The Man Who Invented Christmas

By: Aimee Li and Vivian Tang

Charles Dickens desperately needed money. The movie 'The Man Who Invented Christmas' is about Dickens adventures, troubles, and struggles in completing his new bestselling book ‘A Christmas Carol.’ Through his struggles and troubles, Dickens didn’t realize that he is not alone on his mission. His family members and friends were also trying to help him. Not only did the movie reveal his fears and troubles, but it also revealed his childhood, his past life, and his relationship with his father making him realize that he was not the only one with doubts.

On December 18, 2017 the 7 West team went on a field trip to the AMC Loop in Methuen. There, we watched “ The Man Who Invented Christmas”. The field trip tied in with the ELA curriculum, “A Christmas Carol”. “The Man Who Invented Christmas” showed Charles Dickens ‘thought process’ throughout the writing of “A Christmas Carol.” The language in the book is complex and hard to decipher what the words mean. Seeing Charles Dickens’ thought process helped us understand the book more. It was a great way to begin the book!



We thought that the plot of the movie was well thought out and that the scripts were very well written. It showed a lot of how the characters in “A Christmas Carol” came to be. The language in the book was complex and hard to decipher out what it meant. I felt really bad for Dickens when his father got in jail and Dickens was sent to a factory to make shoes. Overall, the movie was pretty good!