Chapter Summary Of The Book 'A Christmas Carol' By A. R.
Page 1
Snow fell lightly on the cold ground outside as Robbie eagerly tore open his first Christmas present. When he saw the content in the box, his face fell in disappointment. “Socks! I didn’t want clothes! I wanted toys for Christmas!”
Page 2--- Do you think when giving the kid socks the parents would really be shocked that the kid was disappointed? Maybe adjust the story line a bit here to be realistic. The story reads better and would be more sincere if this was almost a planned exchange between the parents and Robbie. I would also suggest that you change this picture- and make a new one. The parents should maybe be sitting, and poised for the interaction with Robbie--- rather than his father and mother looking half asleep.
Robbie’s parents sat on the couch and watched Robbie’s …show more content…
He said, “I can’t blame you son. When I was your age I reacted in a similar way when I was given a present that I did not want. However, I didn’t know it at the time but that present became one of my most prized possessions.”
His father pulled out an old scrapbook from under the Christmas tree. It was labeled, “Christmas 1986.”
Page 4
Robbie’s dad slowly turned the pages of the book as if to be sure not to rip any of them. He told Robbie about how he remembered waking up and running down the stairs to the Christmas tree when he was a boy of his age. “I sat down to my presents and promptly began to tear into my first gift as my mother took a picture of me.”
Page 5
“As I ripped into the colorful wrapping, the present wasn’t a new toy.” His father snickered as he looked at the picture of his young self. “I opened my first present to find a pair of socks. As you can see from the picture, I wasn’t very happy with them.”
Page 6
The socks in the picture were light purple, and Robbie could see a loosely knitted pattern. There were a few stray threads sticking out, indicating that the socks were
Snow fell lightly on the cold ground outside as Robbie eagerly tore open his first Christmas present. When he saw the content in the box, his face fell in disappointment. “Socks! I didn’t want clothes! I wanted toys for Christmas!”
Page 2--- Do you think when giving the kid socks the parents would really be shocked that the kid was disappointed? Maybe adjust the story line a bit here to be realistic. The story reads better and would be more sincere if this was almost a planned exchange between the parents and Robbie. I would also suggest that you change this picture- and make a new one. The parents should maybe be sitting, and poised for the interaction with Robbie--- rather than his father and mother looking half asleep.
Robbie’s parents sat on the couch and watched Robbie’s …show more content…
He said, “I can’t blame you son. When I was your age I reacted in a similar way when I was given a present that I did not want. However, I didn’t know it at the time but that present became one of my most prized possessions.”
His father pulled out an old scrapbook from under the Christmas tree. It was labeled, “Christmas 1986.”
Page 4
Robbie’s dad slowly turned the pages of the book as if to be sure not to rip any of them. He told Robbie about how he remembered waking up and running down the stairs to the Christmas tree when he was a boy of his age. “I sat down to my presents and promptly began to tear into my first gift as my mother took a picture of me.”
Page 5
“As I ripped into the colorful wrapping, the present wasn’t a new toy.” His father snickered as he looked at the picture of his young self. “I opened my first present to find a pair of socks. As you can see from the picture, I wasn’t very happy with them.”
Page 6
The socks in the picture were light purple, and Robbie could see a loosely knitted pattern. There were a few stray threads sticking out, indicating that the socks were