The human condition is the experience of being human. It explores the meaning and existence of life, reflecting on our positive and negative experiences, our emotions, and our flaws which all affect our character. People's positive and negative experiences being part of the human condition is explored in the novella "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, the film "Shine" directed by Scott Hicks, the two poems "An Absolutely Ordinary Rainbow" by Les Murray, and "All the World's a Stage" by William Shakespeare. The positive and negative experiences are also portrayed in the song "Why does it always rain on me?" by Travis.

Firstly, in the novella "The Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, the protagonist Scrooge is shown from a negative perspective as an unemotional, cold, hateful, uncharitable person who hates Christmas, as he is alone in the world and has no friends. Though in the novel, the reader...