Can you be both? “Bah! Humbug!” “God bless us everyone!” These phrases draw both positive and negative images to mind. The two lines are famous phrases from Dickens’ Christmas Carol. The first line belongs to Ebenezer Scrooge, and the second line was by Tiny Tim. In this famous story, which was written by Charles Dickens, there is a very obvious use of positive and negative characters. Dickens uses many different actions, words, characteristics, details and …showed first 75 words of 1392 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1392 total…and cold environment in which Scrooge keeps himself, or the cheery, joyful message that his nephew delivers to Scrooge. Or it could be Tiny Tim’s smile and happy go lucky attitude, or even Marley’s identical love of money. All of these characters were portrayed with negative or positive attribute, or in one case, Scrooge’s he was given both. So in the end, “God bless us everyone,” wins over “Bah Humbug.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**