Summary
So the Stave starts with the spirit of christmas yet to come, coming up to scrooge, Scrooge asks the spirit if he is the ghost of christmas yet to come, but during all the time scrooge tries to speak to him the ghost never responds. Then Scrooge tells the ghost that he is the one that he fears the most, out of all the three spirits, Scrooge could not see the ghosts face, but what he could see that he was a tall dark figure with a dark robe, and he has skeletal hands, so it is like the grim reaper. The ghost points to where he is going to take scrooge, and he takes him to the city, where they go to two merchants, and they are talking about scrooge's death, but scrooge, doesn't know that they are talking about him. The two men ask each other if they know what scrooge did with his money, one then comments that he didn't leave it to him, they both laugh, and they say that they bet that his funeral is going to be a cheap one, and that no one is going to go, and that the only way that they are going to go is if they provide a free lunch.
The Ghost then shows him a short scene, and two people mention scrooge, and call him old scratch, and say that they are happy that he is dead. The Spirit then show him a scene, where a hustler, called Mrs, Dilmer, where she is selling some things. The things are a bed curtain, a blanket, and some pajamas, She asks the man that she is selling it to called joe how much it is worth. While they are talking she makes jokes that she took it off a dead guy, and that she couldn't waste anything that was on him, Joe then says he hopes, if the man, got something that he wouldn't get it that might get him sick. They made more jokes about scrooges dead body, and scrooge then realizes that all the people that the ghost is showing him are talking about him, and that he is not like by anyone, and that this will happen after his death if he does not change.
My thoughts
I understand that nobody like scrooge, about how he was always mean to everyone, but no one deserves this amount of disrespect. Mrs. Dilmer, literally stole his pajamas off his dead body, and left his body there without telling anyone that he is dead. Why are people making jokes, about this, I understand if they don't care that he died but, they shouldn't make jokes, he is a human, being. Also why would you rob from a dead body, instead if you try to rob you should at least leave the body alone, instead of robbing it of everything. Also I wonder why the ghost doesn't speak, and if he/she did speak I wonder how it would sound like. Also Does the ghost of christmas past have a face, for all we know he could just be a little being controlling a larger thing, and isn't saying anything to not blow its cover.
Good job with the summary on your first paragraph. I liked your thoughts on your second paragraph, like how even though Scrooge was miserable and treated everyone poorly, it's still disrespectful to treat the dead this way, Scrooge is still another human being. I agree with you about robbing the dead and then making jokes about it, they're just adding insult to injury after just robbing the dead person of everything. I thought it was funny how you think that it's possible the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come might be a little being controlling a larger thing and the reason it doesn't talk is 'cause it doesn't want to blow its cover. That's probably not what Dickens was aiming for his readers to think about GC Yet to Come.
ReplyDeleteYou had a great summary at the beginning Sam. You were very descriptive. I agree with your thoughts on this part of the chapter. Even though Scrooge was mean and cranky, he should not be disrespected so much. I agree with you that it was bad that Mrs. Dilmer had said so many mean things about the death and made fun of Scrooge's death. I liked reading your thoughts on the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, it was very entertaining. Overall, great blog post, I really enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on this blog post Sam, it has a lot of detail, of what we have read so far in Stave four. I like your second paragraph better, rather than your first one about what we have read. I agree with you that Mrs. Dilber was really disrespectful with Scrooge's dead body, and how she had taken off his clothes off of him, and told no one that he is dead, because no one cared about him. I do agree with you, that it is messed up that people are making jokes about him, and how nobody cares about him that he is dead. Overall great job on this blog post, I think that it was very thorough, and I like your thoughts on what we have read on Stave four. Overall great job Sam.
ReplyDeleteYour paragraph summary was great. You did a great job describing the ghost. You also did great with talking about how he acted and his silence towards Scrooge. As that only contributes to the fear factor of the unknown. I love the great detail you put into the summary. I agree with you on the audacity of Mrs. Dilber. No one deserves being joked about hated, and even robbed of their clothes when they are dead, THE ONES HE IS WEARING,and not telling everyone he is dead.
ReplyDeleteYou did a really good job with the summary in the beginning. Good job on how explaining and describing how the spirit was like in the Stave. Good job describing the dialogue or what was of it,since the spirit doesn't talk. I Also agree that no one deserves the type of disrespect scrooge got, nd how the clothes were literally taken off his corpse to be sold for money. I like your point how it could be a little being controlling it, I think that is very interesting.
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