Vocbulary Pictures

Exhaustion-

Methodically-

Swoon-

Abruptly-

Muttered-

Inflammatory-

Fettered-

Prophet-

Mimicking-

Incredulous-

A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

*****

A Christmas Carol is my favourite classic. It follows the story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, a crabby, money-loving businessman whom Disney's Scrooge McDuck is based on.

Scrooge's story starts on Christmas eve, exactly 7 years since his business partner, Jacob Marley, had died. Scrooge ended Christmas eve by putting down an offer of a Christmas dinner by his nephew and denying some money to men who want to donate to the poor. Then he grudgingly allowed his clerk christmas day off and left his counting house for home.

But Scrooge wa in for a big surprise when Jacob Marley decided to visit him. 7 year-dead Jacob Marley. Marley warns Scrooge of their wasted time on Earth and that Scrooge will be haunted by three spirits.

After that Scrooge finds himself whiling through time, seeing the fate of all he knows and reliving his most emotional Christmases. My favourite part is Fezziwig's Party, a party in full swing with two fiddlers that Dickens describes unbelievebly.

Scrooge's journey through christmas past, present and future has made many films and I have just seen Disney's A Christmas Carol, 2009. An animated movie and very well pictured, after reading the book and seeing the movie I relised that the two were almost identicle. To the left is Scrooge from the 2009 film, whom I think has a very accurate expression on his face.

Vocab Words- Picture deffinitions

Placid-

Immaculately-

Subtle-

Feighning-

Unequaled-