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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Stacy and Lacy's Annotated bibliography on "A Christmas Carol" A+!!!

Dickens,C. (2006) A Christmas Carol. Massachusetts Candlewick Cambridge.

Travel with feelings happiness, excitement, sadness, and forgiveness with past,
present, and future of Christmas in Charles Dickens’s timeless classic, A Christmas

Carol. “Marley was dead to begin with“…well that’s what they say…well that’s the clue

with Scrooges behavior around Christmas. Jacob Marley and Ebenezer Scrooge have

been business partners for many years until Jacob died...seven Christmas’s ago. After that

Scrooge has changed his mood around town a lot. Bob Cratchit, a replacement for

Marley, He has a big family, not a lot of money, and has a sick child, Tim Cratchit,

AKA, “Tiny Tim” who has Polio, a crippling disease. Scrooge is hard on Cratchit in

many ways, like working late, low salary, and cold working conditions. Three spirits

have one night to knock some sense into one man for the rest of his days. They are…

Past, Present, and Future of Christmas. Each spirit has some type of theme in Ebenezer’s

life. ”Scroooooge!!!!!-Who’s there?” It’s Marley. On that Christmas eve Marley’s Ghost

and the three spirits separately show him his Christmas past, Christmas present, and his

Christmas future. Marley gives the warning that he will be haunted by Three spirits. Will

Scrooge Change? Will people forgive him? Will he find the true meaning of Christmas?

That is for you to find out. Hurry up Marley is calling…Reeaadeer!!!!!