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Heroism, Humanism & Hijinks: Literature in Action - Week 15, Period 5 (Final)

The class was in the Danger Shop today for their final piece of assessment.

"Good afternoon. Inside you'll find Dickensian London. Namely, the London of A Christmas Carol. Something, however, had gone wrong. Despite being visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future, Ebenezer Scrooge has not discovered the true meaning of Christmas and thus has not gone to Christmas dinner with the Cratchett family. Fix it."

[OOC: Thank you all for a wonderful semester and for hanging on with me while I tested the waters with Lit. You've been a great class. Hope to see you back next semester for a more organised Lit class!]
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Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
"What?" Marley and his understudy said in unison.

"What?" the other ghosts repeated, except for the ghost of christmas yet to come who wasn't much of a talker.

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
Molly paced in front of them. "Okay, Scrooge did not discover the true meaning of Christmas. I need to know what you all said to him or if anything odd happened during your visitations. Marley and... friend? You want to start?"

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 01:49 am (UTC)(link)
"We said the same thing we always say!"

"It's worked every other time."

"The problem must be with Scrooge. He must want out."

"Or he's gone crazy."

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
"Hmmmmm." Molly paced some more. "Anybody else? Did you do anything different or did Scrooge say anything different?"

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
"No!"

"We're fictional characters, not actors on Who's Line is it Anyway? We say what we're supposed to say and do what we've always done."

"Unless you get a loose canon like Scrooge. He's not happy with being cranky all the time. It makes people dislike him and he just wants to be liked."

"Maybe he has snapped."

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Hmmm," Molly said again. "Looks like I'll have to go talk to Scrooge. Thanks for talking to me."

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
"Come back and visit!"

"We have biscuits!"

"With sprinkles!"

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
Molly grinned and waved as she went out the door to go find Scrooge. "If I have time, I definitely will," she said.

She went downstairs to see if she could find Scrooge.

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
"What d'ye want?" Scrooge barked from his desk.

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
"I want to know what's wrong," Molly said as she walked up and leaned on his desk.

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
"Everything's wrong ye barmy lass!" Except perhaps Scrooge's appauling Scottish accent. "I've been kept up all night by ghosts, didn't get a wink of sleep, had flashbacks galore, saw my own grave and now they expect me to change my mind and go and have Christmas dinner with people, only to start the book all over again and be a crotchety old man. Not again! Bah humbug!"

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
"What do you want to do?" Molly asked and started to fidget with stuff on Scrooge's desk.

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Be left alone! Not have to be involved in all the namby pamby Christmas garbage. Bah!"

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Molly actually picked up a piece of paper from his desk and started absently reading it. "But don't you have fun at the end of the book? Everybody is happy and they're nice to you."

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
"But then I have to go back to being a grinch when the book restarts!"

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
Molly smirked. "Yeah, but you know how it ends and it can be kind of fun to yell at people, can't it?"

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Are you implying I should just pretend to be a grinch?"

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Molly shrugged and continued to smirk. "Why not? As long as you say the words, does it really matter what you actually feel?"

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Well the text does have an omnipotent narrator." He rubbed his chin. "As long as I don't really have to be mean the whole time. You'll let the others know that it's all an act?"

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Molly nodded. "I can do that."

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] no-toast-thanks.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
Scrooge eyed her. "Okay then. We've come to an agreement." Scrooge grabbed his hat and went to have dinner.

Re: Fix It!

[identity profile] bruiser-in-pink.livejournal.com 2006-12-20 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Woo hoo!" Molly said happily.
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