Name: __________________________________________ The Grinch Movie Response Questions Pre­movie questions: 1. Define consumerism: ​ ​ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 2. What is the difference between a want and a need? Provide an example of each. ​ ​ ​ ​ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. Compile a list 5 possessions. Number them from 1­5 from most important to least ​ ​ important. Explain why. _______________: ____ : _______________________________________________________ _______________: ____ : _______________________________________________________ _______________: ____ : _______________________________________________________ _______________: ____ : _______________________________________________________ _______________: ____ : _______________________________________________________ Watch “Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000) and answer the following questions: 4. What does the opening scene look like? Describe the tone. What does this say about the holiday season? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 5. Why do you think the grinch is green? Is this deliberate? If so what does that colour represent? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 6. How does what is happening in Whoville represent what’s happening in our society? Are they much different? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 7. What does Cindy Lou Who represent? Explain. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 8. The Grinch is isolated and was bullied as a child, what does this say about the “Whoville” society? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 9. What does the mayor represent? How is his proposal even materialistic? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 10. How did the Grinch try to ruin Christmas? Did it work? ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 11. Cindy Lou describes Christmas as “superfluous” define and explain how it relates to her point of view and the story of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 12. How does the Grinch’s view change throughout the movie? Provide specific examples. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 13. Pick out specific examples from the film of how the consumer based economy operates in Whoville. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 14. What was the director trying to accomplish with the retelling of this classic Dr. Seuss story? How did he accomplish this? Provide specific examples from the film. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________ .