Call for Change: Dickens's Attempt to Improve Society and Walt Disney's Subversion In an era when the meaning of Christmas was gradually beginning to change, Charles Dickens, in accordance with these changes, he wrote a Christmas story: A Christmas Carol. The novella was published six days before the Christmas celebrations of 1843; it sold out three days later. Although a socially engaged narrative, Dickens' work is not concerned with trivialities such as the introduction of Christmas cards; A Christmas Carol instead focuses on the transformation of beliefs and values ​​within society and strives to contribute to these changes. One hundred and forty years later, the story has been (once again) told: Disney film studios presented Mickey Mouse, an animated film for children. . Despite the cartoon's innocent presentation (depicting popular Disney characters such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck), it ironically would seem to undermine Dickens' efforts to create a more humanist society by inserting the orthodox phenomenon of Hell. In order to illuminate the given topic, this essay will first focus on the transformations depicted in Dickens' tale before discussing how Mickey's Christmas Carol would appear to subvert them. The most surprising transformation that A Christmas Carol addresses is, of course, that of Ebenezer. Scrooge's. In his essay "Stalking the Figurative Oyster: the Excursive Ideal in A Christmas Carol," Craig Buckwald compares Scrooge's transformation to that of a closed oyster opening to reveal the beautiful pearl that had always been hidden in the rough crust. Buckwald supports his theory by drawing attention to the way Scrooge abominates his fellow men... in the center of the paper... and, Daniel. The life and strange and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe. London: Joseph Mawman, 1815.Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. London: Penguin Group, 2007Education.jhu.edu. Ed. Renée Fuller. 1990. Johns Hopkins University. October 18, 2013 < http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/lifelonglearning/early-childhood/childrens-literature/>Jaffe, Audrey. “Spectacular Sympathy: Visuality and Ideology in Dickens's A Christmas Carol.” PMLA 109 (1994): 254-65. Mickey's Christmas Carol. Dir. Burny Mattinson. Perf. Alan Young, Wayne Allwine and HalSmith. DVD. Walt Disney Productions, 1983. Newey, Vincent. The Writings of Charles Dickens. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing Limited,2004Yenkins, Ruth. Recovering the myth of power: women writers and the Victorian spiritual crisis. London: Associated University Presses, 1995.