A Christmas Carol Similarities

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“Bah! Humbug!” In A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens there are many differences and similarities between the drama and the movie.They are both great stories, that share the magic of christmas to all. Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy man and needs to change or else no good will come to his future. He wants to stay the same man but when the spirit of Jacob Marley comes and tells him to change he is to scared to talk. He is visited on Christmas Eve by three more spirits. That will change his future forever. But will he run out of time first? The changes that will take place are going to happen during the visit of the ghost of christmas past, the ghost of christmas present and the ghost of christmas future to discuss the similarities and differences.

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