This is the last journal entry (for this story, anyway)!! You will have to submit your picture on a sheet of paper, but you may submit your written work here, if you wish. Here is your assignment:
- After hearing a public reading of A Christmas Carol, a factory owner named Fairbanks, was so moved by the story that he decided to “break the custom we have hitherto observed of opening the works on Christmas day.” He gave all his employees a turkey and told them to take the day off. If you were a business owner, how might you have reacted to reading this story? Would you feel the need to be more philanthropic (charitable, giving, generous)? Would you simply think of the story as a work of fiction that has no real bearing on your life? What would you do and why would you do it?
- In the novel, Marley is described as wearing a chain around his middle. On this chain there are objects which tell us about the kind of man Marley was in life. For example, Marley was a cold and greedy man, like Scrooge, and he loved money. On his chain there were keys, padlocks, cashboxes and legal documents - all having to do with his job as a money lender. Think of at least five things that would be on your chain if you were Marley. Include things that tell us about your life and interests. Explain why you think these things would be on your chain. Draw a picture of your chain after you describe it.
Posted on October 28th, 2008 by Caroline LaMagna
Filed under: Lessons and Units
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