A Christmas Carol: Comparing The Book And Movie

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I like the movie version better than the book version of A Christmas Carol. The reason I liked the movie better was because, you can better visualize what is going on in it. It also had the music so you knew when things would get exciting and better. I also liked the movie better because you could see what the characters looked like and how they felt. They are the same because it always had to be cold instead of hot everywhere Scrooge went. All the ghost took him places in the past present, and also future to show him why he should like christmas instead of hating it so much. He remembers things from the past when he was a little boy. Scrooge tell all the ghost to show him more christmas. Little Tim’s family all drank the health of Mr. Scrooge.

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