Describe the second christmas spirit

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Stave 3A A CHRISTMAS CAROL ES= Ebenezer scrooge. GCP= Ghost of Christmas past

1. Irony: How and for what does Ebenezer prepare? How effective is his preparation? Why?

2. Name and describe what has undergone a "surprising transformation".

3. Carefully describe the second Christmas spirit. How can it have so many siblings? How and to where does it transport ES?

4. What is the setting? What is the mood? What explains the ironic contrast?

5. What interception does the GCP make as the townspeople leave church and carry their foods to the bakers? What is the effect?

6. Conflict: What charge does ES make against GCP---and how does the second Christmas spirit respond?

7. Carefully describe the Cratchit family and meal. What foods--and how much? How is the prank on Bob not a lie?

8. What does Tiny Tim say about being a cripple? How does Bob's report of TT's health belie his actual expectations? What does GCP say?

9. How does GCP use ES' own words against him? How does GCP contrast ES and TT?

10. Who is unwilling to toast the Founder of the Feast? Why? What is the new situation for Peter? Contrast his earnings and feelings.

11. What is the irony of the final description of the Cratchit family as Scrooge and GCP take their leave?

12. Grammar: Record a longer sentence from today's reading and indicate its subject(s) and verb(s) that work together by identifying clauses-- and whether the overall sentence is complex (contains a subordinate/dependent clause).

13. View Minutes 43-59 of the 1984 George C. Scott film. Choose and cite a particular minute upon which to make substantive commentary.

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