A Christmas Carol Summary
1). This story takes place in London, England. The time is winter and it starts the day before Christmas, also known as Christmas Eve. The settings of the book include Scrooge’s Counting House, Scrooge’s Home, Bob Cratchit’s home, assorted places throughout Scrooges childhood like the schoolhouse and the Fizziwig’s place where Scrooge was an apprentice, this is where a Christmas party took place and he met the one love of his life. Then it skips to Scrooge’s love of his life when she is married and they speaks about Scrooge and how he is now in a world of his money. Also it shows the exchange, homeless people under a bridge, and a cemetery.
2.) The four main characters in the book are Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge’s nephew, Fred.
First, lets examine Ebenezer Scrooge, since he is the main character of the story, All 3 ghosts visit him. Through him, the lesson of the story is to be learned. In the book, he is made out to be Anti-Christmas and he is constantly commented about by characters in the book, some feeling pity, others feeling hostility.
"External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he…Nobo
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Once again the ghost skips ahead to a time when Scrooge and the woman are speaking. The ghost are the conduit from which we are to understand the past, present, and future of an unhappy man. The message that Dickens is trying to get across is one of happiness. He then sees that even his nephew mocks him. He is the person in the book with who we are suppose to learn from. Here, Scrooge sees Tiny Tim’s hope and the togetherness of the family. ) The book starts off talking about Jacob Marley, Scrooge’s former business partner. Then the ghost takes him to what would be considered the bad part of town, under a bridge. The majority of the trip takes place at the Cratchits home. He is the epitome of the Christmas spirit, that
2.) The four main characters in the book are Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge’s nephew, Fred.
First, lets examine Ebenezer Scrooge, since he is the main character of the story, All 3 ghosts visit him. Through him, the lesson of the story is to be learned. In the book, he is made out to be Anti-Christmas and he is constantly commented about by characters in the book, some feeling pity, others feeling hostility.
"External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he…Nobo
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Once again the ghost skips ahead to a time when Scrooge and the woman are speaking. The ghost are the conduit from which we are to understand the past, present, and future of an unhappy man. The message that Dickens is trying to get across is one of happiness. He then sees that even his nephew mocks him. He is the person in the book with who we are suppose to learn from. Here, Scrooge sees Tiny Tim’s hope and the togetherness of the family. ) The book starts off talking about Jacob Marley, Scrooge’s former business partner. Then the ghost takes him to what would be considered the bad part of town, under a bridge. The majority of the trip takes place at the Cratchits home. He is the epitome of the Christmas spirit, that