Author:Charles Dickens

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A Christmas Carol

• AuthorCharles Dickens
• Presentation ByPJ Chapman

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Characters

• Scrooge-He was a middle aged man and his life was
  going to waste. His attitude towards people
  around Christmas Eve wasnt the greatest. He
  despised anyone who said anything or had anything
  to do with Christmas.
• Three Ghost (Past, Present, and Future.)-These
  ghost were to guide and show Scrooge his past,
  present, and future life. It was up to Scrooge
  if he was going to change his ways.

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Theme to A Christmas Carol

• The theme to the book, A Christmas Carol.
  Scrooge is a man somewhere in his fiftys and he
  owns his own business. He is very wealthy and
  has no kindness in his heart to give one of his
  employees, Bob Crachit, a bonus or raise for
  Christmas. Scrooge is very tight with his money
  and with his attitude. He is a very stubborn
  man. Three ghost come to his house The Ghost of
  Christmas Past, Present, and Future. They are
  there to change his mind and ways about how he
  treats people.

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Stave One

• Marley, one of Scrooges Employs, comes back from
  the dead as a ghost and arrives at Scrooges
  house at one o'clock in the morning. He is
  there to warn Scrooge about the three ghost that
  are coming to guide him to his new life. This
  chapter introduced Scrooge and Bob Crachit.

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Stave Two

• The first ghost(Christmas Past) arrives at
  Scrooges house and shows Scrooge as a little
  boy. Scrooge had many friends(book characters).
  He loved his sister very much. He was going to
  marry a woman named Belle, but she realized that
  he loved money more than her.

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Stave Three

• This stave is about the ghost of Christmas
  Present visiting Scrooge. The ghost made Scrooge
  realize that even if you arent wealthy you can
  still have a great Christmas. The ghost showed
  Scrooge how much people enjoy Christmas. Scrooge
  thinks that nobody likes him but the ghost shows
  him that they do to celebrate Christmas.

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Stave Four

• Stave four is about the ghost of Christmas
  Future. The ghost takes Scrooge to his grave and
  reveals that his name is on his grave. Scrooge
  begs for forgiveness and promises that he will
  change his life and live in the past, present,
  and future.

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Stave Five

• Stave five tells us that Scrooge changes his life
  and he changed the fate of others, including Tiny
  Tim. He acts very happy and pleased. Stave five
  also starts out on Christmas day. Its very
  sunny and happy, while on Christmas Eve was very
  foggy, and gloomy. Finally Scrooge gets his life
  on track.

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About Charles Dickens

• Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England
  on February 7, 1812. He worked in a law firm
  office as a young adult. At the same time he
  wrote for Mirror of Parliament and True Sun.
  Soon after that he wrote short stories of a fake
  character named Boz. In the year of 1836 he
  married a woman by the name of Catherine Hogarth.
  The same year he began his comic stories of The
  Pickwick Papers.

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Bibliography

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