Christmas Carol
Dickens. Charles. A Christmas Carol. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1999
Title: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens affects the book in many ways. For example, this time that the book takes place is around Christmas so that will be a key factor in the books plot. A Christmas carol is one of the many blessings that happen around Christmas, one that Ebenezer Scrooge needs very much. Basically the title relates to the book because of the second chance that Scrooge is given.
Context: Charles Dickens grew up in the 1800’s in Portsmouth, England. Growing up, Dickens’s family was poor, and financially irresponsible he mostly remembers his childhood as lonely, which influenced many of his books. Ebenezer Scrooge goes through many of Dickens experiences in his book A Christmas Carol. Like Dickens, Scrooge’s family had little money, when reliving his life as a kid Scrooge reveals that his childhood was a little miserable and lonely. Like Scrooge changes his life around for the better, Dickens changed his life by becoming a writer.
Mode/Genre: Although the author based some of Scrooge’s characteristics on his own life experiences, the book is a fictional work. The book is a novella, which is a shorter than a novel with fewer conflicts, but is more complicated than a short story. Scrooge’s story is told within five staves, Marley’s Ghost, The First of the Three Spirits, the Second of the Three Spirits, the Last of the Spirits, and the End of It. Each gave Scrooge a conflict that he had to cope with mentally and process what the ghost showed him meant.
Voice/Tone/Perspective: Charles Dickens chose that A Christmas Carol would be told in third person, by a limited-omniscient narrator. Because the narrator has a limited view of what Scrooge is thinking it makes the reader question what kind of life Scrooge actually has. However my having some omniscient qualities, the reader is allowed to know just enough to connect with Scrooge. During the beginning of the book Dickens
Title: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens affects the book in many ways. For example, this time that the book takes place is around Christmas so that will be a key factor in the books plot. A Christmas carol is one of the many blessings that happen around Christmas, one that Ebenezer Scrooge needs very much. Basically the title relates to the book because of the second chance that Scrooge is given.
Context: Charles Dickens grew up in the 1800’s in Portsmouth, England. Growing up, Dickens’s family was poor, and financially irresponsible he mostly remembers his childhood as lonely, which influenced many of his books. Ebenezer Scrooge goes through many of Dickens experiences in his book A Christmas Carol. Like Dickens, Scrooge’s family had little money, when reliving his life as a kid Scrooge reveals that his childhood was a little miserable and lonely. Like Scrooge changes his life around for the better, Dickens changed his life by becoming a writer.
Mode/Genre: Although the author based some of Scrooge’s characteristics on his own life experiences, the book is a fictional work. The book is a novella, which is a shorter than a novel with fewer conflicts, but is more complicated than a short story. Scrooge’s story is told within five staves, Marley’s Ghost, The First of the Three Spirits, the Second of the Three Spirits, the Last of the Spirits, and the End of It. Each gave Scrooge a conflict that he had to cope with mentally and process what the ghost showed him meant.
Voice/Tone/Perspective: Charles Dickens chose that A Christmas Carol would be told in third person, by a limited-omniscient narrator. Because the narrator has a limited view of what Scrooge is thinking it makes the reader question what kind of life Scrooge actually has. However my having some omniscient qualities, the reader is allowed to know just enough to connect with Scrooge. During the beginning of the book Dickens