There have been many adaptations on the Christmas Carol as it was a huge hit, it also changed many people’s lives as miser’s became guilty and decided to give more to charity furthermore charity incomes increased hugely since the book was released by Charles Dickens in 1843. This indicates that the book as well as being fantastic it was also a learning curve for many people and changed many people’s lives, no wonder it is still amongst us till this day.

If I were to create a modern day Christmas Carol it would be based in Chicago. I would pick Chicago as it has a very rich side full of skyscrapers and the outskirts is full of poor people which no one knows about. When a tourist thinks of Chicago they see the beautiful skyscrapers such as the Willis tower, and they instantly think its a very stable place with no poor people in sight. However when you reach the outskirts of Chicago such as South Side, is not known and ignored by everyone who’s powerful or rich in the stable part of Chicago. This side of Chicago is poor and has destroyed homes with no windows and some with no doors as well where children and single mothers are living, with this being the case gangs are starting to take over this part with a lot of violence taking place. Kids go hungry in this part of Chicago and being near shoots outs and gangs everyday influences them and gives them no choice but in being in a gang as they are not given the opportunity which other kids get.

The actor I would choose is Mark Wahlberg as he is a very famous actor and is also very entertaining, however in his early years he was arrested for many things and was also was part of a gang this represents in the book the part where Scrooge had a troubled childhood as well as Mark did so I feel like they would relate well and he would defiantly do a great job.