A Christmas Carol Scrooge Character Analysis

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George Bernard Shaw, an Anglo-Irish playwright, polemicist, and critic, once said, “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Although many people don't realize it, you cannot get anywhere, or change anything, without changing your mindset for the better. In the play, A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, the main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, a selfish, greedy, old man, wanted to change himself. With the help of some wise ghosts, Scrooge was able to achieve his goal by the end of the play, and changed many things; people, the future, but most importantly, himself.

Initially, Scrooge was an irascible, crotchety, old miser. He wouldn’t give a penny to a starving child. For example, at the beginning of the play when the Portly Gentleman came to Scrooge asking for donations to the poor, Scrooge refused and grumbled, “If they would rather die, they had better go ahead and do it and decrease the surplus population.” This shows how much of a miser Scrooge is. Of all the nasty ways to save a nickel, Scrooge refused to donate to people in need. Furthermore, when Scrooge’s nephew, Fred, invited him over for dinner, Scrooge flat out refused, as he does with every invitation. “And I with solitude,” he snapped at Fred. “Good afternoon.” Not to mention, Scrooge is always yelling, “Bah! …show more content…
As stated by George Bernard Shaw, “Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.” Throughout the play, A Christmas Carol, we see how Scrooge changes and improves. By the end of the story, he is the kindhearted boy he once was; giving kindness out like candy, thanks to several spirits. One can only guess how much kinder he will be, come a few years. It may be hard for someone to change their ways because they are used to acting a certain way, but if Scrooge can do it, so can
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