Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol'A Christmas Carol' written by Charles Dickens tells the story of a man named Ebenezer Scrooge who is taught the true meaning of Christmas and is shown the errors of his ways. “A Christmas Carol” was published in 1843, during a time of social and political unrest. Dickens' motivation for writing this story was to encourage employers to treat workers well. Use the Christmas carol to portray this message. Charles Dickens was acutely sensitive to the working conditions and poverty that many people endured. He wanted to encourage employers to treat their employees well. At the time "A Christmas carol" was published, Chartists were agitating for better pay and conditions, and the poor were placed in workhouses. Another problem for the poor was that the legal system treated them unfairly and clearly favored the rich. Dickens wanted people to realize that by changing their ways, they could make life better not only for themselves but also for those less fortunate. world. He hated Christmas. Dickens portrays Scrooge as: "A greedy old sinner, clutching, wrenching, scraping, clinging!" From this we can clearly see that Scrooge is an unpleasant man who needs to change his mistakes, as the lasting impression we are left with is that he is the worst employer possible. We see a true representation of Scrooge's character when the charity workers visit him. “I help support the institutions I mentioned: t...... half of the document ...... perfectly highlights the fact that if you change small actions, you can make big differences in people's lives. Showing it through individual performances, if everyone changed their actions for the better, better things would come. I think the most effective way Dickens showed this was by showing Scrooge looking at his own tombstone. How does it lead people to think that people would care if they were dead? If the answer was no, then they needed to change for the better because no one wants to be that person. Even using the death of Scrooge's little Tim didn't help: the poor proved that if you give a little you can save a lot. Dickens really engages the reader throughout the novel, and this is where the effectiveness is emphasized as he transports the reader through a variety of emotions from sympathy and sadness to joy.