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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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    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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    I liked the DVD better than the written version A Christmas Carol. The reason I liked the DVD better‚ because it goes into more detail than the party does. Also instead of me having to visualize it myself‚ then I can just watch the movie. I also do not like to read if I do not have to. For the people who can’t read‚ the movie is a much better choice for them. In the story and the movie Marley were dead. Scrooge was also very good friends with Marly before he had passed away. Scrooge had also heard

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    “He became as good a friend‚ as good a master‚ and as good a man‚ as the good old city knew…” Discuss Scrooge’s transformation in A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens‚ renowned social critic and celebrated author of the Victorian Era. In his most cherished yuletide novella‚ Dickens’ explores the idea of transformation and man’s ability to redeem himself. By observing Scrooge’s conversion from misanthrope to humanitarian‚ the reader can understand that Scrooge is only able to transform because of the

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    CAST Ethan: Scrooge Nevin: Nephew Isabelle: Narrator / Phone Salesman Lijah: Bob Cratchit Narrator/ Stage Director: [Christmas music playing on the Bob Cratchit’s phone. In scrooge’s office at the bank‚ very quietly. Lights are set up all round the bank everywhere but Scrooge’s office. It’s very cold cause the heaters broke and Scrooge won’t fix them. Scrooge’s employee are sitting in the office beside him typing Documents.] Scrooge: What are you doing Bob? Are you pretending to be cold

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    The story is about Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. He always sat in his counting-house‚ friendless and alone. He was not generous with his money. The coldness inside him froze his old face. He carried the coldness with him always‚ wherever he went. It made his office cold in the summer‚ and it was even colder in winter. He spent his life in a cold nature. His clerk‚ Bob Cratchit‚ shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s nephew‚ Fred

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    Scrooge in A Christmas Carol. The story ‘A Christmas Carol’ was written by Charles Dickens in 1843. Dickens was a very popular writer at the time of ‘A Christmas Carol’ is one of his most famous stories today. The main character‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ is presented as being a very cruel‚ selfish and harsh man. However‚ he changes throughout the novella due to significant events. I think the main message Dickens portrayed within the novella was to be loving and generous around Christmas time particularly

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    A Christmas Carol Many social issue are in Charles Dickens‚ A Christmas Carol‚ with the vast majority of them having to do with scrooge. Scrooge begins the story with no Christmas spirit whatsoever‚ but he changes into a warmhearted teddybear at the end. A Christmas Carol shows that kindness is the way to go rather than being mean and greedy. A social issue that is touched on in this novel is the lack of sympathy that people have towards each other. Scrooge is mean to his family and friends

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    A Christmas Carol vs. The Industrial Revolution Rewrite Almost all of America has some point on Christmas Eve or even Christmas Day sat down in front of the TV and watched A Christmas Carol on one of the local channels. It’s like a tradition at my house and probably is at many other households as well. Charles Dickens created the modern Christmas‚ the Christmas we all know and celebrate today. When we watch the movie or read his book‚ people mainly focus on the story of Christmas and how Dickens

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    The hardships Dickens experienced during his childhood directly influenced his message in A Christmas Carol‚ as well as his other works. When Dickens was just twelve years old‚ his father was imprisoned for debt‚ and his mother and siblings joined him in prison. Charles was sent to work in Warren’s Blacking Warehouse‚ a shoe polish factory. After a few months‚ John Dickens received an inheritance and was released from prison‚ but he made Charles continue working in the warehouse long after his

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