“Our similarities bring us to a common ground; our differences allow us to be fascinated by each other.”~Tom Robbins. Comparing and contrasting is not difficult nor hard to do, it just takes time to find the right ones. The book Christmas Carol, and movie are a little on the opposite sides of that spectrum. I’m not going to lecture on and on about the level of difficulty or the complications of trying to do so. I am simply going to tell what the similarities and differences are between the movie and the book; The Christmas Carol. In the beginning of the book and the movie Scrooge is a very pessimistic character. He hates everyone and is a cruel old man. Once Marley visits he becomes terrified of what his future might become; for Scrooge
In my opinion there are a lot of comparisons between the film and the book, but there are also differences between them too, but also they have impacted the audience in both the film and the
Ebenezer Scrooge and Dante Alighieri, the main characters in both stories, have similarities and differences in their life and personality. Scrooge and Dante walk down the wrong path in life, personally for Scrooge and literally for Dante. Throughout his life, Scrooge has been rude, stingy, bitter, sad, and angry. He must turn himself
In the movie, A Christmas Carol, there are many differences than the play. Some differences in wording could be a result of the actor messing up. The movie has parts included that are not in the original play. This could be a result of more modern technology. Most of the most important things are included in both.
Tiny Tim watches the kids playing and wishes that he could run and play with them too. In the play by Charles Dickens, Tiny Tim doesn’t appear until the middle section of the play. Another difference is that in the movie when Scrooge is walking home, a carriage comes by with Marley in the tomb and Marley says “Scrooooooge.” This scene never happens in the play. In the movie, it shows some poor, homeless people who are in a cold and wet place.
A Christmas Carol Literary Analysis Essay “Today I choose life, every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” - (Kevyn Aucoin).
The second comparison between the book and the movie was Who’s love for Christmas. This is very important because the it is the Who’s love for Christmas that causes the Grinch's hate for
In both,he’s scared the most by Christmas Future, shot down by The Ghost of Christmas Present, most contempt with the The Ghost of Christmas Past. Of course there are some differences too. The most obvious is the change in dialogue. Another huge
One of the big differences in the movie than in the book was when Scrooge was going to die. In the movie the ground opened up and was sucking Scrooge in the ground toward a casket while he was begging for his life but when he fell in the hole
Some of the major differences, such as the changes in Jonas, Fiona, and Asher’s characters in the movie as well as Jonas’s escape, really separate the movie from the book. However, that is not to say that there are not plenty of similarities. The descriptions and portrayals of Jonas’s feelings about the Community, The Giver, and the structure of the Community are very similar between the two stories. While the similarities greatly outnumber the differences, some of the differences are very major and can change the story a
You may often come across the Christmas Carol story in many different forms but the play and movie are the most common. Say for example, the play written by Charles Dickens. This play takes place in various places in the city of London. The Christmas Carol play comes to life on Christmas Eve in the winter of 1843.(Dickens, 1) Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character who has absolutely no respect for Christmas at all. Matter of fact, he despises this merry holiday which is called to be the conflict of the play but Bob Cratchit, who works for him, is just filled with the thought of it.
Also the most similar thing is that both of the book and the movie had the same lesson learned Scrooge learn how to honor Christmas and he learned the value of Christmas and he learned about the mistake he made. He also learned that money doesn’t get you everything, and money is not everything and that having a family is the best gift you can have. Making the movie and the book similar is a really good idea because if the book and movie had a lot of difference then the reader would be
How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Christmas Carol are two very similar stories. In the stories A Christmas Carol and How The Grinch Stole Christmas, there are two characters who are a good example of this. A Christmas Carol is a story about a grumpy old man named Ebenezer Scrooge who only cares about money and needs to be taught a lesson. The story teaches a very good lesson, and modern authors still draw from it’s storyline. They also draw from the lessons it teaches while people read it.
Compare and contrast Christmas Carol Book VS. Christmas Carol Movie Are you into the Christmas spirit where everyone is enjoying their time with their family, then the Christmas carol is the right book for you. Today I am going to be discussing about the similarities and the differences between the book and the movie in the book and the movie Scrooge was the main character they both had the part where Scrooge had an argument with his nephew. In the movie and the book they had the same types of lessons learned. The difference is that in the movie Scrooge had a dog while in the book, it never mentions that Scrooge had a dog.
Compare and Contrast A Christmas Carol is full of many twists and turns, and has been written in many different versions. Writers have taken artistic liberties and have added or taken away to the beloved Christmas story to make it their own. No two versions are going to be exactly similar, and most definitely are going to have many differences. The play and the movie both follow the basic plotline of the classic novel, A Christmas Carol.
Christmas Carol Literary Analysis Have you ever wondered if someone can change overnight? In this book Scrooge changed very rapidly with the ghost appearing and changing him completely . In the beginning of the story Scrooge was hateful and in the end he was very loving. But once he started to change he changed very rapidly.