Scrooge in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Essay -- Christmas Car

scrooge in A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe novel, A Christmas Carol, is more than just a mere story insteadit tries to expose the negative side of Victorian society and thereason behind this horror, the avarice of the wealthy, through thedevelopment of the character Scrooge. All this while attempting toprompt readers with Scrooges similar wealth to make a change. Asmentioned earlier, the development of Scrooges character is vital tothis and I will explain how his character develops as the storyproceeds and how it is used to accomplish the aim as mentioned above.In the first stave, Dickens tries to point out that Scrooge is acharacter that society considers negative. In the introduction,Dickens points out Scrooges wealth to straightway aim any point aboutsociety not only to average people but in particular to people ofScrooges similar wealth, he does this by describing Scrooge as anexcellent man of business on the very day of the funeral, this notonly proves Scrooges wealth but also that Scrooge is a coldcharacter, the first hint of the truly negative character of Scroogeto be revealed later in this stave, since he has the heart to dobusiness on the day of the funeral of his long time business partner.What makes this worse is that Marley was Scrooges equal in term ofcharacter as far as the story goes since Dickens chose to describewhat Scrooge meant to Marley as his sole executor, his soleadministrator, his sole friend and his sole lamenter, therefore sinceScrooge showed little sympathy in the death of his equal it givesthe readers a sense of cannibalism since Scrooge is practicallyturning his back on Marley in his death. Even in the introduction,Dickens ... ...as changed as Scrooge is not usually earnest at all. Not onlywhich, Scrooge seems to be a pass around happier later on this change as provenby the quote Oh, glorious. This is Scrooge describing theenvironment, in his description he describes it positively showing asign that he is happier. T his is important as it is a signal toreaders in Scrooges financial situation that they will be happierafter the change.My conclusion is that Scrooges character is used by Dickens torepresent an exgaratted stereotypical version of the Victorian wealthybusinessman who is greedy. The story is not only an attempt by Dickensto tell these businessmen what they are missing out on by beinggreedy(as proven by Scrooges happiness after the change) but alsomeant to expose the unfairness in Society where the rich who can dothe most to improve lives do not even undertake to do so.