... Christmas past is there to help him, and do him good. "Conduct me where you will. I went forth last night on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson which is working now. Tonight, if you have aught to teach me, let me profit by it." The spirit takes him to the streets on Christmas morning, ... doesn't bring happiness. Scrooge sees what an innocent, adorable child Tiny Tim is, Bob Cratchit's son, and is heart broken at the thought of him dying. Before the visits from all the spirits and ghosts, Scrooge wouldn't have cared one bit whether Tiny Tim lived or died, but he now actually takes an in...

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• Grade Level: High School

... kill without reason is an attempt to address Antonio's curiosity regarding the morals of murder. Ultima also tries to teach Antonio a larger moral lesson regarding salvation and damnation. Her suggestion that people must make independent moral decisions but should not make decisions regarding salvation and damnation introduces into the ... as an inevitable process that is not good or bad in itself. Antonio's relationship to the Virgin of Guadalupe highlights his growing moral awareness. Before, he was largely concerned with sin and punishment. In this chapter, he begins to include forgive...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate