B01102039 Rachel A 21st-century version of A Christmas Carol 1 In the most crowded district in Taipei city, one of the traffic light turns from red to green, and passengers are crossing the crosswalk towards different directions. Each of them looks straightly, steadily towards their front taking no notice of others. It is like their field of view has degenerated over time because they just look for two things in their life: “what is in front”, which avoids them to will bump into something) and “the different sizes of screens that will emit light”, which refers to smart phones, tablets and computers. Suddenly, a harsh and annoying sound, …show more content…
He stands up from his messy seat and imagines that his store is full of an incessant stream of visitors and people rush to borrow money from him. However, a few minutes past, and an hour pasts, nothing happens. The store is still empty and quite. “Bah, humbug! I am cheated! Cheated! You this cunning, crafty little thief. " Scrooge walks toward his assistant-- Rob. “I will count the cost of this MacBook air from your wages. You will get nothing this month! I shouldn’t have believed in your asinine words.” Rob wants to retort, but thinking of keeping his wages next month, he forces himself to clench his lips. However, something does happen later in the night. When Scrooge is about to leave the store and close the useless MacBook Air, he spots some lines of comments keep popping out under his post. Past1960: Ebenezer Scrooge! I know u, the friendless boy who was bullied during high school. Past1899: Your fiancée left you because she cannot stand ur greediness that corrupted the love. Poor you! Scrooge is shocked that anyone would remember his pass that even himself has forgotten. The netizen’s comments have brought him thinking about the past days. He sobs a little; however, his sadness soon turns to …show more content…
His fans have even created a fan page on Facebook. Moreover, Scrooge also becomes a show host in several political and entertainment talk shows, which makes him earn tons of money. Scrooge feels really surprised that how people welcomes him and he actually has the magic ability to make people burst out laughing. Whenever he says "Bah, humbug!" with a satiric tone, all the people around him will laugh out so loudly that he thinks it is definitely over forty decibels, which is the standard that the neighbors can call the police for stopping the noise. What’s more, to his surprise, the more critically and indifferently he says his words, the more madly people chortle and praise him. “People like my personality!” Scrooge tells himself. “I should not change my way of dealing with others just because I am afraid of what the three netizens tell me about the past, present and future! They are just old-fashioned people who don’t understand what is popular now! Although their words haunt me every night like ghosts, I will still stick on to my avaricious and parsimonious character because it is what people like and enjoy!” Scrooge believes in his confidence