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1、Abstract:ThisessayprincipallyarguesonthechangesanddevelopmentofScrooge,aswellasrelevantprofoundpoliticalandsocialcriticism.Frommypointofview,therelationshipbetweentheformerandthelatterisjustlikeconcreteandabstract,orrather,deductionandinduction.Inaword,itisi
2、mportanttoclarifyinadvancethatpeopleneverchangeintowhattheyseemtobeatpresentfornoreason,andthesetransformationsexactlyresultfromthesocialenvironmenthehasbeenin.Honestlyspeaking,“AChristmasCarol”appearstobekindofvapidandridiculousatfirstglance.Foronething,itc
3、ontainscomponentsofghostsandthesupernaturalmattersthatmakethewholestoryunrealistic;foranother,theprocessofthecharacterturningfromnegativetopositiveseemstobesounreasonablyquickthatitisexcessivelyidealwhenappliedinourrealworld.Moreover,therearelargequantitieso
4、funknownwords,especiallythoseregardingcomplicatedemotionsandChristmasculture,whichbecomeanadditionalbarrierofgettinginsightintothismasterpiece.Nonetheless,afterlearningmoreaboutthebackground,goingoverthecontentrepeatedlyandanalyzingdetailsverbatim,Ifinallyga
5、inadeepercommandofthenovelandintheendIcannothelpgivingcredittothisfabulousworkafterfindingoutthatitstillhasgreatmeaningtopeopleandsocietynowadays.Firstandforemost,itisallaboutthetransformationofScrooge.Asissummarizedatthebeginning,hewassucha“tight-fistedhand
6、atthegrindstone“,“squeezing,wrenching,grasping,scraping,clutching,covetous,oldsinner”,asusualheseemed“secret,andself-contained,andsolitaryasanoyster”,andhewassoabnormallycoldandfrostythateven“nowarmthcouldwarm,nowintryweatherchillhim”.Despitehisidentitiesast
7、he“soleexecutor,administrator,assign,residuarylegatee,friend,mourner”ofdeadMarley,hedidn’tfeelevenalittlebitsorrow.Muchtooursurprise,actuallyhegraspedthevaluablechancetoactas“anexcellentmanofbusinessontheverydayofthefuneral”.Hisboastedhisso-calledprincipleas
8、“toedgehiswayalongthecrowdedpathsoflife,warningallhumansympathytokeepitsdistance”.Needlesstosay,whenitcomestopeoplealive,innosensewerehisbehaviorsbeyondexpectation:hemaderigorousrequirementstohi
