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Research Paper On Why The Grinch Stole Christmas

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The villain I chose was, The Grinch. I chose this evil villain because the Grinch is miserable and hates anyone who is happy so the Grinch attempts to take happiness away. A villain is a character whose actions are responsible for, specified trouble , harm, or damage. The Grinch is a evil character in, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. This revenge-seeking green creature goes out of his way to "steal" Christmas from the people of Whoville. He sits on the top of his mountain and stares down at all the happy, cheerful Whos' and decides to, take it into his own hands, to take all the happiness out of the holiday excitement. "Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot...But the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville, did NOT! The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. no one quite knows the reason". This excerpt from the book, "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" …show more content…

The Grinch does everything in his power to try to take Christmas away from the citizens of the town below his mountain top hideaway. " "These stockings", he grinned, "are the first things to go!" Then he slithered and slunk, with a smile most unpleasant, around the whole room, and he took every present! He stuffed them in bags, Then the Grinch, very nimbly, stuffed all the bags one by one, up the chimney! He went to the chimney and stuffed the tree up! Then he went up the chimney, himself, the old liar. On their walls he left nothing but hooks and some wire". This quote is demonstrating how the Grinch attempted to steal Christmas by going to each house and stealing all their presents, dressed up as Santa, and leaving nothing Christmas related in the house. The Grinch lied, and took all the amazing presents and decorations from all the people of Whoville. Not only did the Grinch attempt to steal Christmas, he dressed up as Santa

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At the start of the book the Grinch is a grumpy old man that got bullied when he was a child in school around Christmas time and decided to run away and is live up in te h snowy mountains with his dog Max Whoville and despises Christmas and joy. The Grinch decides that on Christmas Eve he will sneak into everybody 's house and steal their Christmas trees and their gifted presents. While hes busy ruining everyone 's holiday he runs into Cindy Lou, the daughter of one the citizens that live in Whoville who makes him figure out that Christmas is something much more important than foiled wrapped gifts and giant trees, and that its about spending time with your family and people you love, and from that day on the Grinch 's tiny heart grew three

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The story Christmas Carol there is a charter named Fred. Scrooge is his uncle and he has a little problem with him. He hates Christmas, now I know what you are thinking how could somebody hate Christmas. Well, he is strictly business he never had kids and never got married. He hated it, he never gave to the charity he thought people on the street she goes to jail.

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