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    Characterization is the concept of creating characters for a narrative.. Characters in literature sometimes make dramatic transformations. In a Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, the character Scrooge dramatically changes his attitude about Christmas. In Stave 1, Dickens establishes Scrooge’s character as someone who is stingy and selfish. On page 3, it states,” Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, “My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me?” As the

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    A Christmas Carol is will be 175 years old on December 19, 2017 and were still reading it today! Through Scrooge’s development in A Christmas Carol, Dickens shows that people should make others’ well being their business because that would make our society happier. Scrooge, intionaly, believed that business was money but later he comes to see how business is really about treating people with respect and kindness. Scrooge first views business as an actually business that brings in money. As it states

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    afraid of him because he was just really cold hearted that when someone would say Hi to him he would just walk by and ignore that person. Scrooge has changed because at first he was this really grumpy man who didn't like Christmas to being this kind man who started to like Christmas all over again and started being really kind to the town people.

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    In the novel A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge is a selfish,old man who could only care about himself and money. On the night before Christmas he is visited by four spirits who try to change his bitter ways. The last of the four ghosts, Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, shows Scrooge his gravestone with the quote "Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if preserved in, they must lead. But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it thus with what you show me." The

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    In Stave III of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge confronts the Ghost of Christmas Present for supposedly wanting businesses closed on the Sabbath. As a result, the text shifts from its secularized nature into a more religious tone. This change signifies that another transformation is taking place; Scrooge’s attitude and presence is becoming more ideal to the other individuals in the text. However, in Dickens’s efforts of implying that Scrooge is improving his holiday spirit, the text also implies that

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    A Christmas Carol In the novella, A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens’, the author takes you through the life of Ebenezer Scrooge, a cold-hearted, miserable old man. Dickens’ focuses on Scrooge’s harsh behavior and actions during Christmas time with a supernatural twist, for he is visited by a series of ghosts including his deceased close friend, Jacob Marley. In this spirited story, the author also makes meaningful use of literary devices such as similes, personification, and imagery

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    The literary school of criticism which best interprets Dr. Seuss’ “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” is the archetypal lens. The poem tells the tale of a Grinch who’s attempt to stop Christmas is relinquished when he is moved by the Christmas spirit of Whoville. Through the usage of character and thematic archetypes, Seuss is able to strengthen the impact of his poem. In the poem, the Grinch is clearly an example of the villain, seen in how “his heart was two sizes too small,” a metaphor for

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    change never make a difference. Sometimes, it can seem almost impossible to change, especially when it is hard to see a reason for it. Even the slightest effort with the littlest change could alter someone’s world. Scrooge, the main character in A Christmas Carol, took an extraordinarily long time to realize this. Even someone as cold and harsh as Scrooge, the man who had no family or friends, was able to change his life. Scrooge’s character has changed throughout the story because he shows emotion and

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    classic novel a Christmas carol written by Charles Dickens, the main character Ebenezer Scrooge changes drastically. The author gets Scrooge to change by sending the ghost of an old dead friend, and three spirits. The spirit that affected Scrooge the most was the spirit of Christmas present, because he was able to make Scrooge feel a deeper sense of sadness and shame and he showed him what he was missing out on. One of the reasons Scrooge was most affected by the spirit of Christmas present (or second

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    Redemption and Transformation can occur in the instance that the individual wants to be saved. Although Scrooge and Pedro Alonso Lopez are both considered as bad people, they both differ in that Scrooge starts to do wrong things assuming that what he is doing is for the greater good. While Lopez does wrong things for the satiation of his own macabre pleasure. This topic is comparing two individuals, one who has the capacity to be loved and saved, and one who rejects any notion of any sort of redemption

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