stave 1 scrooge is presented as unsympyhatiec for example hard and sharp as flint these contrast to stave 5 he vows to make changed i will live i n the past present and future
In a Christmas Carol during stave 5 Scrooge says
"The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me"
This juxtaposes to Stave I and II where Scrooge is trying to back away from redemption and conceal the 'light' of the first spirit
