the grinch being in all these stupid advertisements contradicts the anti-consumerist nature of the grinch himself. the reason he hated christmas was because he thought the holiday was simply an expression of vain materialism. the grinch only loved christmas after he realized that christmas wasn’t actually about mundane consumption, but the selfless love of community. in this essay i will-
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Yeah even in the live action movie he originally ran away from everyone and started hating Christmas because he worked really hard on a homemade gift for a girl and no one appreciated it and just kept making fun of him. He shouts at the Whos “you know where we’ll your gifts end up?! With me! In your garbage” showing that he resents them for being shallow and ungrateful, only caring about consumer goods instead of other people. In this follow up essay I will…
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