Okay, I just had the oppertunity to sit down and read the rest of Christmas Carol today, so I will probably review the whole thing really soon. Christmas is tomorrow, so I have been banned from certain rooms of the house until everything is wrapped. Well, everything has certainly been busy considering Christmas is coming and us Western Washington State people have been freaking over all the snow that we’ve been having. It’s kind of rediculas considering all the snow other places get, but still it is a lot of snow for us, about 10-11 inches, some places in Western Washington 18 inches.
However, I may post some more later on today, but for now I’ll just review chapter two of my families favorite Christmas story. Since practically everyone knows this story already, I’ll just review it for the rest of this book.
The description of the first ghost, the ghost of Christmas past not Marley’s ghost, always struck me as very interesting in how the ghost was always changing in it’s appearance. The glimmering belt seems to represent the past as reflected in the eye’s of people’s memories as time goes on, I have heard it said that as our sweet memories get sweeter as time goes on and bad memories get worse as time goes on. Even though there is truth to the saying, I am convinced that bad memories only get worse if forgiveness has not taken place whether it be forgiveness of someone else, or self forgiveness. Anyway, I believe the whole theme of chapter two is centered on Scrooge’s lack of forgiveness for himself and other people. As the spirit continues to take him to one memory after another, he cannot handle the truth about himself, so he snuffs out the light in the same way many people would try to suppress painful memories rather than face them. Even after Scrooge rids himself of the first ghost, his heart still seems troubled by what he knows to be true of himself and his past.
