Double Entry Jounral for A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carolby: Charles DickensStudent Name:Double Entry Journal Directions: In the left column, there is a portion of the text or a quote from acharacter in the novel. In the right column, begin your response by identifying the speaker and situationin one sentence. Then, provide your thoughts, ideas, opinions, and/or reflections about the passage orquote on the left. The page number is located in parenthesis.Grading: The grading for this assignment is based upon your ability to demonstrate your knowledge ofthe text as well clearly explaining your thoughts, ideas, reflections, and/or opinions for each section.Scoring: 200 pointsStave I1. External heat and cold had little influenceon Scrooge…It was the very thing that heliked. To edge his way along the coveredpaths of life, warning all human sympathyto keep its distance (3).2. “What reason do you have to be merry?You’re poor enough” (5).3. “You wish to remain anonymous?”“I wish to remain alone…I can’t afford tomake idle people merry” (10).4. To say that he was not startled or that hisblood was not conscious of a terriblesensation to which it had been a strangerfrom infancy, would be untrue” (15).5. Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it(16).6. “If that spirit goes not forth in life, it iscondemned to so after death…I wear thechain I forged in life” (21-22).7. “Why did I walk through crowds of fellowbeings with eyes turned down, and neverraise them to that blessed star which ledthe wise men to that poor abode?” (24).Stave 28. Scrooge reverently disclaimed allintention to offend or any knowledge ofhaving willfully bonneted the spirit at any1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.Student Response:

period of life” (33).9. A solitary child, neglected by his friends, isleft there still” (33).10. “Yo ho, my boys…No more worktonight…it’s Christmas Eve” (42).11. “He has the power to render us happy orunhappy”(46).12. “May you be happy in the life you havechosen” (49).13. “His partner lies upon the point of death, Ihear, and there he sat alone. Quite alonein the world I do believe?” (52).Stave 314. “Tonight if you have aught to teach me,let me profit by it” (59).15. “Why to a poor one the most?“Because it needs it the most” (63).16. “I see a vacant seat…and a crutch withoutan owner. If the shadows remainunaltered, the child will die” (70-71).17. “However, his offenses carry their ownpunishments, and I have nothing to sayagainst him” (78).18. “I mean to give him the same choice everyyear, whether he likes it or not for I pityhim” (80).19. “Are there no prisons? Are there noworkhouses?” (87).Stave 420. “It’s likely to be a very cheap funeral”(92).21. “They’d have wasted it hadn’t it been forme” (99).22. “If there is any person here who feelsemotion caused by this man’sdeath…show that person to me, Spirit, Ibeesech you!” (102).23. “Are these the shadows of the things thatwill be or are they the shadows of thethings that may be?” (109).24. “Men’s courses will foreshadow certainends to which, preserved in, they mustlead…But if the courses be departed from,the ends will change. Say it is thus with9.10.11.12.13.14.15.16.17.18.19.20.21.22.23.24.

what you show me!” (109-110).Stave 525. “I will live in the past, present, and future”(113).26. “And therefore I am about to raise yoursalary” (121).25.26.Teacher Comments: