A Christmas Carol | Topics for Discussion

1. To what extent is Scrooge a comic character? What makes him funny?

2. Is Tiny Tim an effective character in this story? Would he be believable outside of the world Dickens has placed him in?

3. Some critics say that the story of Scrooge is too sentimental. Do you agree? Do you think people in Dickens's time viewed the tale differently than people today do?

4. Which of the Christmas ghosts has the greatest effect on Scrooge? Why?

5. The story begins with the narrator assuring us that Scrooge's old partner Marley is dead. Its climax, Scrooge's change of...

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