Compare And Contrast A Christmas Carol

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There are many versions of “A Christmas Carol”, play versions, book versions, and even movie versions. All versions have a different sort of “style” to them, or they are performed in a different kind of way. The movie version that was created in 2009 starring Jim Carrey and the original version created by Charles Dickens are two very different, but similar versions. The movie version that was created in 2009 is performed in a creepy way. There is a blizzard and the spirits all are big and not exactly how they are described in the book. In the book, Ebenezer Scrooge ends up back at his place by the spirit of christmas future shrinking down and dwindling into a bedpost, in the movie that is different. Despite the movie and the books differences they are very alike in some ways. In the movie and the book, Ebenezer Scrooge and the spirits review the same things. By review, I mean that Scrooge and the spirits go through the same things. They review his past, his present and his future.
In the movie “A Christmas Carol” that was created in 2009, starring JIm Carrey and the book “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens are very different, even though they are both about the same thing. In the movie, “A Christmas Carol”, the movie is put into a different sense of style than the book. “A Christmas Carol” starring Jim Carrey is …show more content…

With the spirit of the past it shows him everything that has happened in his past such as him going to school and the love of his life dying, the movie and the book both show that. With the present the movie and the book both show how a man that works for him is poor and that his son is going to die if Scrooge’s behavior doesn’t change. Finally, in the future it shows that if Scrooge doesn’t change that he is going to die and it show him looking at the gravestone that says “Ebenezer Scrooge” on

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