This is my powerpoint presentation on Christmas Carols by Charles Dickens.

1. CHRISTMAS
CAROLS

2. A Christmas Carol, Being a Ghost Story of
Christmas (commonly known as A
Christmas Carol) is a novella by Charles
Dickens
First published on December 19, 1843
The story was an instant success, selling over
six thousand copies in one week, and the tale
has become one of the most popular and
enduring Christmas stories of all time.
A Christmas Carol

3. A Christmas Carol Character List

4. 1.Ebenezer Scrooge
The protagonist, Scrooge is a
cold, miserly creditor whose
redemption to kindness and
selflessness forms the arc of A
Christmas Carol. Scrooge
represents the Victorian rich who
neglect the poor and think only of
their own well-being..

5. 2.Bob Cratchit
Cratchit is Scrooge's
overworked employee, a
timid man afraid to stand
up to his boss's demanding
ways. The patriarch of a
family poor in wealth but
rich in love, he cares
especially dearly for his
crippled son

6. 3.Fred
Scrooge's nephew, Fred
embodies the jollity and
sharing of Christmas. He
refuses to let Scrooge's
"Bah! Humbug!" attitude
bring him down, and is
overjoyed when his uncle
converts and attends his
party.

7. 4.Tiny Tim
Cratchit's crippled
son, Tiny Tim
represents the
overwhelming
goodness of the
Christmas spirit.

8. 5.Jacob Marley
Scrooge's old partner,
Marley appears to Scrooge
as a ghost and warns him
about the dangers of being
obsessed with money.

9. 6.Fezziwig
The young
Scrooge's jolly,
selfless boss.

10. 7.Belle
Scrooge's former
girlfriend, she breaks
up with him because
of his greed.

11. 8.Fan
Scrooge's younger
sister.

12. 9.Ghost of Christmas
Past
The first ghost to visit
Scrooge, the small,
elderly figure represents
memory.

13. 10.Ghost of Christmas
Present
A giant clad in robes, this
ghost has 1800 brothers
and a life span of one day.
He represents celebration
and charity.

14. 11.Ghost of Christmas
Yet To Come
This solemn, silent
phantom represents death,
but also the presents the
possibility that the future is
not determined

15. A Christmas Carol was written during a
time of decline in the old Christmas
traditions
"If Christmas, with its ancient and
hospitable customs, its social and
charitable observances, were in danger of
decay, this is the book that would give
them a new lease", said English poet
Thomas Hood

16. Major themes
• The story deals with two of Dickens' recurrent
themes, social injustice and poverty.
• Dickens wrote in the wake of British
government changes to the welfare system
known as the Poor Laws, changes which
required among other things, welfare
applicants to "work" on treadmills, as Scrooge
points out.
• Scrooge embodies selfishness and indifference
to the poor.

17. A Christmas Carol
Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly, cold-hearted creditor, continues
his stingy, greedy ways on Christmas Eve. He rejects a
Christmas dinner invitation, and all the good tidings of the
holiday, from his jolly nephew, Fred; he yells at charity workers;
and he overworks his employee, Bob Cratchit. At night,
Scrooge's former partner Jacob Marley, dead for seven years,
visits him in the form of a ghost. Marley's spirit has been
wandering since he died as punishment for being consumed with
business and not with people while alive. He has come to warn
Scrooge and perhaps save him from the same fate. He tells him
Three Spirits will come to him over the next three nights.

18. Scrooge falls asleep and wakes up to find
the Ghost of Christmas Past, a small, elderly
figure. The Ghost shows Scrooge scenes from
the past that trace Scrooge's development from
a young boy, lonely but with the potential for
happiness, to a young man with the first traces
of greed that would deny love in his life.
Scrooge shows newfound emotion when
revisiting these scenes, often crying from
identification with his former neglected self.

19. Scrooge goes to sleep and is awakened by
the Ghost of Christmas Present, a giant with a life
span of one day. He shows Scrooge several
current scenes of Christmas joy and charity, then
shows him the Cratchit household. The Ghost
informs Scrooge that unless the future is
changed, the Cratchit's crippled and good-hearted
young son, Tiny Tim, will die. He also shows
Scrooge the party at Fred's house. Finally, a
ragged boy and girl crawl out from the Ghost's
robes. The Ghost calls them Ignorance and Want
and warns Scrooge to beware of Ignorance.

20. The silent, black-clad Ghost of Christmas Yet To
Comereplaces the other ghost. He shows Scrooge
several scenes of people discussing someone's death; no
one seems pained by the death, and most are happy
about it. Scrooge does not know, however, who the man
is. He learns that Tiny Tim has died, but the Cratchits
maintain their unity and love. Scrooge finally discovers
that he is the one who has died and whose death has
only pleased people. He expresses the hope that these
scenes of the future can be changed, and vows to
incorporate the lessons of the past, present, and future
into his adoption of the Christmas spirit.

21. Scrooge wakes up in his bedroom and learns that the
whole adventure took only one night, not three‹it is
Christmas Day. In addition to smiling and being friendly
to everyone he sees, he sends a large turkey to the
Cratchits, gives a sizable donation to the charity worker
he previously insulted, and has a wonderful time at
Fred's party. The next day he gives Cratchit a raise.
Scrooge continues his kindly ways after Christmas,
befriending everyone and becoming a second father to
Tiny Tim, who does not die. He never sees the ghosts
again, but he keeps the spirit of Christmas alive in his
heart as well as anyone

22. MADE BY-
HARGUN
SHREY