Kates Inclass Essay

Kate Scott
December 4, 2008
English 9
Feeling Guilty:
In Class Essay about the book “Christmas Carol” By Charles Dickens

TS: Is there some thing you have done that you wish you could change? Do you still wonder what would have happened if you changed your self just a little and maybe every thing would have turned out better? Jacob Marley from the “Christmas Carol” wishes he were a happier and nicer man when he was alive.



TS: Guilt is some thing that we all carry around with us, and some times it stays with us for the rest of our life. SD: Jacob Marley, a character from the “Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, is a good example of carrying around guilt. CM: When he was a live he wasn’t a happy man. CM: He was grouchy and it started to ware off on to scrooge. SD: Now that Marley died he has to wear these chains that I think represents his guilt for not having a fulfilling life. CM: That is the reason that Marley came back, to tell Scrooge all of this was to make sure scrooge did not have to go through that when he dies. CM: Marley can’t stand the thought of putting his business partner, and friend though that. CS: Scrooge will hopefully not have an afterlife filled with guilt.




TS: There is no need to have to be guilty through out your whole life. Every one should try and fallow Marley’s advice for living life. Everyone should travel, should give advice, and should be happy. If you do, you should not have to be like Jacob Marley.


BLUE- Purposeful Repetition