Christmas Carol: Book And Movie Comparison

I thought that the movie “A Christmas Carol” was better than the book. Movies provide better action and visual pictures. When watching a DVD you can actually see what is happening in the story and plot. When you read a book you have to use your imagination and visualize what's happening in your head. Although some movies can change the plot and sequencing of the original book, it is still fun to watch the movie and see how different or similar they are.

Twas the night before Christmas, two creatures on trial, one who is cheap, and the other who is vile. The Grinch from Dr. Seuss’s, How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Ebenezer Scrooge from Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol are head to head against each other to be the meanest this Christmas. The Grinch is a putrid green monster who lives up in a deep, dark cave, hating all cheer. Scrooge is a miser who hates all human life and never buys anything that’s not cheap. The Grinch is meaner because he goes down to Whoville, rips everything with holiday cheer away from the poor Whos, and doesn’t even care, he just smiles with hatred to Christmas. He does all this just for the fun of it.

When people want to watch a movie that is based on a book, they usually read the book first. Well, why on earth do they do that? Well, see sometimes even though they have the same plot, sometimes things can be changed. Whether it being for entertainment purposes, or to make the film shorter or longer, things usually will be changed when creating a movie inspired by a book. People probably have a few titles come to mind when they think about this, but a good example is “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens and the movie “A Christmas Carol” by Jim Carrey. Though both forms of literature are based off of the same plot, they do have their fair share of differences and similarities like any other adaption to a book. An example of this would be

Ebenezer Scrooge is the major character in the story, A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol is about how a “cold-hearted, tight fisted, selfish” money grabbing man is offered an opportunity of a life time, to change his behaviour, attitude... to have a second chance in life.

A Christmas Carol is about a man named Ebenezer Scrooge.Who had a lot of greed. He even called Christmas a “humbug”. Ebenezer Scrooge had more greed than any other man in England. He worked all year long even through Christmas, The most happiest time of year, but not for Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge had parter, Bob Cratchit, he paid him only 15 shillings a week. Cratchit had 5 children and one of his children had a crippled foot, and walked with a crutch. That Christmas the Cratchit family had a small turkey because of Scrooge's greed.

"A Christmas Carol" a famous christmas movie. Although it isn't hard to believe that people do not realize that there are differences between the movie and the book. In this case, that fits right into that subject. Here are some of the differences between the movie and the novel.

Ebenezer Scrooge is the major character in the story, A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol is about how a “cold-hearted, tight fisted, selfish” money grabbing man is offered an opportunity of a life time, to change his behaviour, attitude... to have a second chance in life.

The story,"A Christmas Carol,"has been told for decades. It is a story that explains how the main character,scrooge,transforms from a stingy,mean,and heartless man to do warmhearted generous character. Scrooge sees his life in the past,present,and future through three ghosts. The journey changes him forever.

“Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.”( Erich Fromm) In the story, A Christmas Carol, By Charles Dickens. The main character is a greedy man named Ebenezer Scrooge who has no Christmas spirit. Scrooge starts off in the story with no joy in his life. He is then visited by the ghost of his former coworker, who says that the Scrooge will be visited by three spirits who show him the past, present, and the future. There are many similarities between the drama and the movie.

Mr. Scrooge, a greedy, careless man. Ebenezer hates Christmas, because it gets in the way of him making money because that is all he cares about. He loves money more than anything, even more than his family. Everything does change though, his is visited by the ghost of his former co-worker, Marley and he was sent to help Scrooge become a better person. Over the course of the play, he is visited by not also Marley, but also Spirits.

From the story, “A Christmas Carol”, to the movie, “Scrooged”, there are many similarities and differences in the characters, symbols and even plot although much of it is due to the change in setting from the early 1840’s to the late 1980’s. Beginning with characters, Ebenezer Scrooge carries his overall theme of generosity or lack thereof into the movie where he is referred to as Frank Cross. Cross shows this in his Christmas gifts that he gives out to family and employees which happen to be no more than a fluffy towel. Scrooge expresses his lack of generosity by giving Bob Crachit, his employee, little to no christmas bonus and being unhappy with his request to take Christmas day off. In both the book and movie, Scrooge and Cross both start out with a very annoyed and almost depressed demeanor, both having a short temper and being very dismissive towards others. Cross was vain and very dedicated to his television company while Scrooge was a workaholic and the only thing he cared about was money. He also craved isolation as he would return home

In the beginning of the story "A Christmas Carol" Ebenezer Scrooge is a grumpy old man. He does not have the Christmas spirit. He also does not care about anyone. He did not like to help people.

The Kite Runner and A Christmas Carol contrast with each other by the theme of greed. Both of the protagonists are greedy, however both have an upper-class status. Therefore, they manage to get away with their actions until the end of the novel, where their guilt catches up with them and begin to feel deeply regretful. The Kite Runner’s protagonist, Amir continuously treats his servant/friend Hassan terribly without managing to redeem himself until it was too late. Growing up, Amir becomes friends with Hassan, however he does not learn that some of the ways he treats him is selfish and unkind. Hassan lets Amir take advantage of his kindness and loyalty which leads him to a very dark path in the future. He tells Amir “for you a thousand times

There is a lot of similarities between the book and the movie. I actually like the way they put this movie together because I think that all the characters suit their roles perfectly. In the movie and in the book

In the 1999 theatrical version of A Christmas Carol we revisit a timeless classic packaged as a grittier and more down to earth version of Charles Dickens classic novel. In the movie the titular character of Ebenezer Scrooge finds himself alone and cut off from the world after his business partner Jacob Marley passes away. The bitter and cold hearted Scrooge despises Christmas and all those who embrace it, until one fated night, when his deceased business partner pays him a visit and sets him on a journey that will change his life he knows it.