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““A Christmas Carol”.
In my essay I’m going to talk about A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol is a about a man named Ebenezer Scrooge that is not a generous person and he hates everything related with Christmas.
The author is Charles Dickens, Dickens born on February 7, 1812 in the United Kingdom and dead on June 9, 1870 also in the United Kingdom. The historical setting is on 1843 and is the same date the movie was published; the Disney’s movie was published on 2009. The conditions are to understand the poor people, also to generous. My essay would be minimal 700 words.
Marley is dead and Scrooge is paying the mortification. He (Scrooge) went to his office and his nephew Fred come to visit him an invited him to dinner. Two poorly men came to his office asking for donation an Scrooge told them that poor people had to go to prison, a workhouse, or die. He went home and he was visited by a Marley’s ghost or spirit. …show more content…

He is big and happy in the movie; he carries a big torch and a green robe. This ghost is by far the most friendly of the group because he looks like he is celebrating, as I can see because of the joy he always seems to have. The ghost of Christmas present has the mission to teach the happiness that Christmas represents to Scrooge as he visits his nephew. He also took Scrooge to see the sadder things, so Scrooge helps to fix them.
Bob Cratchitt is the poor employee that works for Scrooge, and even though Scrooge so mistreats him, he remains a loyal and grateful employee. Bob Cratchitt has a large family he feeds with his small salary, he is always happy and willing to continue working. The most important thing about Bob Cratchitt is his son Tiny Tim, who is very sick and in need of medical attention that Bob cannot afford. Tiny Tim will later be an important part of the reason why Scrooge becomes good again, as Scrooge feels that he should help him, so he does not

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