Wednesday 10 August 2011

How does Scrooge show generosity in A Christmas Carol?

Scrooge is
positively giddy to be alive after his exciting, frightening, and transformative evening with
the ghosts. He says:

I am as light as a feather, I am as
happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man. A merry
Christmas to everybody! A happy New Year to all the world. Hallo here! Whoop! Hallo!


He shows financial generosity by helping out the Cratchit family.
He anonymously sends the Cratchits the prize turkey for Christmas. He also surprises Bob
Cratchit with a raise, and he ensures that Tiny Tim gets the medical care he needs so that he
doesn't die. He also gives a large donation to the charity helping the poor, when the day before
he had said it would be better if the poor died off.

He shows generosity of
heart by smiling and saying Merry Christmas to the people he passes in the street. He shows
generosity of spirt by visiting his nephew's house for Christmas and being glad to see all the
guests, when the day before he had turned down the...

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