How has Scrooge changed in A Christmas Carol?

Ebenezer Scrooge changes completely from the beginning of the story to the end. Transformation is a very important theme to the story, in fact. The ways in which he changes are many, but the most significant is probably in terms of his generosity. 

At the beginning of the story we know that Scrooge is a miser. This means he is a penny-pinching, miserable, greedy man who cares of nothing other than his money. This love...

Ebenezer Scrooge changes completely from the beginning of the story to the end. Transformation is a very important theme to the story, in fact. The ways in which he changes are many, but the most significant is probably in terms of his generosity. 

At the beginning of the story we know that Scrooge is a miser. This means he is a penny-pinching, miserable, greedy man who cares of nothing other than his money. This love of money has cost him all of his personal relationships, his social life, and any any empathy he might have ever had.

At the end of the story, however, he is a generous and kind man who wants to help others. He is no longer selfish and greedy. We see this best displayed in the final stave where he so completely transforms.

"He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough, in the good old world. Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset; and knowing that such as these would be blind anyway, he thought it quite as well that they should wrinkle up their eyes in grins, as have the malady in less attractive forms. His own heart laughed: and that was quite enough for him" (Stave V).

It is important to note that he has not just become generous with his money, but with his feelings. Before he seemed so filled with anger that he was incapable of even seeing others, let alone feeling compassion for them. We see at the end of the story that he is freely sharing with friends and family and has become generous with his love and kindness as well as his money.