Commentary On A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. In the beginning of the drama performance was Jacob Marley and is a ghost who comes to Scrooge so he won't have to go what Marley went through.
The beginning of the movie they begin in Mr. Scrooge’s office. In the drama and movie Scrooge gets mad at Mr. Cratchit for using coal and wasting it on fire. Scrooge keeps saying Humbug after his nephew says Merry Christmas. Scrooge is a old man who has a lot of money. He thinks Christmas is a waste of time and money. Scrooge doesn't waste his money and spend wisely but is also selfish. It is all about greed in the present then the future changes that.
In the past his father didn’t like him because of his wife died and he was depressed. That's how he was when he was a child it wasn't greed it was want. He had many friends until he was older. His nephew was a good one he was there for Scrooge. When it was in the movie his nephew was older than I thought. In the drama in my mind he was like eight or ten. His nephew also has
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The future shows him what happens to Tiny Tim. Tiny Tim dies Scrooge doesn't care what happened to him. It shows what happens what happened to Scrooge when he had died. It shows this old lady selling some of his stuff to this man. He is mad because he has no family to give his stuff too. The future shows this homeless family who had very little food and barely enough wood to keep them warm for the night. He gets very angry from whats happens when he dies. He dies all alone with no one else. He doesn't want to die alone and starts begging the spirit to take him back and fix his mistakes. He wakes up skipping around and open the window when a boy is walking by. He asked him what day it is and the boy said Christmas. Scrooge asked him to go get the biggest turkey he can get and he will pay in some money. 5 minutes later a man knocks on the door with the turkey. Scrooge tells the man to take the turkey to the

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