Tiny tim saying9/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Not only do we see this change in character of Scrooge, but we also see a slightly different kind of change in Scrooge- a sort of change in morals. Scrooge’s newfound concern for the sake of others expresses change in him we (as readers) can see that Scrooge is continuing this pattern of “warming up” that we saw in stave two. Scrooge not only cares enough to ask if Tiny Tim will be alright, he says, “say he will be spared,” which indicates that Scrooge is so concerned about Tiny Tim that he is somewhat afraid of hearing the ghost say that Tim won’t make it. In the beginning of the novel, Scrooge would not have cared enough to have even asked about Tiny Tim’s welfare, but in this passage we see quite the contrast. In this passage, Dickens shows even more change in Scrooge than he’d showed in stave two. Scrooge bent before the Ghost’s rebuke, and trembling cast his eyes upon the ground. Oh God! to hear the Insect on the leaf pronouncing on the too much life among his hungry brothers in the dust!” ![]() Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of Heaven, you are more worthless and less fit to live than millions like this poor man’s child. “Man,” said the Ghost, “if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and Where it is. Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief. What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” “If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race,” returned the Ghost, “will find him here. “Oh, no, kind Spirit! say he will be spared.” The Ghost uses Scrooge’s past unkind comments by stating “if he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.” This excerpt displays Scrooge’s changing from the beginning of the story until now. At the end of this excerpt, verbal irony is used. The Ghost replied with “If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die." Scrooge gets defensive and denying it, which shows his sympathy for Tiny Tim and the Cratchit’s by saying “oh,no, kind Spirit. Scrooge has the kindness to ask if Tiny Tim will live. ![]() This quote from the Christmas Carol displays Scrooge’s transformation from the beginning of the story until now. What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population." "If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, none other of my race," returned the Ghost, "will find him here. If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die." "I see a vacant seat," replied the Ghost, "in the poor chimney-corner, and a crutch without an owner, carefully preserved. "Spirit," said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before,"tell me if Tiny Tim will live." ![]()
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