The Comprehensibility of Scrooge in Charles Dickens A...

A Christmas Carol: The Comprehensibility of Scrooge A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is one of the most classic stories that has been embraced by Western culture. There is a certain timelessness to the entire story, in that it demonstrates the powerful transformation of an incredibly stilted and unlikeable character to that of someone who is giving, kind and generous. The popularity and timelessness of this play is representative of how deeply human being want to believe in the possibility of change, even radical change, and that its not too late to change ones life. However, the timelessness and popularity of this tale also reveals something else about human nature: theres a tendency such as an overwhelming whiff and desire for human beings to believe that transformation can be overnight and immediate. The reality is that most transformation and change takes years of hard work. However, change as it is presented in this play is a manifestation of the human desire to experience q uick and instantaneous transformation, even with someones character which has formed over a period of decades. In regards to the notion that Ebenezer Scrooge is difficult to like, but easy to understand this is generally true if an individual has had a fair amount of life experience. This paper will demonstrate that Ebenezer Scrooge is someone who has a fatal flaw, but the flaws which are demonstrated in this play, arent as unique as some might view them. In many respects, Scrooge is