Pulitano 1 Drew Pulitano Mrs. Novellino English 3 19 December 2002 A Christmas Carol is a classic story about a man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who embarks on a journey exploring all facets of his past, present, and future life. Scrooge goes through a tremendous transformation that ends up saving his life. Scrooge begins the story as a person who does not believe in the Christmas spirit and ends up having as much or more than everyone else. Ebenezer Scrooge is …showed first 75 words of 1522 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1522 total…tale, there is an underlying theme which is present in a major portion of the story. The theme can be worded in many ways. The course of which a man embarks his life on will foreshadow his fate. Men who cut themselves off from human sentiment, warmth, fellow-feeling and love chain themselves with iron chains and doom themselves to a spiritual death. Scrooge is given a second chance and we all deserve a second chance.