Scrooge Vs. The Grinch
It’s already Christmas time, and Christmas is due in less than a week, and everyone is excited. Hallmark started playing all of those Christmas movies that usually include a “hero”, sometimes being a range of things; A fireman, cop, and etc. But not everyone enjoys this time of year, although a lot of people do. There are two popular individual who come to mind, both of which are from famous stories. The main protagonists in Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol and Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge and The Grinch are those two people. These characters hate Christmas with a passion, and are both horrible people, but there is a catch, which one of this Christmas Meanies are the worst of their bunch? Everyone has taken their sides by now, but The Grinch is one of the meanest of them all.
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Seuss, The Grinch is the main protagonist in this tale, but not much background is given on this green fellow. In the story, The Grinch is accompanied by his dog, Max, throughout most of the movie. Max acts as a sidekick that helps the Grinch, but is somewhat of an underdog. But puns aside, Max wasn’t treated the best by the Grinch in most of the movie. The Grinch made him pull an entire sleigh which held the Grinch and all of the Whos’ Christmas food, gifts, and decorations. While Max is pulling the sleigh, The Grinch is continuously yelling at him to make him move faster despite the extremely heavy weight on his shoulders, and expects him to carry all of it on his lonesome. To add onto that, The Grinch makes Max help, treating Max almost like a slave, which is extremely unethical and should never be done. But The Grinch doesn’t really even treat Max like a worker, Max just does what he’s told, and doesn’t get much out of the things he’s done for the
Dr. Seuss's original fable is a simple story told with a great moral that criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. The original story features an “Ebenezer Scrooge” type creature that lives up the mountains outside "Whoville." The Grinch indulges himself in the annual ritual of spoiling everyone's festivities with a series of nasty pranks. This particular year however he plans to sabotage the holiday season by dressing as Santa Claus, clim...
Scrooge was and owner of a factory and made a whole bunch of money, but he did not care about anyone else. “Merry Christmas said his nephew, what right do have to be merry you are poor enough”. This shows that scrooge is mean to family and does not care about Christmas.
The difference from Fezziwig and Scrooge are very obvious. We can all tell the Scrooge isn’t the kindest in contrast to the oh-so jovial Fezziwig. This paragraph will be on the differences including quotes as evidence.my first piece of evidence is that he wasn’t at all jolly about giving he employees christmas off. The quote “Be here all the earlier next morning” shows his unwillingness and before this he had a small dispute about how useless it was to let him off on christmas. “Yo ho, my boys’ said Fezziwig. ‘No more work to-night. Christmas eve, Dick. Christmas, Ebenezer.” shows nothing but Fezziwig’s willingness to let them both have time to let them be with their friends and family. Also “When the clock struck eleven this domestic ball
Some traditional stories are so influential, they are born again in modern-day books. Such as, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Ebenezer Scrooge lives in London in the 1800’s. He is selfish and greedy. His ex-partner comes to visit him as a ghost. He warns him that he will be visited by three spirits: The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present, and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. Just like A Christmas Carol, How The Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss, The Grinch is mean. He tries to steal the Who’s, from the imaginary town of Whoville, Christmas spirit and happiness. Cindy Lou Who helps The Grinch become a better person. And of course, The Grinch’s dog, Max, tags along.
The following paper compares a popular short films character, The Grinch, of How The Grinch Stole Christmas, with Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs. The reason such a comparison seems apt is that the Grinch seems to have all a “man” could want, but is nonetheless unhappy and miserable. Although his material needs have been met, he lacks a sense of belonging, does not have true self-esteem, and has never come close to Maslow’s descriptions of self-actualization. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” shows the evolution of the Grinch from a miser and robber to a being of generosity and empathy. Using Maslow’s theory allows us to see the Grinch’s structure and development of personality, the psychopathology, therapeutic techniques, and the limitations
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Ebenezer Scrooge is the major character in the story, A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol is about how a “cold-hearted, tight fisted, selfish” money grabbing man is offered an opportunity of a life time, to change his behaviour, attitude... to have a second chance in life.
When you read How The Grinch Stole Christmas, it takes about 10 minutes. Chuck Jones’ challenge was making those same rhyming couplets and drawings come alive for television. Jones worked hard to create the Grinch model based on Dr. Suess’ book.
While watching the video regarding the Grinch there are a few different things that come to my mind as I watch this. One big thing that comes to my mind which has already been stated in the video that we had to watch is the fact that he appears to be depressed, and irritable. Another thing that was mentioned on the video is the possibility that the Grinch may be suffering from some type of seasonal disorder causing the irritation. The Grinch relates to the psychoanalytic therapies in a few different ways.
Whos, with his negative emotions towards the Christmas holiday. The Grinch is stated in the
The Grinch is an individual, who is bitter and lives in a cave on the snowy Mount Crumpits, which is 10,000 feet tall and north of Whoville town. The Grinch age is unknown, however looks to be about in his mid-40s and is unemployed. Thus, results in him spending a lot of time alone in his cave with his dog, Max, as his social companion. At any rate, the Grinch faced many issues when he was younger, causing his current behavior, where he was abandoned as a child, and made fun of because of his look and horrendous appearance at school and as a way to cope he decided to run away. The Grinch behavior shows signs of depression, aggression, and irritation though out a large sum of the movie. In that case, the kid that use to make fun of
To conclude, Dr. Seuss proves that personal wealth isn't rooted in materialism but rather the idea of community. As a result, the Grinch's hatred for Christmas is not solved through stopping Christmas. Rather, his inclusion within the Who community solves his issue without oppressing the Who's. Altogether, the sentiment that can be extracted from this poem is that the absolute pursuit of self-interest with disregard for others will ultimately yield insignificant
Charles dickens classic novella “A Christmas Carol” endorses the notion that “Generosity involves more than the giving of money, it’s also about the giving of one's goodwill, compassion, sympathy, empathy and kindness. By taking his seemingly irredeemable protagonist Ebenezer Scrooge on a supernatural journey, Dickens’ intends to convey to all of society the importance of generosity. He proclaims that generosity of the spirit defines Christmas, and goes a large way towards defining true humanity for him as well.
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