Yuki's Sugar Blog: A Christmas Carol

I recommend “A Christmas Carol” written by Charles Dickens in 1843. The story is about Scrooge, a cruel and old man who lived in London at the beginning of the 19^th century. He was alone and mean. Before a Christmas day, Marley, a died friend and colleague of his, came to Scrooge’s house as a ghost and warned him to do good and be kind in the rest of his life and told he will have troubles and regret after die, if he doesn’t. After Marley’s ghost left him, three ghosts came one by one and haunted him. They showed him pasts, presents and futures of him and some people around him. In the middle of the process, Scrooge started to understand being generous and thinking about other people was so important. After the last ghost left hi, he changed his mean mind into a good one and he finally became a good person. Also, the book’s main argument is that Christmas is a time to think about other people, to forgive and a time to be generous. From this perspective, the intended audience for the book would be 10 yeas old or over, but when someone read aloud, children who are under 9 years old could understand.

The phrase I like the most is

“ Scrooge became as a good friend, as good a boss, and as good a man, as the good old city knew, or any other good old city or town, or country, in the good old world”

on page 74, because Scrooge, who was not kind to others at the beginning of the story, finally became a very generous person, which made me feel be saved. Scrooge seemed cruel, but he was the most honest person in the story, because, although people usually hide what they want to say to behave like a nice person, Scrooge say what he think in person , even if irony was included in it. I think he was very honest, so he was able to change his mind and I knew from “A Christmas Carol” even if we feel alone , uneasy , unkind and mean to others, we can be a good person. Therefore, if you are tired and feel insecure, I recommend “A Christmas Carol” to you. The book will make you feel relieved.