A Christmas Carol

I just finished reading it. Has anyone else read this one yet?


Okay, I'll post my comments, or at least some of them.

I have to say that my favorite part of the book was Dicken's description of Scrooge watching his nephew's family play Blind Man's Bluff. It was such an amusing, detailed and real description that I could almost imagine being there myself. I actually laughed out loud during some of it.

I admire how upon meeting the frightening ghost of Christmas future, Scrooge was brave and humble enough by that point to follow and learn the lessons the ghost had to teach him despite his fear. I think as Scrooge followed the ghost and listened in on conversations in the town about a man who had recently passed away, deep down he knew who they were talking about but hoped that it was not so. By that time he was so determined to change and avoid his fate he hoped the ghost would show him a new future.

I also thought it interesting that Dickens made the ghost of the future the most frightening of all. Are more people more afraid of what the future holds than the past or present? My guess is that they are. The past may be terrible for some, but it's over and done. I think the future can be daunting because fear really is just not knowing what is going to happen in the future.