Scrooge Compared To A Christmas Carol

Similarities in Modern and Traditional Stories
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.

Marley had died. Scrooge did not have anyone else who cared about him. “Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say. . . ‘My dear Scrooge, how are you?’. . . But what did Scrooge care! It was the very thing he liked.” (Dickens 3). No one liked Scrooge. Likewise, a group of teenagers go up to see The Grinch. They come down the mountain scared and tells the Whos. When one of the teenagers mentions seeing The Grinch, everyone freaks out and creates havoc in Whoville. The mayor finally tells Cindy Lou Who why they do not like The Grinch. It was because he did not like Christmas and he was always mean and unhappy. The Grinch does not like Christmas and he is grumpy. No one likes him. Although, people provoked The Grinch to be mean, unlike Scrooge. In short, contemporary books use the same conflicts as traditional

Scrooge was always mean to everyone. They did not like him. He was visited by three ghosts that taught him a lesson. He started being nice. “Scrooge was better than his word. He did it all. . . He was a second father. . . [to Tiny Tim] His own heart laughed.” (Dickens 64). Doing nice things for people can make people happier too. The Grinch, as well as Scrooge, hates Christmas and he expresses it. The Whos hate him for it. He takes the presents of all the Whos, he is about to throw it off the mountain. The Grinch hears a sound. It is them. They are singing, despite the fact their Christmas is ruined. He returned all their gifts and celebrates Christmas with them. He is finally loved by the Whos. Doing nice things for people can make a person happy as well. Although, Scrooge was helped by spirits, The Grinch was held by people. Recent books can be seen using traditional story’s themes. In conclusion, In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Dr. Seuss drew upon the character types, conflicts, and themes from A Christmas Carol while still rendering the material new. Present-day authors obviously use traditional story’s character types. Without a doubt, traditional story’s conflicts are seen in current books. Themes used in classic books are emphatically used by modern-day authors. People still read books from long ago. They teach them lessons by the character types, conflicts, and themes in