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    A Christmas Carol Charles Dicken Analysis of the story By: Saudah Short story elements Setting Place: England Time: Christmas Eve in 1843. Weather: cold is the main‚ otherwise‚ on Bob and Scrooge´s nephew houses‚ the weather is warm. Social conditions: Rich: Ebenezer Scrooge Poor: Scrooge´s Nephew and Bob Mood: cold for Scrooge and joyful for Bob and Fred(Scrooge’s nephew) Plot Introduction: It starts describing how cold Scrooge is and his opinion about Christmas‚ which

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    A Christmas Carol Practise Essay Topic = “Scrooge’s real problem is that he has no sense of responsibility to others; he is happy to remain in his insular world Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol‚ presents to the reader‚ the transformation of a self-centred miserable old man‚ Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge‚ drastically transforms from the protagonist of his society‚ to a man who realises that life isn’t just about himself and money‚ other people are important and being kind and caring and helping others

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    contract an illness such as cancer often make radical changes in their lifestyle and behavior when confronted with the fragility of life. In literature‚ change is often accompanied by great drama such as A Christmas Carol where the character Ebenezer Scrooge tries to find out who he is. In A Christmas Carol‚ Dickens uses the supernatural to dramatize the need for Ebenezer Scrooge to change from miser to socially responsible citizen. At the start of the novella‚ Scrooge is a bitter man who is obsessed

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    The film version of ¨A Christmas Carol¨ is extremely more preferable. The literature version just simply doesn’t give off as much of a mood‚ the text is extremely too dull. In written form the story isn’t pulling me in‚ and appears like a fantasy. The text is just not appealing‚ and that’s the main reason why the movie is better. Although I love to read‚ I like watching movies better. Both the movie‚ and the story are very fun to watch and read. I recommend you to check them out‚ they’ll most likely

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    With marelys arrival‚ there wasn’t just one bell ringing either‚ there were numerous which made Scrooge feel a little surrounded. 6. What was Marleys purpose for visiting? the reason for marleys visit was to warn Scrooge of the three ghosts of Christmas Pasts that will be coming to visit him and to show him his pasts to hopefully change Scrooges cold heart to a loving and caring man. 7. What is marleys fate? What do the chains

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    been greedy? How has it affected you? In the story‚ Rikki-Tikki Tavi by: Rudyard Kipling‚ two of the characters‚ Nag and Nargiana are greedy. As in the story Hershel and the Hanukkah candles by: Eric Kimmel two goblins are. Also in the play A Christmas Carol by: Charles Dickens‚ a man named Scrooge is greedy as well. The main message in all three short stories/plays is nothing good ever comes out of being greedy. In these stories being greedy has a negative outcome for all the characters. In the stories

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    Christian belief. People need the idea of redemption to help change and become a better individual. They need to believe that they can still be saved no matter how horrible of a deed they have done. Scrooge is redeemed in Charles Dickenson’s Christmas Carol with the help of 3 spirits and a dead business partner. First Marley affected Scrooge greatly. He slowly scared him into believing that he was real. Marley came to scrooge in a frightening way by showing him his face as a door knocker‚ he

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    I like the DVD better than the written version of A Christmas Carol. The movie and the story are a lot alike. The movie and the story are different in many ways. There are many ways the special effects of the movie make it better than the book. There are many similarities and differences between the movies. The movie and the story are a lot alike. One similarity is there was a lot of fog. Another is when his old partner “Marley” talked to him he told him three ghost will show up in his

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    the better." Over the many years since the publishing of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist in 1838‚ many have come to know it as not only art but also as an account of the social and economic problems of the industrial revolution. Along with his other works‚ he would eventually inspire others to put an end to child labour‚ one the most horrific examples of human exploitation that went on in the industrial revolution. Oliver Twist addresses three major themes of the 19th century‚ the failure of charity

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    write in 1843? He wrote‚ “ A Christmas Carol.‚” Part Two - 5. In the book‚ Tiny Tim has to walk with a crutch‚ although the story never specifically says why. What illness does Tiny Tim have? Was it curable? He has a kidney disease which made his blood too acidic and it was curable. 6. Smoking Bishop and Plum Pudding are two of the foods mentioned in A Christmas Carol. Explain what these foods are. What are some of the

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