Although the story "Christmas Carol" take place in a different time period, still holds values and lessons that are important in society today. ... The main character, Ebenezer Scrooge, characterize apathy towards everything starting from having no feelings for others to aversion from Christmas, but he changed from being cold, dismal, stingy person to slender, carefree, generous person at the end. ... Christmas Carol emphasize the theory of money cannot buy happiness by showing Scrooge decision of choosing money and personal gains over family and love. ... Dicken's, "A Christma...

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"A Rose For Emily," by Faulkner and "A Christmas Carol," by Dickens do not have quite the same theme, but the over all concept of the stories are very similar. "A Rose For Emily" sends out the message of having to let go of the past, while "A Christmas Carol" focuses more on the fact that money doesn't make happiness and to give to the less fortunate. ... In "A Christmas Carol," Scrooge was also a very bitter man. ... All in all, these two stories, "A Rose For Emily" and "A Christmas Carol" have a common concept between them. It is up to the character/author to decide what s/he wants ...

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A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is a story that is rich in metaphors that ultimately questions the morals and ethics of society during the time of his life. ... Scrooge goes to sleep and is awakened by the Ghost of Christmas Present who shows Scrooge several current scenes of Christmas joy and charity and then shows the Cratchit household. ... The silent black- clad Ghost Of Christmas Yet to Come replaces the other ghost. ... The three ghost of Christmas represent the changes of Scrooges life without these characters Scrooge would still be...

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(Dickens, "A Christmas Carol", p.1359, III. 1-7, from "No body" to "dark master!") This passage told by the narrator gives an accurate description of the character of Scrooge, through the thoughts and actions of the people around him. ...

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The author of such classics as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol, and David Copperfeild. ... In 1843 dickens released one of his most famous stories A Christmas Carol, which is a story of a greedy man visited by ghosts on Christmas Eve. ... Disney made an animated feature of out of it and there are 4 different movies based on it (including a comedy and A Diva's Christmas Carol). ... He went from writing comic book-like stories about only one character to stories that take high levels of intelligence to understand and hold great complexity to them, like, Great Ex...

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Times can and will change, people can and will change, and in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge could and did change. ... In the first stave of the story, Scrooge's character was revealed as unkind, uncharitable and overall cruel. ... The ghost shows him the Christmas where his sister Fan came to bring him home. ... The Ghost of Christmas Past also takes him to his first employer's building. ... Scrooge is greatly affected by his Christmas visit to the Cratchits. ...

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For example, in 1843 Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol. This Story dealt with and aristocratic character named Ebenezer Scrooge. ... Oliver, the main character, became an orphan and ended up in an orphanage. ... (www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/christmas-carol) (www.online-literature.com/dickens/olivertwist) ...

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The first chapter introduces the main character Pip. ... He spends the rest of his evening stirring the pudding for the Christmas dinner the next day and while he is stirring Mrs. ... He tells her that he was out listening to the carolers. ... Joe and Pip go to church, they come home to have Christmas dinner with Mr. ... They all sit down and have a nice Christmas dinner when the conversation turns to how much of a trial Pip is. ...

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