entertaining way. Even the mood of the text works to demostrates the truth of Scrooge's transformation.

The climax (most heightened point of interest) on a story line usually corresponds to the crisis (point of decision beyond which there is no return). In A Christmas Carol that would be the moment when Scrooge has a change of heart and repents of his past ways. I agree that this is the scene when he witnesses his own grave and reckons with the demon of greed within him once and for all.

The climax of the story occurs when Scrooge wakes up and discovers he has a chance to start over again. He goes to his window and asks a passing boy if it's still Christmas. When he discovers it is, he has the boy buy a huge turkey, puts on his best clothes and visits his nephew. The next day, Bob Cratchit comes to work late, but Scrooge raises his salary and announces he will pay Tiny Tim's medical bills. Tiny Tim recovers and Scrooge is able to live a much happier life.

Having been visited by all three ghosts (four including Marley) and having seen horrible visions, Scrooge wakes up Christmas morning.  Grateful for the chance to change things, Scrooge can barely contain himself as he shouts "Merry Christmas!" through the streets.  He apologizes to a man he had previously been rude to, and sends a Christmas turkey to the Cratchits' house.

Happily, this change in attitude is not short-lived.  He ultimately offers Bob Cratchit a large raise and offers to financially assist his family (especially Tiny Tim, Bob's crippled young son).  He does so, and becomes a benefactor and father figure for Tim.  People in the town wonder about his sudden change of heart, but Scrooge ends the story happier than ever.

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is the story of the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge from a cold, selfish miser to a person involved in his community. Scrooge is a bachelor who has no real social ties and whose life is entirely focused on making money. 

The story begins on Christmas Eve when Scrooge is invited to Christmas dinner by his brother Fred and declines with an anti-Christmas rant. In this scene, we are also introduced to Bob Cratchit, Scrooge's badly paid clerk who is the opposite of Scrooge, lacking money but having a loving family. This sets up two conflicts in the story, that of Scrooge to find some sort of happiness or goal in life (as his present is quite miserable) and Cratchit to find the money he needs for the care of his disabled child, Tiny Tim. That night, Scrooge has several visions which lead him to a self-transformation in which he understands that his own choice of actions are harming both himself and others. 

The climax of the story is the moment in which Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge his own grave which crystallizes the gradual series of emotional awakenings that Scrooge has been undergoing in his previous visions. Scrooge's action the next morning are a "denouement" or resolution following this climactic moment.

Scrooge's transformation is exemplified by his resolution:

I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!

The climax is when Scrooge is shown his own grave by the mysterious, silent Phantom of the Future, and is absolutely terrified. He is terrified not only by the vision of his own death but also the build-up to this vision in which no-one showed any grief at all over his death. He is utterly appalled at this idea of himself dying alone, mourned by nobody. It is the manner of his death that scares him rather than the thought of death itself. This is what spurs him on to completely change his ways and be a kind, caring person for the rest of his life, and we're told that he does so very successfully. This is the very heart of the novel - the great transformation that is wrought in Scrooge by the visit of the Three Spirits. It is, essentially, a moral tale.

The climax of a novel, or a story, is the part of the plot where the conflict of the story reaches its highest intensity. A climax is preceded by the complication of the conflict. This is the pivotal part that changes a lot of the dynamics that take place.

In A Christmas Carol, the complication happens when divine intervention has to occur in order to somehow re-route the fate of Ebenezer Scrooge. This occurs in the form of the supernatural visit of Scrooge's deceased partner, Jacob Marley, who warns Scrooge about how his (Scrooge's) behavior will bring about horrible consequences for the man, even after death.

As the ghosts begin to appear, the complication starts to take a specific shape through a series of actions. Out of all of the activity, the visit of the ghost of the Christmas Yet to Come is the most intense of all, hence representing the most climactic moment of the novel.

In A Christmas Carol the climax occurs when the ghost of the Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge the outcome of his life should he continues his miserly ways the consequences that will befall others ultimately will affect him in this life and in the afterlife. First, Bob Cratchit will suffer tremendously because, as a result of Scrooge's ill-treatment of him, and of Scrooge's stinginess, there will not be enough money int he Cratchit household to get much needed medical attention for Tiny Tim, who is disabled.

This intense moment is a red flag in Scrooge's life because it changes him.

Spirit!" he cried, tight clutching at its robe, "hear me! I am not the man I was. I will not be the man I must have been but for this intercourse. Why show me this, if I am past all hope!

Even as mean as he is, Scrooge is able to commiserate with Cratchit. But soon after, the ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge's own demise: one where he will be forgotten; nobody attends his funeral, and nobody even remembers him. Seeing himself completely desolate on his last day of life is more than what he can fathom. It is the last of a series of hard hits that has dented the cruel psyche of Ebenezer Scrooge and has finally made him into a new man.

What occurs after the climax is the denouement, where we see Scrooge actually doing something as a result of the change; here he rekindles his relationship with Fred, sends the huge turkey to the Cratchits, along with a raise in salary for Bob, and he basically makes all the amends that he needs to do to make up for a life that has been wasted for no good reason.