Money Doesn T Bring Happiness In A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens

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Does Money buy you Happiness or do you just think it does. A Christmas Carol, a story written by Charles Dickens, is a fictional comedy because the story did not happen in real life and has a happy ending. It is about a miserable old miser named Scrooge that only cared about money and how in one evening he changed his life for the better. Scrooge assessed people based on how much money they had. Scrooge was never happy because he was always thinking about money Money does not actually buy you happiness.
People can be happy even if they don't have money.Scrooge only pays Bob Cratchit, a poor man with a big family, 15 shillings a week, however Bob is still grateful for this position. When Fred, Scrooge's Nephew, came to visit Scrooge at work

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