Mr.Salsich

Room 2

Sticky Situations

Scrooge’s Warning in “A Christmas Carol”

(OP)(TS)There are many ways to interpret the quote on page twenty-three in “A Christmas Carol”, by Charles Dickens. (CM)I think the ghost is trying to make Scrooge see what is awaiting him at the end of his life if he continues to live as he does now. (CM)Scrooge must see what is awaiting him, and what he must do to avoid it. (CS)If he doesn’t, he will suffer for eternity.

(BP)(TS)Scrooge is visited by a ghost, and the ghost says many confusing thing s that must be read multiple times to fully understand its meaning. (SD)‘"It is required of every man," the Ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide; and if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.” (CM)This quote means that if Scrooge doesn’t abide by this rule, he will be condemned to do so in his afterlife. (CM)Scrooge must come

to realize this, for his time is running out. (SD)"I wear the chain I forged in life," replied the Ghost. "I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it." (CM)The ghost means that the chain represents all the things he did in his life. (CM)(chiasmus)The chain is his life, and his life is the chain. (CS)This is my interpretation of what Dickens means on page twenty-three, in “A Christmas Carol”.

(CP)(TS)The things you take for granted in your life will come back to haunt you. (CM)Scrooge took just about everything for granted; (purposeful repetition) his life, his family, he just said everything was “humbug”. (CM)Scrooge took these things for granted, and so did Marley, and now Marley is paying for it. Now that he knows what is awaiting him, he may want to spend more time with his family, be kinder, and “walk abroad among his fellowmen, and travel far and wide”.