Children are common figures used in literature to portray purity, wholesomeness, and innocence. Authors also use other child figures, those less innocent, yet in most cases violent figures are rarely the latter form. It is to extract the innocence and purity that Dicken's authors two of four main characters as children. Main characters, Ebeneezer Scrooge and his employee Bob Cratchit are accompanied by child roles, Tiny Tim (Cratchit's son) and Fred (Scrooge's nephew). It is through the character of Scrooge that Dicken's educates his readers on basic laws of humanity and kindness. The innocent child characters are foils for Scrooge's unkind coldhearted character. Throughout the story Dickens expels a character so vile and cold that he turns away two men asking for a donation on Christmas Eve and denies Bob Cratchit of heat when he is sti

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are all talking about him until the ghost takes him to the cemetery when Scrooge sees his own gravestone. From this point on Scrooge begs the ghost to let him change his lifestyle and try to change it for the better. ning of Christmas. Scrooge is shown the contrasting feelings about a child of happiness and hope and an angry stingy old man. It is this conclusion which acts as a catalyst for his change.

Throughout the novel Scrooge is visited by three ghosts which serve to show Scrooge the error of his way in his treating people. He is given the opportunity to view his life as an observer rather than an active participant. Human nature provides us with the ability to judge others with more stringency than ourselves. This situation, coupled with the foil characters of Tiny Tim and Fred guide Scrooge to change hi

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