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I see what you are saying with Scrooge being (almost) as hard on Bob than he is on himself but I\'m not sure how much I\'d consider it \
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I see what you are saying with Scrooge being (almost) as hard on Bob than he is on himself but I\\\'m not sure how much I\\\'d consider it \\\"fairness\\\" (for lack of a better word). Like I think it somewhat evokes sympathy for Scrooge and definitely supports the theme of BeingEvilSucks and GoodFeelsGood. But I\\\'m not sure how much Scrooge consciously makes an attempt to act fairly. Although, thinking about it, the ending makes a lot more sense if you assume that on some level Scrooge always did like Bob.
That being said, I\\\'m kind of iffy with seeing Scrooge not wanting to let Bob have the day off as being as hard on Bob as he is on himself. I mean yeah, Scrooge is the boss but I\\\'m not sure why morally the fact that \\\'\\\'he\\\'\\\' wants to work that day means that Bob should have to work that day, especially because in that line of business they couldn\\\'t really do much work that day anyway (because banks and the like would probably be closed).
That is a good point on people reacting against the book based on adaptations. I was thinking about AdaptationalVillainy given to Scrooge in some versions. The one I recall (forget who played Scrooge) had him corrupted by an AffablyEvil Marley and the two took over Fezziwig\\\'s business and it was implied that Marley was sort of a CorruptCorporateExecutive generally.
My guess is that this change may derive from two adaptations: First, it wouldn\\\'t surprise me if the film makers felt that in order to present a businessman in a bad light they had to make it clear that he was a \\\'\\\'corrupt\\\'\\\' businessman as opposed to just greedy and lacking in empathy.
Additionally (and this one I\\\'m more confident in) it makes a lot of sense to show Marley as a bad guy because he\\\'s in Hell or at least Purgatory (despite Anglicanism rejecting the idea of Purgatory) despite seeming to be repentant, which seems pretty unfair. And what little we learn about him in the text does support the idea of someone as miserly as Scrooge but more sociable.
That being said, I\\\'m kind of iffy with seeing Scrooge not wanting to let Bob have the day off as being as hard on Bob as he is on himself. I mean yeah, Scrooge is the boss but I\\\'m not sure why morally the fact that \\\'\\\'he\\\'\\\' wants to work that day means that Bob should have to work that day, especially because in that line of business they couldn\\\'t really do much work that day anyway (because banks and the like would probably be closed).
That is a good point on people reacting against the book based on adaptations. I was thinking about AdaptationalVillainy given to Scrooge in some versions. The one I recall (forget who played Scrooge) had him corrupted by an AffablyEvil Marley and the two took over Fezziwig\\\'s business and it was implied that Marley was sort of a CorruptCorporateExecutive generally.
My guess is that this change may derive from two adaptations: First, it wouldn\\\'t surprise me if the film makers felt that in order to present a businessman in a bad light they had to make it clear that he was a \\\'\\\'corrupt\\\'\\\' businessman as opposed to just greedy and lacking in empathy.
Additionally (and this one I\\\'m more confident in) it makes a lot of sense to show Marley as a bad guy because he\\\'s in Hell or at least Purgatory (despite Anglicanism rejecting the idea of Purgatory) despite seeming to be repentant, which seems pretty unfair. And what little we learn about him in the text does support the idea of someone as miserly as Scrooge but more sociable.
