The Grinch was he the villian or was the town of Who-ville the villians?

Common thought is that the Grinch was changed after he saw the town of who-ville in the center of town singing and celebrating Christmas even though all their presents, decorations and food was taken over night.

Here is the truth.

First) Maybe, the reason why the Grinch was so grumpy because he hated what the who-ville citizens did to Christmas. They made it in to a corporate and consumerism culture, which he is against. Then over his 53 years of life he became disenchanted with the holiday and who-ville.

Second) Remember, he was living in a cave far up the mountain away from who-ville for a good amount of those years. The Grinch most likely when living in who-ville spoke out and protested against wasteful spending and consumerism. With this scenario or the truth (as I would call it) there are two obvious conclusions. One he was banished for his views for fighting against the norm, and second he chose a life of a hermit (or a grumpy saint) because he lost his will to live with a population that refuses to see how lost they really were.

Third) At the end of the story there is a transformation. The common thought is that the Grinch is transformed. I say this is not true, but it is the the citizens of Who-ville. The Grinch finally had enough of the wasteful spending and consumerism, so he became pro-active, and finally did something about it. So in the middle of the night he released what the Who-ville citizen's cared most about, which is their consumerism. The Grinch cleared all the junk out of the Who-ville citizens lives that didn't matter, and they capitalized (weird chose of word) on that. There eyes were opened for the first time in a long time. Then they broke out in the songs they new growing up as an admission of guilt and grace. This in turn opened up the heart of the Grinch, because his mission was complete.