In the end of the film adaptation Scrooge wakes up after talking in his sleep. This could have been to replace the descriptions of fearful facial expressions which were presented in the book. Adding to this, Scrooge repeats “Tell me I’m not already dead” and “I’m not the man I was” several times to show that he fears the future and has changed through the visits from the ghost. However, it adds to the change in Scrooge as he is taking the possible future very seriously and is devastated and scared of what could happen. This wasn’t described in the book and may just have been the choice of the director as there are few other actions suitable for that moment. Towards the end of the novel and the film adaptation, Scrooge is brought to his grave by the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, however in the film adaptation Scrooge lies down on grave in worry and fear, trying to comprehend whether what he sees is reality. This is ironic as in the present Scrooge contributes to making the world unpleasant through his melancholy, anger and greed and the thought may have been added to show the change. Another important insight to Scrooge’s past is when Scrooge expresses that he thinks that the world is going to be a cruel place. This proves significance as it is exactly what Scrooge displays through his actions in the present and it allows the viewer to see a possible that his boss may have been an influence in making him greedy which the reader doesn’t get in the book. The film adaptation of the novel also shows his transition from poor to rich when he works as an apprentice his employer affirms “Control the cashbox and you’ll control the world,” which Scrooge neither agrees nor denies. The vision of Scrooge’s past may have also been prolonged to show how his character changed, going from poor to rich and obsessed about money and finally to humble and charitable again. The choice to show the same thought through two different ways at different times highlight how strongly he believed in this. This could be the director’s choice as to balance for the lack of figurative language present in the description that allows the reader to gain remarks about Scrooge’s character.

For example, Scrooge states that “There is more in life than money” and he says that “Money isn’t everything”. This longer view of his past not only establishes more clearly that he was poor as he discusses his poverty with his fiancé and shows that he became rich by buying the company, but it also allows for dialogues which reveal more about Scrooge’s past. Meanwhile in the movie, Scrooge’s memory of his apprenticeship is much longer as he is seen working, changing job and buying up the company.

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