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A Christmas CarolBy Charles Dickens
FeaturingEbenezer Scrooge
• Charles Dickens is one of the most successful and well known authors in the English language.
• Ebenezer Scrooge is one of the best known literary characters in history!
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Look at the following images featuring Scrooge or A Christmas Carol
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Political cartoons
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Cultural Icon
• Culture – the behaviors and beliefs of a society or group
• Icon – a picture, image or other representation
• Scrooge is a classic example of a cultural icon because he has come to represent someone who is stingy and heartless.
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Then there are the ads and political cartoons
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Westpac is a bank that raised interest rates really high with no warning.
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