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    The christmas carol is a famous christmas book made by Charles Dickens in 1843. The book is about an old man named ebenezer scrooge who hates christmas and is sent into the past, present, and future by three spirits to convince him to stop. There are tons of different versions of this story, I´m going to compare the ending of three of them, the original, the animated movie version, and the marvel comic. First lets compare how all three of them are similar. The ending of all three versions is…

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    A Christmas Carol is a over 100 year old book yet people still find joy in reading it. Scrooge changed a lot between the beginning and the end of the christmas carol. The real change was the ghost of christmas past showed him his younger self sitting at his school all alone. In the beginning of the novella scrooge sees himself as a neglected lonely young boy. Seeing how miserable he was makes him start thinking about his own actions and how they affect others. “ ‘The school is not quite…

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    follows the laughter with a toast to his uncle’s health. This gesture of commendation for someone so unpleasant helped Scrooge realize how forgiving people can be, and to many people, he owes genuine repentance. In the presence of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Scrooge pledges that he sincerely hopes to change his ways. The trembling of the spirit’s hand at the conclusion of Stave Four suggests that there truly is a chance for Scrooge to overthrow the prophecy he was just presented, and…

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    The movie, A Christmas Carol, tells the tale of an old miserable callous man named Ebenezer Scrooge and his path to redemption. It takes place in the mid 1800s, where the people of London are consumed with the spirit of Christmas and the excitement that comes with the season. Scrooge is known around town as a greedy creditor who has a cold heart and replies “Humbug!” to all of the Christmas activities. He declines his nephew’s Christmas dinner invitation and irrationally fires his hard working…

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    Introduction Set in the 1840s on Christmas Eve, A Christmas Carol chronicles the personal transformation of the protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge after going through both love and festivity alongside grief and fear. The ‘Ghost of Christmas Past’ reminded Scrooge of a sense of festivity by revisiting his old headmaster Fezziwig; The ghost of Christmas Yet to come transformed Scrooge by exposing him to scenes where he sees his fiancée Belle and his own grave; The change of attitude is also evident in…

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    Most everyone knows the Christmas classic by Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol” where a man named Ebenezer Scrooge was visited by ghosts, changing his life around. That is just fiction, but can you imagine what it would be like to see real Christmas ghosts? Ghost of Alcatraz Island Off the coast of San Francisco, California you’ll find Alcatraz Island which has a long and ghostly history. Ages ago Native Americans banished miscreants to this island for punishment and the story goes that they…

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    large, varying assortment of many classic tales that bring wonderful memories to everyone 's minds. Dickens has crafted many amazing stories in his career as an author. One of his most famous stories was A Christmas Carol. This novel can relate to so many different ideological aspects towards Christmas. Dickens is a very influential author who talked a lot about the Christian ideologies through his works of literature. This novel brings to light many Christian beliefs, ways of life, and the…

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    A Christmas carol A Christmas carol starts off with the author showing the reader that Scrooge is a bad person. For example, at one point in stave one Scrooge is described as a "cuvits old sinner" and also Dickens writes "no one stopped him in the street to say, my dear Scrooge, how are you?" This shows that he has been so horrible to everyone they have all given up on trying to be friendly to him. Also when his uncle comes to visit him and invites him over for Christmas dinner Scrooge says…

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    A Christmas Carol is a classic tale of joy, generosity, and finding your holiday spirit. However, the story did not start off with everyone holding hands and peace on Earth. It began with greed, hate, and antagonism. The story continues to progress to the end, and as it does changes in its tone. Both versions of A Christmas Carol end with the heartwarming mood the story is so famous for. The drama and the movie based off of it have many similar qualities, but differ from each other just as much.…

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    In Charles Dickens’, A christmas Carol I speculate all three spirits assisted Scrooge from his callous behaviour, and shifted his life around to make him a content man. Scrooge learns the same lesson from all three spirit (That kindness is the key to happiness) however, each spirit tells scrooge happiness in different ways. In the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is portrayed as a cold-hearted miser who abhors anything joyful , but once visited by the spirits scrooge is depicted as a…

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