Charles Dickens Influence On Christmas Carol

Could a little boy that came from a bankrupt family change and influence the world? If we are talking about Charles Dickens, the answer is yes! This British author is well known for the many literary books he wrote, such as A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens has definitely influenced and taught the world what life should be. Even though Charles Dickens has been gone for almost 150 years, his legacy still is shown today in modern Christmas’.

The themes developed in Dickens’s novels influence the modern world because the lessons presented in them, such as the lessons Scrooge learns in A Christmas Carol, are still applicable to today.

For example, when Scrooge changes because he sees who and how he is affecting and what he is missing out on because of his mood towards others.The article states that Dickens is very popular amongst modern traditions, and Christmas According to Dickens also confirms this by saying, “I have read A Christmas Carol probably ten times, ever since I began doing so as a yearly holiday tradition. I have listened to a recorded version of the book about three times. I have watched cinematic renditions of the story, at least ten times, ranging from the sublime 1951 version starring Alastair Sim to the ridiculous Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol from 1962. Moreover, I have seen live dramatic presentations of this story at least a dozen times, including the Christianized version that was presented every year at the church where I grew up, as well as the always outstanding performance at the Glendale Centre Theatre (which is still offering its winsome drama, now in its 47th year). In fact, last year I played the role of Marley’s ghost in a shortened dramatic version of A Christmas Carol at my work Christmas party. I hope there was more of grave than gravy in me.” (Roberts) This shows that people look up to Charles Dickens for his themes that were given out and they also look up to him to being a great literary writer and him being successful with his book, A Christmas

Carol.

The influential development that Charles Dickens had on the feelings shown at Christmas-time is definitely carried into today’s feelings at Christmas. For example, people in the modern world today, are mostly joyful around Christmas-time and some are mournful over the loss of a special person or thing that are no longer with them to be joyful. In Dickens’ book, A Christmas Carol, the main character ,Scrooge, mourns over the loss of his best friend Marley, until he is visited by ghostly appearances, then his feelings change over the course of the text to a joyful person around the season of joyfulness. Dickens influence can be seen through the feelings that the Christmas-time brings, but it is also evident through, “During a time when financial hardships were commonplace for many American and British households, A Christmas Carol delivered just the right message to bring families back to a holiday that often becomes a celebration of wealth and consumerism.” (Wood) This comes to show that around the time of Christmas, some people mourn and worry about the loss of money while others are joyful for what they are fortunate with.

In conclusion, Charles Dickens has a large impact on society today by the way we celebrate Christmas and the feelings that we should feel at Christmas. The influential development that Charles Dickens had on the feelings shown at Christmas-time is definitely carried into today’s feelings at Christmas. The themes developed in Dickens’s novels influence the modern world because the lessons presented in them, such as the lessons Scrooge learns in A Christmas Carol, are still applicable to today.