Literature Analysis for "A Christmas Carol"

1. Most of us know the plot of "A Christmas Carol". Scrooge is a grump and dislikes the spirit of the holidays. He finds the time to be very inefficient and dislikes the small amount of work that gets done. He ruins the holiday season for those who's lives involve him. He is visited by ghost who is to show him memories of his past, events that are occurring at that very moment, and the future holidays that are to come for Scrooge. Scrooge doesn't believe the ghost and thinks he is hallucinating, after the ghost of the present shows him what is going on to others he begins to have a change in heart. After the final ghost shows him the future he is broken. He sees how horrible it is to treat others that this way and once he awakes he sets out to fix the problems that may be. I does not want the future he was shown, it frightens him and disgusts him.

2. The theme of the novel is simple and might be over used in stories but this is a classic. One theme commonly taken from the story is the golden rule of "do onto others as you would have others do onto you".
One less apparent theme that you could derive from this story is that nothing is set in stone. The future is ever changing and is affected by every action you make and every action you have made. There are ways to change the future if it is likely to lead down a path you do not wish to travel.

3. The tone of the author is serious, contemplative, and deliberate. The story however fictional it may be is meant to be a serious event and show how important your actions can be. (ex.

It comes from other regions, Ebenezer Scrooge, and is conveyed by other ministers, to other kinds of men.  Nor can I tell you what I would.  A very little more, is all permitted to me.) (ex.

These are but shadows of the things that have been," said the Ghost. "They have no consciousness of us.) (ex. T

here is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!)

4.

• The dynamic characterization of Scrooge is extremely important to the story as it is the fact in the story that the most notable theme is based off of.
• The mood and atmosphere of the story parallel the tone of deliberation and help to promote what the author indented the reader to walk away understanding. 
• I believe the story is shown through a serious of small anecdotes when the ghosts show Scrooge of his past, present, and future. These stories are the basis of this novel, the theme revolves around the events that occur during these short stories.
•  The diction of the novel is direct and flavorful enough to fulfill the point. There is no use of excessive flowery language or description but the author describes in detail the elements that deserve to be embellished upon.
• I myself found the story to be evocative. It elicited thoughts from me that made me ask myself and reassure myself that I was not following the same path as Scrooge, or a path similar to his where it seems fine and then somewhere down the path there is a drop, and from then on there is no recovering from what your past actions were.