Compare And Contrast How The Grinch And A Christmas Carol

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

Although a sociologist can look at Dr. Seuss’ The Grinch that Stole Christmas in all three of the major theoretical perspectives, the main one expressed is symbolic interactionism. The Grinch that Stole Christmas is a story about a “who” who was not considered to be part of their “whoville” society due to the fact that he not only looked different from the rest of the people, but he acted in different ways than their norms. The story is merely about how the Grinch hates the “whos,” because of how they treated him; until, a little girl named Cindy Lou Who gains a curiosity for the Grinch and wants to give him another chance to be a part of their society. Throughout the story both of the main characters develop a deep connection to each other. Upon viewing the story from a symbolic interaction perspective view, I discovered how the story thematically symbolizes an important part of Christmas by giving people another chance; meanwhile, focusing on the relationship between the main two characters help them regain faith, and while the setting symbolizes their society’s purpose.

“The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite knows the reason. It could be that his head wasn't screwed on quite right. It could be, perhaps, that his shoes were to tight. But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been that his heart was two sizes too small.” (Seuss).

As the story moves along Sam out the elder in different situations to see if he would eat the green eggs and ham, but to Sam’s dismay the elder wouldn’t. Finally after trying and trying and trying Sam gets the elder to try the Green eggs and ham. One of the most popular stories by Dr. Seuss is the classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. This story became so popular that Universal Studios not only picket it up for a movie, but also a whole theme for their Christmas season theme park. In this story the Grinch loathes Christmas and the who’s with every fiber of his being. The Grinch presents himself as socially cut off from the who’s down in whoville. He lives on top of Mt. Crumpit with his dog Max. All of this hate is because his heart is two sizes too small (and this time he’ll keep it off). He finally had enough of the Who’s bangboozaling and clangclangaling so he devised a plan to steal Christmas. After Santa Clause came and delivered all the presents to the houses he would sneak in, in his Santa Clause suit and steal every present, every light, every decoration, every tree, and all of the food for the feast. He even stole the roast beast! He would empty the houses one by one and he didn’t leave anything. Not even a crumb big enough for a mouse. So as he got done with emptying the houses and was about to dump everything over Crumpit he heard a noise, a weird

"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.

Change can have an outcome of bad or good, usually it is the change of good and better. In Scrooge & Marley: A Christmas Carol, Scrooge realizes more of the events that take place in the story, and this realization causes Scrooge to change for the good. Scrooge’s character changes, which causes him to carry the character traits of grateful, thoughtful, and apologetic. As a result Scrooge changes from his realization and then changes to become grateful.

The author of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, used symbolic interaction to describe the Grinch in the movie. Symbolic interaction is the behavior between one another that shows symbols and body language. The movie is about a Grinch who does not like Christmas. The Grinch believes that if he takes the present away from the whos in Whoville that he will ruin the special Christmas spirt that the whos have.

“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.

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

Dr. Seuss’ poem “You're a Mean One Mr.Grinch” shows a lot of different types of sensory details, figurative language, and themes. The poem shows how the Grinch is a cold-hearted rotten beast, who stole Christmas. Also, this poem emphasises how disgusting you have to be to be like the Grinch. With a heart like his, you won't have friends. “You’re a Mean One Mr. Grinch’ is the best poem ever.

The Grinch presents many issues in the movie. The major one is that he hates Christmas and everything it has to do with it. He sits on top of his mountain and listens to all the noises that occurs when Christmas comes that he cannot stand. When the kids open their presents on Christmas morning and they start playing with them it annoys him. From the drums, trumpets, loud and obnoxious sounds

With the season, sounding the holiday spirit, the movie that I have chosen to analyze a character that depict a personality disorder and, “enduring patterns of experience and behavior that differ greatly from the norm and the expectations of the individual’s social group”, is Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The character’s behavior that I will be examining is the Grinch and the personality disorder that he acquires to exhibit is anti-social personality disorder. Anti-social personality disorder is one of the four disorders consider appearing dramatic, emotional, and unpredictable. As a person with anti-social personality disorder they tend to not care about other people’s feeling showing little remorse, along with aggressive behaviors. Generally, individuals start showing signs of this disorder early on in childhood as early as six years old, and include symptoms of impulsivity, behavioral problems, callous social attitudes, and lack of feeling for others. Antisocial personality disorder implies that the person does not conform to social norms and tend to little or no respect for the law.

After reading Dr. Seuss poem “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”, I had a psychoanalytic perspective in my mind. The question is why does the Grinch loathe Christmas so much. Well, I say something must have happened in his past, that made him into what he is now. Maybe, he didn’t get his favorite toy during Christmas, or maybe he was never loved or cared by parents. There are so many reasons why the past can affect the presence. His desire is finding out who in Whoville is during Christmas. According to Freud’s theory, that is his ID. He wants to make people upset during a jolly holiday, and his superego is agreeing with the ID. While his ego is ignoring “motherly role” by not listening to what’s right or what’s wrong. But, during the end of the

It is easier to understand “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” by using the Psychoanalytic school of critic to analyze it. Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory actually helps with understanding why the Grinch hates christmas and why he behaves the way he does. Freud believed that our unconscious mind was influenced by childhood events. Freud believes that our personality is made of three things; the id, ego, and superego. The id is the unconscious part that has our needs, and instincts. The ego is the part that stays in touch with reality and tries to suppress the id and superego so they are socially acceptable. Finally the superego is the personality that completely cuts out the socially unacceptable instincts of the id. As you begin to read

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