1) MLA CITATION
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1843.
2) RESPONDING TO THE PLOT:
If I were Scrooge, I couldn’t change my mind because I think it is so difficult for everyone to change his or her mind especially being older. So if I were the author, I would change the story that Scrooge’s mind and life didn’t change at all after meeting three ghosts.
In the last page, the book says “it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.” It was the most impressive for me because it shows Scrooge’s characteristic after changing the best. So I chose it.
3) ANALYZING 7 LITERARY TERMS
1. Setting: The location of the story is London, England. And the time is the middle of the nineteenth century.
2. Point of View: This story is told through the minds and emotions of all the characters. Therefore, the point of view is omniscient.
3. Conflict: There are many conflicts in this story. For example, Scrooge versus his employees, and Scrooge versus his family. The main conflict, however, is Scrooge versus three ghosts because they tried to change his life.
4. Climax: Scrooge was avaricious and hated by the people around him, but finally, he changed his mind and became very kind to everyone. I think it is the climax in this story.
5. Symbol: The symbol in this story is a Christmas carol. It stands for Scrooge’s awaking of human love through his experience with three ghosts.
6. Irony: One of the ironies in this story is that Scrooge had much money, but didn’t have much love. Another irony is that Scrooge changed his mind because of the ghost of Marley, who was a materialistic person like Scrooge.
7. Theme: This story tells us how necessary human love is. After reading this story, I thought that the most important thing for human was not money, but love.
4) REFLECTING ON THE STORY
I was surprised that ghosts changed a person’s life. I think it is impossible in the real life. So I also felt interesting. Scrooge was rich, but always alone. I’m not rich, but never feel alone. At that time, there was strong class consciousness. However, we hardly mind it in my country. The book has already been made into a film many times, but I’ve never seen it yet. I want to see it.
The author was very poor so he had to work at a factory when he was a child. So he wrote a lot of stories as a poor man and tried to change society through Christian human love. I think his life and experience themselves might have inspired him to write the book. I agree with the author’s view of people and life. I also think that love is much more important than money. What I learned from this story is that we can change our life if we can change our mind. I thought we could never change our mind so easily, but after reading this book, I thought we could change it if we really hope to do. I expected Scrooge never changed until he died, but actually, he changed a lot and lived the rest of his life happily.
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1843.
2) RESPONDING TO THE PLOT:
If I were Scrooge, I couldn’t change my mind because I think it is so difficult for everyone to change his or her mind especially being older. So if I were the author, I would change the story that Scrooge’s mind and life didn’t change at all after meeting three ghosts.
In the last page, the book says “it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.” It was the most impressive for me because it shows Scrooge’s characteristic after changing the best. So I chose it.
3) ANALYZING 7 LITERARY TERMS
1. Setting: The location of the story is London, England. And the time is the middle of the nineteenth century.
2. Point of View: This story is told through the minds and emotions of all the characters. Therefore, the point of view is omniscient.
3. Conflict: There are many conflicts in this story. For example, Scrooge versus his employees, and Scrooge versus his family. The main conflict, however, is Scrooge versus three ghosts because they tried to change his life.
4. Climax: Scrooge was avaricious and hated by the people around him, but finally, he changed his mind and became very kind to everyone. I think it is the climax in this story.
5. Symbol: The symbol in this story is a Christmas carol. It stands for Scrooge’s awaking of human love through his experience with three ghosts.
6. Irony: One of the ironies in this story is that Scrooge had much money, but didn’t have much love. Another irony is that Scrooge changed his mind because of the ghost of Marley, who was a materialistic person like Scrooge.
7. Theme: This story tells us how necessary human love is. After reading this story, I thought that the most important thing for human was not money, but love.
4) REFLECTING ON THE STORY
I was surprised that ghosts changed a person’s life. I think it is impossible in the real life. So I also felt interesting. Scrooge was rich, but always alone. I’m not rich, but never feel alone. At that time, there was strong class consciousness. However, we hardly mind it in my country. The book has already been made into a film many times, but I’ve never seen it yet. I want to see it.
The author was very poor so he had to work at a factory when he was a child. So he wrote a lot of stories as a poor man and tried to change society through Christian human love. I think his life and experience themselves might have inspired him to write the book. I agree with the author’s view of people and life. I also think that love is much more important than money. What I learned from this story is that we can change our life if we can change our mind. I thought we could never change our mind so easily, but after reading this book, I thought we could change it if we really hope to do. I expected Scrooge never changed until he died, but actually, he changed a lot and lived the rest of his life happily.
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