The Ghost Yet to Come came and visited Scrooge. The ghost is wearing a black garment covering its head and its body. The face is covered with darkness all the ghost shows is its hand. The ghost is a large phantom which represents the grim reaper and it is the physical representation of death. Scrooge is afraid of the ghost because he doesn't know what the ghost looks like. The ghost tries to use fear to change Scrooge. The ghost never speaks and it only points where it wants Scrooge to go. The first scene is that they go to London and observe two gentlemen talking about a dead man whose died. They say that the man who died was wealthy and that no one liked the man. The men don't know who the money is going to. The gentlemen don't know who would go to the funeral because the person had no family or friends. The men joke and say they will go to the funeral if there is free lunch. The second scene that the ghost shows Scrooge is two men mentioning Scrooge's death and Call him Old Scratch. The two men are making are happy that Scrooge is dead. The third scene is that the ghost and Scrooge go to a part of London in poverty. Joe and Mrs. Dilber are peddlers who get stuff and sell it on the black market. Mrs. Dilber has things from a person who died. Mrs. Dilber stole bed-curtains, blankets on top of the dead body, and pajamas of off the corpse. They are making fun of the person too. This person has died and no one cares or even knows the person is dead. Robbers found the person dead before anyone else found him. The ghost is trying to show Scrooge is that this will happen to him, if he doesn't change.
I think that Scrooge will change after the ghost shows Scrooge a few more scenes. Once, Scrooge figures out who the people are talking about, he will freak out and he will want to change. Fear is one of the most important emotions because this will make people change and they don't want to feel fear. After the ghost is done showing Scrooge the future, the spirits used the different emotions to change Scrooge. Scrooge will change because he doesn't want to feel fear again and doesn't want to feel all of the bad emotions he felt.
Aiden, you have a good summary in your first paragraph. You mention how the ghost represents the Grim Reaper. You also do a good job describing all three scenes and how unmoral each one get. I agree with you when you say that Scrooge will most likely change. There are a lot of powerful emotions, so he most likely change. I also agree that Scrooge doesn't want to feel all of this negative emotions.
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job summarizing what happened in this reading. You made sure to talk about all of the main points that happened in this reading. I agree with your opinion. I think that fear is a very powerful emotion and can be more powerful than regret and shame. I also think that Scrooge will change because of the final ghost but also because of the two other spirits that came to Scrooge.
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