I love the story and the movie adaptations; however, there are three things that bother me:
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carsal7 — 9 years ago(December 24, 2016 09:31 PM)
I love the story and the movie adaptations; however, there are three things that bother me:
- How nice & convenient that he has the money to 'buy' his redemption & love from others.
- Cratchit is overly-despondent about Tim. Umm..you've got five other children, pal. I'm hoping he, at some future point in time, will put things into perspective.
- Everybody dies sometime, Scrooge. Face the facts.
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bookworm-coslet — 9 years ago(December 26, 2016 07:38 AM)
Wow, how hard-hearted of you to say that the Cratchits were overly-despondent. If you had listened closely, you would have heard that Tim had just recently died "I've seen the place where he will rest". I pray that your family never loses a child. It takes a long time to move ahead. Also, I don't believe he buys his redemption. He uses the money for the good of others.
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Hefferik90 — 9 years ago(December 26, 2016 08:49 PM)
A parent can have five, ten, fifteen children. If one dies. They don't think oh well, I have forteen others.
The loss of a child is the deepest pain a mother and father can ever go through. And even if time passes they will always feel that loss. Yes, life goes on but it's never the same. And at certain times of the year, special occasions like birthdays and holidays like Christmas can be especially difficult for those who have lost loved ones. So that is why Bob Cratchet was feeling so down. He missed his son.
I feel you maybe trolling With your comments. -
carsal7 — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 03:56 PM)
I'm not trolling. I have always thought this way about the story. Had he not had money, would he have contributed to the poor in a physical way? Perhaps.
Do not judge me since you do not know what I have experienced in my life. Lost a child? Yes. Lost a sibling? Yes, several. Lost a loved one? A countless number of them. Life goes on. -
Hefferik90 — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 06:34 PM)
Everyone grieves in their own way and for however long it takes. If Bob Cratchet wants to be sad at that moment then that's his prerogative. He is entitled to feel however he wants.
And he is still working and being the father to his other children and husband to his wife. He knows life goes on But he is still allowed to have that moment of sadness if he wants. He knows life goes on, he knows he has other family members who need him. He is just having a heavy heart at that moment.
There is no right or wrong way.
We all have our individual ways in dealing with life and death.
You've dealt with your losses in your own way and other people deal with it in their own way. -
Hefferik90 — 9 years ago(January 15, 2017 06:39 PM)
You are also referring to two different characters in the story.
Scrooge
Bob Cratchet.
I was only responding to your comment referring to Bob Cratchet.
It helps to be clear and specific about what character you are talking about instead of using pronouns. -
Big_AL-96 — 9 years ago(January 03, 2017 04:02 AM)
- How nice & convenient that he has the money to 'buy' his redemption & love from others.
You have missed the point it would seem to me.
It was his accumulation of money at the cost of others and ignorance of the needs of others (Cratchit underpaid, dispassionate and heard hearted towards the plight of everybody including his own nephew) that was leading to his likely eternal "purgatory". Therefore he had the wealth. Nor did he "buy" his redemption. It was his change towards his fellow man, and yes he put his hand in his pocket, but that was not his only change, he ignited the relationship with his nephew, no longer seeking social solitude. - Cratchit is overly-despondent about Tim. Umm..you've got five other children, pal. I'm hoping he, at some future point in time, will put things into perspective.
The child had just died. In fact in the book he is still lying, laid out, in the bed upstairs. He addresses his other children acknowledging the fact that he has them. However he is distressed at the very recent loss of Tim. - Everybody dies sometime, Scrooge. Face the facts.
He realises this but he wants to make amends for all the wrongs he has done before he dies.
Let's pray the human race never escapes Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere. C.S Lewis
- How nice & convenient that he has the money to 'buy' his redemption & love from others.