In "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge undergoes a transformation following his encounters with three ghosts and becomes a kind, happy and generous man. His greedy, cruel and grumpy behavior is replaced seemingly overnight, but he doesn't wake up and decide to be kind. It takes three Spirits to change his outlook on life: the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. The Ghost of Christmas Past causes Scrooge to begin to regret his selfishness, and the Ghost of Christmas Present begins to teach him about others. This second Ghost helps him understand that money doesn't buy happiness. The Ghost of Christmas to Come, however, teaches the most profound lesson of all: unless he changes, no one will care if Scrooge dies. Because of the Ghosts, Ebenezer Scrooge is a completely different person on Christmas morning than the man who went to bed on Christmas Eve. The encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Past begins the first phase of Scrooge's transformation: regretting his actions. When Scrooge is shown his younger self alone in his classroom at Christmas, he regrets chasing a carol away from his door. The Spirit jumps forward a few years to show him a happier time. His sweet little sister Fan arrives to take him home, and this is his first Christmas in a long time spent with the family. Unfortunately, Scrooge doesn't see it that way; seeing this scene makes him “uncomfortable in his mind” as he thinks about the way he treats his nephew Fred. Instead of treating him like his only family member, Scrooge refuses invitations to Christmas dinner every year and is rude whenever Fred speaks to him. He doesn't have time to dwell long on this, however; Scrooge has many other important things to think about... middle of paper... t, the Present and the Future. The Spirits of all Three will fight within [him]." With this still ringing in his mind, he jumps out of bed and immediately begins to make things right. He buys a turkey bigger than Bob Cratchit's son and sends it to him, and instead to be rude to the Poulterer, pays for a taxi to take them to Cratchit's house then goes out with joy in his heart and runs into a man who asked him to donate money to the poor the day before rude and cruel, the new and improved Scrooge happily donates a large sum of money to the cause. This kind, happy and generous man is a complete change from the miserly and rude Scrooge of Christmas Eve. Can anyone and everyone do the same needs a little nudge in the right direction. Works Cited "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens