Things go pretty far south here. Here we have the appearance of the first ghost: the ghost of Christmas past. Scrooge, apparently, was part of a horror story. He was sexually assaulted by the headmaster of his school through an agreement with his father. He gives money to the Cratchitts in exchanged for sexual favors from Mrs. Cratchitt. This is debasing and disgusting. Let's take a tale of redemption and turn it into a sick play where no-one wins. Basically, it says that in this time, there was nothing for anyone, and even the power brokers had no soft side. Scrooge wasn't a miser, only, but a depraved, sick man.
Review of Chapter Two: The Human Heart
