A Christmas Carol - summary of theme and narrative

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A Christmas Carol

As part of my English coursework I have studied a pre 19th century book written by Charles Dickens called “A Christmas Carol”, the book was published in 1843 and the story is set at Christmas time in London, England.

I think that the writer’s main intention of writing this book is to show change, Charles Dickens uses Scrooge as a miserable old man around the happiest time of the year, and he is trying to show that not everyone is having a good time at Christmas, also I think that he is showing how Scrooge forces himself to work so hard to stay clear of debt, because as we already know Dickens father went to a debtors’ prison.Another theme is that change is possible however set we are in our ways. Dickens imagines the most miserable and hard-hearted man he can, and shows how he can be reformed if he sees his responsibilities.

The social and historical background in which this book was written is that Scrooge is a wealthy man and his occupancy is a money lender.

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Scrooge doesn’t really have any friends, and when people do try and visit him he acts arrogantly and negative towards them, we could describe scrooge as selfish because he is an extremely wealthy man but somehow he can’t afford to give a few pennies for the homeless.

The story is set on Christmas Eve in London, and as we know people are happy and having a good time but Scrooge doesn’t he is still nasty.

The language in this book is very different to modern day this is due to when Dickens wrote the book.

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