byis the story of the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge from a
cold, selfish miser to a person involved in his community. Scrooge is a bachelor who has no real
social ties and whose life is entirely focused on making money.
The story
begins on Christmas Eve when Scrooge is invited to Christmas dinner by his brother Fred and
declines with an anti-Christmas rant. In this scene, we are also introduced to Bob Cratchit,
Scrooge's badly paid clerk who is the opposite of Scrooge, lacking money but having a loving
family. This sets up two conflicts in the story, that of Scrooge to find some sort of happiness
or goal in life (as his present is quite miserable) and Cratchit to find the money he needs for
the care of his disabled...
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