprised. Scrooge then heads to Fred's house and they spend a delightful dinner together as a family. Afterward, Scrooge is waiting for Bob to arrive to work. When Bob comes Scrooge tells him he will raise Bob's salary. Bob is taken by surprised, Scrooge also helps with Tiny Tim. Scrooge becomes a second father to Tiny Tim and Tiny Tim does not die by the next Christmas!

In my opinion, Scrooge's reaction to the spirit was a good one. He did change for the best and that is good. Now, he is helping a lot of people, he is surely keeping the Christmas Spirit in his heart and is trying to help everyone. It seemed nice to me that Scrooge raised Bob's salary and helped the Cratchit family without wanting anything in return. Also, Scrooge and Fred have a stronger relationship because they are starting to spend more time with each other and Scrooge is also more positive and realized that Fred had also suffered from Fan's death. Scrooge also becomes like a second father to Tiny Tim and the other children which is nice. Scrooge now has someone who will care for him and more people will come to his funeral which might be very soon! He surely changed his future by simple being nicer and more open to the people in town.