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=__Chapter 2__= ** Study Group Questions:  ** ** Chapter 2—Marley’s Visit ** Discuss the following questions together with your group. Be prepared to share your answers with the whole class.  1. What was the purpose of the ringing bell? The purpose of the ringing bell was to let Scrooge know when the first ghost was arriving to visit him. 2. Why did Marley visit Scrooge? What does this visit tell us about Marley? He visited Scrooge so that he could warn him to be a better person or he will end up like him and be punished when he dies .This tells us that Marley really cares about Scrooge because he doesn’t want him to end up like him. 3. What does Marley’s chain represent? How is the chain made? The chain represents human greed, and his chains were great in number because of the way he lived his life. The chain is made up of what you do in your life. Since he lived a mean, nasty life he has heavier chains and more of them than other people. 4. What frightens Scrooge the most in this section? He is frightened about what awaits him in death because he has been so mean and stingy on earth. He is afraid he will end up just like Marley. He was also terrified of the ghosts and what they would put him through. 5. Explain Marley’s fate. What does Marley explain to Scrooge about his never-ending journey? Marley’s fate was that because he didn’t care about his fellow man in life, he was required to do so in death. He had to wonder through the world and witness what he might have shared on earth and turned to happiness if he had done it while he was alive. He is burdened by chains made up of objects associated with making money because that is all he cared about when he was alive. Marley’s chains represented human greed, and his were great in number because of the selfish way he lived his life. He explains that since he was blind and couldn’t see how badly he was living his life he is now required to travel the world the whole time with no rest or peace.  6. What does Scrooge learn from Marley? Being stingy doesn’t get you anywhere in life. And that he needs to be nicer and kinder to people, especially the poor that have nothing but hope. He learns that if he doesn’t learn from Marley and the three ghosts that visit him then he will face the same fate.