Title: A Christmas Carol
Author: Charles Dickens
A fantasy story A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens clearly shows the theme of how enemies can become friends after an incident, which also refers to a person hating something turning out to liking it. An interesting character in the film is Ebenezer Scrooge. He is interesting, because the theme is shown through the events which are related to him.
The theme is shown when Scrooge hates people who greets him with ‘Merry Christmas’. Scrooge, an old man suffering poverty, was working in his office. Suddenly, his nephew swung the door open, and shouted, ‘Merry Christmas’, but Scrooge told him to leave him alone. ‘What’s Christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older, and not an hour richer…’, he said. This shows that Scrooge believes that Christmas is his enemy which is destroying his life and boosting his poverty. Through this idea, I learnt that joyful events, such as Christmas or Easter may not be joyful for everyone.
Another part which shows the theme is when he greets everyone with ‘Merry Christmas’ at the end of the story. The three ghosts, who had shown Scrooge his past, present and future, taught him a valuable lesson of, how he should not live too thrifty, but sharing, especially on joyful days, such as Christmas. ‘I’ll give you money and if you buy me a turkey, I will give you 1 shilling. If you buy me the turkey in 5 minutes, I’ll give you 5 shillings.’ This quote shows that he had begun to share. Another quote showing this idea is when he says to Bob, his worker, ‘You’re late, you seem lazier. So, I’m planning to give you a raise’. Through this part, I have learnt that through a valuable lesson, people’s personalities can change 180 degrees.
Through this book, I learnt that when we share, we also share the happiness. I hope I can be happy by sharing, and other people to know this fact.
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