How Does Scrooge Change In A Christmas Carol

Drawing From the Tradition
Stories and traditional works are always connected in some way. Even the popular traditional story A Christmas Carol has its connections with another popular read: How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The story of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens follows a man with a sense of greed and selfishness that lives in the 1800s of England. The man’s name is Ebeneezer Scrooge. One night a ghost of a businessman of he once knew named Jacob Marley comes to Scrooge, so Scrooge can change how he’s been living for the past decades Scrooge has been alive. Three other ghosts visit Scrooge in order to help him change, as Marley had explained to Scrooge the ghosts of which they will be visiting him: the Ghost of Christmas Past,

Scrooge and the Grinch act violent and seem to not like children very much. In the story, A Christmas Carol, an evidence to show that Scrooge does not like kids occurs. Scrooge was working in his counting-house with his co-worker Bob Cratchit, until he hears a little boy singing Christmas Carols in front of his door. The old owner of the counting-house grabbed a ruler and went to the front door. “...Scrooge’s keyhole to regale him with a Christmas Carol: but at the first sound of ‘God bless you, merry gentleman! May nothing you dismay!’ Scrooge seized the ruler with such energy of action, that the singer fled in terror…” (Dickens 7). Here Scrooge behaves violently to the child. The Grinch & Scrooge behave the same way to children; they scare kids off. Although, they scare kids differently. Scrooge scares children off by acting violent and sometimes scares them off with just his aura that makes him hard to approach. The Grinch uses a giant mask to scare kids off instead. Meanwhile in How the Grinch Stole Christmas, there are 4 kids who climb up the Grinch’s mountain in attempt to see him. Two of the children go up to the Grinch’s front door, while the other two stay below the door hiding behind a rock. The Grinch simply does not even open his door to see who, but he scares the kids with a giant mask that looked like his

During a scene in A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is back in his room after the encounter with the Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come. He thinks about going to a Christmas celebration at his nephew’s house and later he stands in front of the dining-room door that belongs to his nephew’s house. “He turned it gently, and sidled his face in…’Fred!’ said Scrooge. ‘Why bless my soul!’ cried Fred, ‘who’s that?’ ‘It’s I...Will you let me in, Fred?’ Let him in! It is a mercy he didn’t shake his arm off...nothing could be heartier.” (Dickens 62-63). The themes of the Christmas Carol and How the Grinch Stole Christmas are similar since the theme is about spending time with family and others. Except How the Grinch Stole Christmas uses made-up species and the Christmas Carol uses humans to explain the theme and hint the theme throughout the story. Furthermore, the same theme is shown in the scenes of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The Grinch decided to steal all the presents, lights, trees, and food at night that belonged to the Whos. When the Whos wake up in the morning and realized that everything was gone they were still happy even though there was no presents. The Grinch wonders, ponders, and thinks about the reason why the Whos are still happy without presents or lights. He thinks for quite a few moments until he figures out the reason. He finds out that Christmas is about family