The theme
of is that we bless both ourselves and the world when we live in a
generous, compassionate, and open-hearted way.
As the novel opens, we meet
Scrooge, who has shut down his positive emotions. He can experience no joy and no empathy
towards his fellow man. Even on Christmas Eve, and despite his wealth, he has no sympathy for
the suffering of the poor and refuses to do anything to help them. It is as if they are not real
to him.
It is only after the ghosts show him his past, present, and possible
future that Scrooge's long buried emotions awaken. He remembers what it was like as younger
person to be the recipient of kindness and love. The Cratchit family becomes real to him, and he
mourns their poverty and the fate of Tiny Tim.
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