Compare And Contrast How The Grinch Stole Christmas Carol

How the Grinch Stole Christmas and A Christmas Carol are two very similar stories. In the stories A Christmas Carol and How The Grinch Stole Christmas, there are two characters who are a good example of this. A Christmas Carol is a story about a grumpy old man named Ebenezer Scrooge who only cares about money and needs to be taught a lesson. The story teaches a very good lesson, and modern authors still draw from it’s storyline. They also draw from the lessons it teaches while people read it. The second story is called How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It has to do with a “Who” who is very mean, and the whole town, except one girl, hates him. It is very similar to A Christmas Carol, when it comes to the main character. Both of their societies sort of reject them, and they are very nasty people.

Naturally, A Christmas Carol has become such an influential work that modern authors still draw upon the character types, conflicts, and themes found in Dickens’ traditional story. At the end of A Christmas Carol, after all the Ghosts left

An example would be when Scrooge's nephew is trying to invite him to the annual family dinner at Christmas. His nephew runs into his store, and invites Scrooge to the dinner, but all Scrooge does is shoot him down. No matter what his nephew does, Scrooge won’t go. “Nephew” returned his uncle sternly. “Keep Christmas in your own way and let me keep it in mine.” (Dickens 4) In the Grinch, Cindy Lou Who invites Grinch to the town ceremonies but the Grinch won't go. This is a conflict that happened in both books because in both stories the main character gets invited to an event and neither of them will go. In the end, both of the characters end up happy. This is because they both realize how dumb it is that they’ve been so mean, and they change their personality to let their happiness out. This proves the point that someone shouldn't judge a book by it’s