Scrooge is a very harsh and greedy man who hates Christmas. One night, as he was getting ready for bed, Scrooge happens to see his partner Marley, who is now a ghost. He warns him about hating Christmas and what can happen when he dies. Later that night, three ghosts visit Scrooge to show him his past and future. As Scrooge goes through this journey, he realizes that he has to change, or he’ll have the future he did not want as a child. Scrooge displays Dickens critique of Victorian Society through his greed and unfair treatment of the poor in A Christmas Carol. He suggests the reform of charity to address these problems. Greed was very common in Victorian Society. The rich guarded their money and refused to give it away to anyone who asked. At a …show more content…
The poor were treated unfairly, and since they were overpopulated, nobody really payed any mind to them. As Scrooge was asked to donate to charity, he refused and gave reasoning to why the wealth should not give any money to them, “‘If they would rather die… they had better do it and decrease the surplus population’” (Dickens 16). He would rather have the poor die, and be gone to decrease their population,instead of donating to help them. Scrooge treated Bob Cratchit very poorly, since he was not wealthy. Scrooge underpays Bob and makes him work in harsh conditions, such as the cold weather. As stated, Scrooge gave Bob very little time off for the holidays and said Christmas is an excuse: “‘A poor excuse for picking a man’s pocket every twenty-fifth of December… But I suppose you must have the whole day. Be here all the earlier next morning’” (Dickens 18). Scrooge treats Bob as if he is not a human being. Even though he gave him time off, he wants him at work very early the next morning, which is very little time with the family. The poor are treated terribly by the wealthy, and most of them have no work because of surplus