When I was young, I bought an English book on a whim, which was Dickens's "A Christmas Carol." A small book, not a novel in the original text, only the general plot is clearly written, and then I watched the movie version of "A Christmas Carol", and I still have a deep memory of the two words in the book-fraud and humbug.
The story of "A Christmas Carol" is not complicated, and the plot also has some routines. When I was young, I read it as a horror story, because some parts are quite infiltrating. It's moved.
The protagonist of the story, Scrooge, is a selfish, mean and bad-tempered miser. He only has money in his heart, so he is very picky towards his employees and indifferent to his nephew. The people around him don’t like him, but he doesn’t care, he only has money. Can give him a sense of security. It was not until one night that the ghost of the dead partner Marley came to him, and at the same time he brought three elves, and took him to travel through his past, present and future. At this time, he came to his senses, a cold heart. He started to feel feverish, his love for life was awakened again, and his numb heart was undefended. He finally started to treat the world sincerely, began to enjoy the sun, love life, and smile at the people around him.
This is a moving story about change.
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Seeing comments about moral kidnapping and robbing the poor and helping the rich, I feel wrong. Is Scrooge's change forced by threats? Is it because of fear? No, but in the magic night taken away by the elves, after learning how sad, cold, and impersonal his previous life was, he willingly changed.
Some critics say that this work is a criticism of capitalism. I think it is. The author criticizes the idea of money. How can anyone be happy just because of money? No money is absolutely impossible, but only money, how pitiful this person is!
A specific analysis of how the four elves contributed to change.
The first is the deceased partner Marley. He appeared to talk about the consequences of spending a lifetime around money. There is a superstition element. This is related to Dickens's cultural background and religious beliefs. What is the world like after death? Is there really karma? The author believes that there is, so Marley has become a ghost fettered in the world.
The three elves after Marley are the spirit of the past, the spirit of the present and the spirit of the future.
The spirit of the past brought him back to the past in order to arouse the pitiful warmth in his heart. He has had good memories, but time has passed too long, and it has long been buried deep in his heart. When the elf took Scrooge to see himself when he was a child again, he couldn't help crying. He saw that he was forgotten in the classroom when he was a child. Only his sister cared about him and took him home for Christmas, just like his nephew would be there later. Every Christmas invites him the same. He has always loved his family no matter where he is. He also saw himself when he was an apprentice before. He had good bosses and colleagues. He was also warm and harmonious. Friendship; he also saw his former lovers, they fell in love and danced together on Christmas, but then only quarrels were left. She gradually became disappointed with this impersonal man who was trapped by money.
The Spirit of Now took him to look down at the present, let him see those happy scenes, and tried to influence him with the kindness of others, let him know that his friends and relatives loved him very much, even if he was so indifferent to them. He saw poor people hungry on Christmas Eve, and saw employee Bob’s son sick but no money for treatment. After all, he only had a pitiful 15 shillings a week, but he still toasted to Scroo on Christmas Eve. Odd thanks. Although his nephew was dissatisfied with his uncle's indifference to others, he also sent his sincere blessings on Christmas Eve.
The Spirit of the Future showed him the lonely scene after his death, Cong Jian's funeral, no one wanted to miss him.
After this experience, he finally woke up and became a kind and amiable person from then on.
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I have an idea, I even think it was the kind thoughts deep in Scrooge's heart that contributed to his transformation. The nephew said, if you are so rich, why are you still unhappy? Yes, although I am so rich, I only have indifference, ruthlessness, and anger. I am not happy. The cold gold has sealed me off. I want to save myself, so I imagined three elves to save me. .
In real life, people may change overnight, but they must have suffered a major impact, such as the death of a loved one, the breakdown of the relationship, and so on. Then in artistic creation, the author transformed it into a more exaggerated technique, that is, using ghosts, monsters and immortals to promote the transformation, which not only adds magical colors to attract readers, but also rationalizes the change of the protagonist.
The reason I like this story so much is that who has never imagined that the gods will help change their lives? After all, a ghost will not suddenly appear in reality to help you, help you overlook your entire life, and give you another chance to correct it. The real life is full of bugs. You can't stay because of mistakes, you can only leave the sadness to yourself. Can smash teeth and swallow blood, and then continue on the road.
But art works do not need to consider reality. The author can use his imagination to create his own dreams in art, allowing the characters to freely travel through time and space, make up for regrets, correct mistakes, and the audience can also get comfort from it. Be moved and reflect on your life, remind yourself to live the next day well.
Anyway, thank the great writers for bringing so many outstanding works to readers. They are worthy of being commemorated by later generations.
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