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When The Grinch Stole Christmas Research Paper

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Once upon a time, a Grinch had stolen christmas from the town of Whoville. The Grinch stole christmas to make the town suffer, but the Grinch found out maybe he misinterpreted Christmas. The Grinch thought Christmas just meant giving presents to each other and singing songs, so he decided to steal the presents and throw them into the abyss. At dawn the Grinch expects to hear the cries to Whoville, but The Grinch hear singing(Seuss). The Grinch figures out maybe Christmas does not mean just giving presents and feasting, maybe Christmas means spending time with family. The heart of the Grinch triples in size and he decided to give back the presents he stole. The Grinch planes to celebrate Christmas with his Max, his dog, the Grinch decorate his …show more content…

They both feature a man who hated christmas and later found the value of christmas. In “A Christmas Carol” Ebenezer Scrooge, a grumpy old man who only cares about money gets visited by a ghost of his business partner to help Scrooge enjoy Christmas(O'connor). From the visit of his business partner and other Christmas Ghost with him, Scrooge find for the first time in his life Friends and family to celebrate Christmas with. Second of all the Grinch discover the act of giving from Scrooge. In the movie the Scrooge started to help out the less unfortunate with his money. Scrooge helped Tiny Tim, the son of Bob Cratchit, with polio(Goat). The Scrooge paid for the vaccination of polio for Tiny Tim. The Scrooge learned money does not solve all the problems and money does not buy joy. The Scrooge learned not to rely solely on money for happiness. Scrooge broke out of his shell of greediness. Finally Christmas helped Ebenezer Scrooge learn about compassion(Centi). Scrooge learned having compassion for people actually made him feel weird inside. Scrooge helps the town and give back to the people for their happiness. Scrooge gives money, and food to the poor. Scrooge noticed as he showed compassion to the people, the people smiled towards him and gave their gratitude to

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