After reading A Christmas Carol, I thought it was pretty good. This was a classic story that i’ve heard many times. I do always enjoy reading the story or listening to it because it reminds me of my childhood and my Nana. Sometimes I did find that it got a little bit boring during parts because I have heard the story so many times and I already know whats gonna happen.
This story does bring a sense to joy as well when reading it. It brings out the Christmas spirit of me and does make me happy. I like how some of the lines make me laugh and giggle. I think it is cool how Dickens slips in little comments that make the reader laugh if you can figure it out.
In many ways the book explores the concept compassion. Scrooges transformation is a big idea because if you look at how he started from the beginning of the book to how he ended in you would see a drastic change in his compassion. After the visit of the three ghosts Scrooge became to realize that maybe he has done some wrong in life but his compassion slowly grows when he decides to change. Bob Cratchit also shows a great sense of compassion because he is kind to all and still stays humble. Even though Bob isn’t in the best place and doesn’t have a great financial situation he puts that behind him and is always happy. He puts his family first and helps his son Tiny Tim get better. Bob was probably my favourite character because he was all around a great person which I think is really important. Lastly I think Fred shows that he is very compassionate because he is always loving Scrooge. He loves his uncle and forever will even if at the start of the book Scrooge did’t really love him.
Overall I did like the book. It wasn’t my favourite book we’ve read this year it will still good ad made me get in the Christmas spirit.