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A Christmas Carol: Comparison Of Book And Movie
The story “A Christmas Carol” is a very famous story. It has had movies made for it. The movie version of this story is more appealing to me than the story versions of the movie has a better set of mood and is better worded than the book. This story has many similarities to the television form. The many similarities are mostly are based on the actions of a character and what they say to other characters. In the first chapter of the book has the similarity of how Scrooge locked himself in his bedroom with 2 locks instead of his usual one lock. In the second chapter of the story we see a younger Scrooge and how his sister comes to take him home the same way as in the book. At chapter 3 we see the poor family of the Cratchits eating there small Christmas dinner in their tiny cramped home and as in the movie as well. …show more content…
In chapter 1 when the charity collector talked to Scrooge in the hardback version the collector came to Scrooge’s office unlike in the movie at the trading posts. In chapter 3, in the movie, the daughter of Bob Cratchit , Martha, was already in the home and the turkey/ goose was starting to cook, but in the book she came in late and hid from Tim and Bob to surprise them.
Even though people believe that a movie is not as good as a book I disagree. A movie would be able to set the mood very easy because of the light, music, and facial changes of a story.
The story “A Christmas Carol” is a very famous story. It has had movies made for it. The movie version of this story is more appealing to me than the story versions of the movie has a better set of mood and is better worded than the book, and this is why the movie is better than the

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