The Ghost of Christmas Past

In the book The Christmas Carol, Dickens describes the Ghost of Christmas Past as human memories. Some examples are that the spirit looked like a child yet he looked like an old man. Dickens described the ghost as having a non-wrinkled, young face, but having long, white hair like an old man. The child represents Scrooge remembering the memories of his childhood and the old man represents Scrooge, now an old man, remembering his childhood …

…them. Another thing Dickens describes about the ghost is that different parts of his body at time to time fade or disappear and then come back again later. This symbolizes how memories can come and go. The last thing described was that the ghost had a stream of light coming out of the top of his head. This signifies Scrooge is remembering all the memories that he is shown. Bibliography Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens