Examples Of The Grinch

The next perspective the Grinch demonstrates is humanistic. Being humanistic means you have the freedom to change your behavior. Following this concept, you could have something called unconditional positive regard which is a basic acceptance of someone no matter what they do or say. The Grinch gave a good example of this when he found it alright to raid Whoville and take everything they have; right after he did this he felt great about himself which demonstrates his strong unconditional positive regard for himself. Another concept he showed was his strong self-actualization which is the growth of an individual toward fulfilling higher needs. The Grinch showed this when he returned everything to Whoville and his heart grew three sizes

Today you will learn who the meanest Christmas Legend is of all time. From Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, it features a mean, green creature who lived atop a mountain next to Whoville; who cannot simply stand and abide by Christmas. While Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol features the nasty, dismal misanthrope who lived in London and thought Christmas was a waste of time. Therefore, this evidence proves that the Grinch is the meanest of them all.

The Grinch is not guilty of the charges brought against him. He should not be accused to doing anything wrong. He has great character. The Grinch just wanted to be left alone and he wanted to be all to himself. He stayed away from others on the mountains.

When the Grinch throws Cindy Lou in the mail machine, it displays the growing power of the ID. Max his dog convinces the Grinch to help Cindy. Therefore, the Grinch rescues her. Max is the representation of good! Max represents the superego in the Grinch.

There are many differences between the movie and the original story, one of which is Cindy Lou Who. In the original Grinch she is portrayed as innocent two year old. In the movie however, she is about seven years old, which allows her to be slightly more skeptical about things. Jim Carrey played The Grinch, but when watching this movie it seemed as if The Grinch was playing Jim Carrey. The original cartoon leaves you with much more imagination as to why the Grinch is so mean. Quoting from Dr. Seuss’s book:

Stave 1-Greed The theme presented to the reader the most in stave 1 of A Christmas Carol is greed. Throughout the book the theme of greediness is presented and backed up by the many sections that point out how much Scrooge strives to get more money. One of these parts is when it is pointed out that Scrooge won’t spend money on anything valuable, so his most valuable possession is his knocker. Another piece of evidence is when he only gives his clerk one piece of coal, and no more. The final piece of proof I have is that he could not part with a single coin to help the poor, and needy. Those were the main parts of stave 1 that emphasize the theme of greed.

“How the Grinch stole Christmas” by Dr. Seuss is about a character named Grinch who hates Christmas and decides to ruin Christmas for the citizens of Whoville by stealing their gifts, food, and trees. The school of thought I chose to analyse this poem is archetypal. Readers can find recurring symbols, theme, characters, and images that are often found in many works of literature. The most common are the archetypal conflicts and characters.

One example of how the grinch has goodness in his heart is when he saved Cindy Loo. When the grinch stole all the presents he put them at the edge of the clif. Christmas morning cindy loo wanted to go see him cause no one else did. She went on the top of all the presents and they all started to fall off the clif while Cindy Loo was on top and the grinch stopped all the presents from falling.

The Grinch is not guilty of the charges brought against him, nor does he have poor character. One example of how the Grinch had goodness in his heart was when he saved Cindy Loo. Cindy was helping her dad by putting some letters away in the back. As she was putting them away, she spotted the Grinch.

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.

In the beginning of the novel, Ebenezer Scrooge was a mean, greedy, and selfish person. Some examples of his meanness, greed, and selfishness are, he never let his assistant Bob Cratchit put any coal in the fire. He is rude to his nephew Fred who came over to give Ebenezer Scrooge a gift and invite Scrooge to his Christmas party. When Bob Cratchit tried to help Fred, Ebenezer Scrooge

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.

Another example is on page 160 is when Scrooge says that he will live in the Past, the Present and the future and that all three spirits shall live within him Scrooge is recognizing his mistakes in the past and is say that he will learn from them.Also Scrooge says “Heaven, and the Christmas Time be praised for this! I say it on my knees, old Jacob; on my knees!” (Dickens 160) Which could be taken as that Scrooge now believes in God or that his faith has been renewed. Also in the book Scrooge is said to became a good friend, master and a good mas as the old city knew, and while some laughed at him he payed no heed for he thought that as they were laughing it all was fine. This show that Scrooge has changed and become a better person.

To illustrate, a background of the Grinch, he was a resentful individual who look to be in his 40’s who lived on a snowy called Mount Crumpits in the town of Whoville. In the film it depicts him spending a lot of time alone in the cave on the mountain reflecting depressed mood and his only social contact being his dog, named Max. He was abandoned as a child and was

old sinner! Hard as a steel and sharp as a flint, from which no steel