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    Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly businessman in 19th century London, is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. They teach him the importance of generosity and compassion. Scrooge realizes his selfish ways and vows to keep Christmas in his heart all year round.

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    Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly businessman in 19th century London, is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. They teach him the importance of generosity and compassion. Scrooge realizes his selfish ways and vows to keep Christmas in his heart all year round.

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    A Christmas Carol

    (Summary and activities by Fran Roberts, M. Ed.)

     It’s hard to imagine a * * * * * *


    Christmas season without the
    story of old Scrooge, Bah
    Humbug! and “God bless us,
    every one.” At the time this
    story was written (1843), the
    generous spirit of Christmas
    charity was scant in England.
    Many people did not believe
    in generosity to the poor.
    Instead, they believed the
    poor somehow brought
    poverty upon themselves.
    A Christmas Carol
     In a clever play on  .
    words, Dickens divides
    the book into 5 “staves”
    instead of chapters.
    Staves is a musical term,
    in keeping with the title,
    A Christmas Carol–
    which, of course, is a
    song.
    A Christmas Carol
    by Charles Dickens
     Overview-- Ebenezer Scrooge, a
    tight-fisted and bitter man, is
    visited by three spirits to bring
    about his redemption before his
    death. He learns to love his
    fellow man after being shown the
    love and generosity that
    symbolizes Christmas.
    A Christmas Carol
     Jacob Marley, Scrooge’s -
    partner has been dead, 7
    years to the day that our
    story begins.
     The first scene unfolds in
    the cold cheerless office of
    Scrooge’s counting house.
    A Christmas Carol
     As his faithful clerk Bob
    Cratchit toils, Scrooge is
    visited by his nephew and
    invited to Christmas dinner the
    next day. Scrooge declares
    that those who celebrate
    Christmas should be boiled in
    their own pudding and
    dismisses him.
     Two men who come seeking
    donations for the poor are
    dismissed with Scrooge’s wish
    that the poor would die and
    “decrease the surplus
    population.”
    A Christmas Carol
     Jacob Marley’s visit is //////
    dismissed as “more gravy
    than grave” by Scrooge, but
    it ends up setting the stage
    for the three ghosts. Which
    ghost’s message most
    resembles that of Jacob
    Marley’s?
    A Christmas Carol
     Pay careful attention to the three ghosts.
    Each message has a specific effect on
    Scrooge.
     What does the ghost of Christmas past
    remind Scrooge of?
     Whose generous heart touches Scrooge in
    the present?
     What does Scrooge’s future hold if he
    continues to be greedy and self-absorbed?
    PERSONIFICATION
     Dickens portrays Ignorance and Want
    as two frail, ghastly children.

     Do you think the main causes of


    poverty are ignorance and want?
    Explain why or why not.
    A Christmas Carol
     Please summarize the story, in
    three or four paragraphs, paying
    careful attention to:
     S— Setting (where and when the story takes place)
     P— People (describe the main characters)
     A— Action (summarize the plot)
     C— Climax (the most dramatic part of the story)
     E-- Ending

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