Characters

Why is this topic important

The characters are important because the way Charles Dickens make up these different character and there personality's will change how the story is written, If one character is good and another is bad, the story would go differently. The charcters are so important because it expressies the feelings and loonliness of others in this story.

Who is the most important Character

Ebeneezer Scrooge is the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas .Ebeneezer Scrooge - The miserly owner of a London counting-house, a nineteenth century term for an accountant's office. The three spirits of Christmas visit the stodgy bean-counter in hopes of reversing Scrooge's greedy, cold-earthed approach to life.

How do the characters help us understand the story better

Characters help us understand the story better because they add more feeling and action. Characters can be based off of people and how they act, and people/characters can make a big difference in the society they are in. Characters can also help revel the plot or main idea of a story. Characters also lead the reader the believe one thing or another. Say if a character was joking with someone they might make you believe they it was just a joke when really it wasn't . But characters in a Christmas carol help show scrooge the wrongs of his ways and change him to be more caring and generous.

Bob Cratchit is another crucial character in A Christmas Carol. He is the father of Tiny Tim, and a unfairly treated clerk for Mr. Scrooge. His family is very poor but still finds a way to be grateful.

Why do we still remember Dicken's characters 200 years later?

We can still remember them because they were passed down from generations and told for a very long time in families and in different places and in alternate languages. Another crucial part in why we still remember the characters is because when the story was told to people the characters left messages to tell others. This story gives a strong message to be kind and caring to other especially around Christmas time. Ebeneezer Scrooge, shows this at the end of the story when he gives a big turkey to Bob Cratchit and his family.

The "ghost of christmas yet to come" is a very crucial character, he is the one who showed scrooge were his horrible attitude will get him.

Ebeneezer Scrooge is the main character in "A Christmas Carol" he is selfish and rude to everyone else especially around Christmas. Towards the end of the book he learns the wrongs of his ways and becomes more grateful.

Mr. Feezwig is scrooge's boss who scrooge's attitude fed off Mr. Feezwig's which resulted in greed anger and selfishsness

What inspired Charles Dickens to become a author?

There where multiple reasons he was inspired to write but one was the education for the poor. He saw how people were being mistreated and he hope writing about it would make people want to stop. Another reason that he decided to write was because in factories there was abuse towards women and children and he did not think that this was okay.