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...e small city. For instance, Charles Dickens wrote, “Some people laughed to see the alteration in him [Scrooge], but he let them laugh, and little heeded them…” (page 112). Scrooge didn’t mind the giggles and laughs directed at him because he believed in himself for the first time in a very long time. His confined spirit was freed at last and it allotted happiness and joy around from mysterious turkeys on the doorstep to charity donations. Scrooge sought to make the people of the city cheerful and in doing so, people enjoyed watching an old jolly man hop around delivering gifts. Thus, Scrooge did not heed to the snickers in the crowd. The joy of spreading Christmas was Scrooge’s indirect gift to mankind and it rewarded him with long-lasting friends, which could never compare to any wealth. For example, Charles Dickens wrote,” He [Scrooge] became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man as the good old City knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough in the good old world “ (page 112). This quote portrays that Scrooge’s contribution all year round achieved the world’s love and benevolence he longed for. In addition, Scrooge tried hard to become a role model to all; he funded charities for those in need and medical bills for Bob Cratchit’s son, Tiny Tim. Therefore, Scrooge reveals his exuberant and respectful manners earning him love from humanity. Scrooge loved and hated the three ghosts he met. He was thankful for their kind thoughts to help him, but despised them for recalling memories that he wished were of no existence. “ ‘Are these the shadows of the things that Will be or shadows of things that May be, only?’ “ (page 102). Scrooge in time understood that he had the power to set his future any way he w...