Similarities Between It's A Wonderful Life And A Christmas Carol
“It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol”
“ I wear the chain I forged in life…I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on my own free will and of my own free will I wore it” (Dickens 10). This statement made by Marley from “A Christmas Carol” not only embodies that of the story it hails from, but also another prominent Christmas classic titled “It’s A Wonderful Life”. Additionally both stories share similarities that only a senseless man could miss. But behind the mutual correlation between theses two literary plots, the storylines of the pre mentioned scripts do go in two diverse directions. Given these points, the characters and themes of these anecdotes are very comparable in more than one way while being very divergent …show more content…
He is happy with the small life that he never wanted, doing what he knows is right for the sake of others instead of his own. But once doing the right thing is not an acceptable option any more, George wants an out. Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character from “A Christmas Carol” is a sad grumpy man who is never satisfied with what he has. He is harsh, and devious, but most of all he is selfish. Together, these men experience a loss more dear to them than their own lives, both angry and sad on the coming of the most joyful day of the year. The unendurable bereavement that George felt was a sorrow that knew no bounds. His plan? To end all of his sadness, pain, and melancholy grief, before his thoughts could get any louder. Then there was Ebenezer, who knew that he was talked about, and knew what everyone in town said about him, and his strategy to avoid this problem was to completely shut his family out on Christmas. But there was still hope for them. Spirits ascended from the detentions of time, and space to lead these men out of their Christmas blues. Phantoms of the night brought George and Ebenezer back from the point of no return and proved to them that life was worth living, they proved that Christmas was worth celebrating, and that joy was worth feeling. To conclude, the themes and characters of the two Christmas classics, “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol”, have similarities beyond compare while still having contrasting variations of their own stories. Aspects that only one or the other possess, is what brings these stories to
“ I wear the chain I forged in life…I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on my own free will and of my own free will I wore it” (Dickens 10). This statement made by Marley from “A Christmas Carol” not only embodies that of the story it hails from, but also another prominent Christmas classic titled “It’s A Wonderful Life”. Additionally both stories share similarities that only a senseless man could miss. But behind the mutual correlation between theses two literary plots, the storylines of the pre mentioned scripts do go in two diverse directions. Given these points, the characters and themes of these anecdotes are very comparable in more than one way while being very divergent …show more content…
He is happy with the small life that he never wanted, doing what he knows is right for the sake of others instead of his own. But once doing the right thing is not an acceptable option any more, George wants an out. Ebenezer Scrooge, the main character from “A Christmas Carol” is a sad grumpy man who is never satisfied with what he has. He is harsh, and devious, but most of all he is selfish. Together, these men experience a loss more dear to them than their own lives, both angry and sad on the coming of the most joyful day of the year. The unendurable bereavement that George felt was a sorrow that knew no bounds. His plan? To end all of his sadness, pain, and melancholy grief, before his thoughts could get any louder. Then there was Ebenezer, who knew that he was talked about, and knew what everyone in town said about him, and his strategy to avoid this problem was to completely shut his family out on Christmas. But there was still hope for them. Spirits ascended from the detentions of time, and space to lead these men out of their Christmas blues. Phantoms of the night brought George and Ebenezer back from the point of no return and proved to them that life was worth living, they proved that Christmas was worth celebrating, and that joy was worth feeling. To conclude, the themes and characters of the two Christmas classics, “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol”, have similarities beyond compare while still having contrasting variations of their own stories. Aspects that only one or the other possess, is what brings these stories to