The famous
novella bytells of a cold-hearted miser named Ebenezer Scrooge, who
dislikes Christmas and refuses to socialize during the holiday. On Christmas Eve, he is visited
by the ghost of his deceased partner, Jacob Marley, who tells him that the only way to save
himself from a dreadful afterlife bound by heavy chains forged by his greed is to heed the
messages of three spirits that will visit him. These spiritsthe Ghost of Christmas Past, the
Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Comeshow Scrooge images from his
childhood and youth, Christmas celebrations of those related to or associated with him, and a
Christmas day in the future after he has died. Through it all, Scrooge comes to realize that he
needs to change his ways, and he becomes much more kind and generous.
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the word "redemption" means "the state of
being kept from evil or of improving morally." The Oxford Learner's...
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