The Life I Forged

Wendell Frink

Mr. Salsich

9English

4 December 2008

The Life I Forged

An Essay on a Quote

(1) In the play “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, his writing can be very confusing. (2) He uses many writing tools and his writing is old fashioned, so it’s hard to understand what he is saying. (3) In the quote “I wear the chain I forged in life” he might be saying that as a person, you control how you run your life. (4) This quote is filled with a mountain of meaning.

(TS) (Chiasmus) The above quote is when the ghost is talking with Scrooge about being a good person in life and letting life be good to you. (SD) If you are a caring and giving person, life will be filled with pleasures. (CM) (Purposeful Repetition) Scrooge is a miserable man, he is icy cold, he is lonely, and he is sick, but maybe if he devoted more time to being kind he wouldn’t be so miserable. (CM) He could start with just a few coins in a poor persons cup or donating to charity. (SD) When Marley says, “I wear the chain I forged in life,” he might be hinting at Scrooge to be more kind. (CM) Scrooge is almost a carbon copy of Marley; he devotes his time to his business. (CM) Marley is probably wishing that he was a better person, so he didn’t have to wear the chain made of “cash boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel” around his waist. (CS) Life is tough as it is, but if you are a kind and caring person, than it might be good to you.

(1) After interpreting this quote it doesn’t look so confusing after all. (2) Marley just wants Scrooge to be a better person and not end up like himself. (3) If he is just a more giving person, then life will pleasant. (4) There is always meaning in even the most confusing sentences.