Dickens’s famous drama‚ The Christmas Carol‚ was not an exception. There have been many versions of the movie‚ but the one that will be discussed today is the 1984 take‚ on Dickens’s original script. As mentioned before‚ there are many similarities and a few differences between the two renditions‚ none of which are plot changing‚ or quite so dramatic. Some such similarities are the characters. That includes old Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge himself‚ who is‚ the enemy of Christmas‚ and the main character of
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CAST Ethan: Scrooge Nevin: Nephew Isabelle: Narrator / Phone Salesman Lijah: Bob Cratchit Narrator/ Stage Director: [Christmas music playing on the Bob Cratchit’s phone. In scrooge’s office at the bank‚ very quietly. Lights are set up all round the bank everywhere but Scrooge’s office. It’s very cold cause the heaters broke and Scrooge won’t fix them. Scrooge’s employee are sitting in the office beside him typing Documents.] Scrooge: What are you doing Bob? Are you pretending to be cold
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Christmas Morning “Christmas Morning” is a short story written by the Irish author Frank O’Connor and narrated by the main character‚ Larry. Other minor characters are Larry’s mother and father and his rather annoying younger brother‚ Sonny. The story is set in Cork in the west of Ireland and we are given a unique insight into what life would have been like for many families struggling with poverty in bygone days. The theme of loss is central to the story and the reader soon becomes aware of
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themselves inaudibly. She glances around the curtain‚ eyes wide‚ seeing a man address the crowd from the stage.INT. living Room - Christmas Eve (Flashback)Nancy‚ 7 years old‚ sits impatiently beside a Christmas tree with her hands over her eyes. She wears footie pyjamas. The room is dark‚ the glow of string lights filling the space‚ as snow falls out the window. "Blue Christmas" by Elvis Presley plays through the small apartment.Her FATHER——early 20s‚ scruff‚ eye bags——sits down in front of her with a
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The song choice for this band seems very appropriate for the level of players in the ensemble. I also enjoyed the Christmas medley that they played with the concert being close to Christmas. The band had very good balance. They had a good foundation with the low brass and woodwinds. The upper woodwinds were not shrill sounding and blend very nicely into the foundation the lower instruments set for them. The rhythms were together and precise. They were able to switch between staccato and legato seamlessly
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Christmas-A Christian holiday honoring the birth of Jesus Christ‚ Christmas evolved over two millennia into a worldwide religious and secular celebration‚ incorporating many pre-Christian‚ pagan traditions into the festivities along the way. Today‚ Christmas is a time for family and friends to get together and exchange gifts. Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Crīstesmæsse‚ meaning "Christ’s Mass") is an annual festival commemoratingthe birth of Jesus Christ‚[6][7] observed generally on December
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The San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert A well-known foraging community in the southwest region of Africa is the San Bushmen. These hunting and gathering bands have lived in the Kalahari Desert region for thousands of years. The men of these communities are the primary hunters‚ who provide about 20 percent of the diet from the animals they kill. The women collect a various nuts‚ tubers‚ melons‚ and berries that provide the other 80 percent of the San diet (Nowak & Laird‚ 2010). The
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Celebration Christmas in My Country Almost all the countries in the world celebrate Christmas on December 24th but in my country we cebrate it on January 7th. Christmas is the biggest celebration of Christians. Each countrys has its onw traditions to celebrate Christmas‚ although some of them are similar. In my country Ukraine we celebrate Christmas in special way‚ preparing to it very carefully and keeping old traditions. The Christmas Eve is considered as the most interesting part of Christmas as it
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People of the Kalahari: The Kung Culture The people of the Kalahari have a very peaceful way of living. They are secluded from the rest of the world‚ so they live very different lives. In order for them to survive in the Kalahari‚ they have to be good at hunting and gathering foods. Because the kung people live in small groups of people that consists of at most 15 huts in the dry season and 20 huts in the rainy season it is important to them to have peace among the people. They have very little
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pasts. It brings us closer to who we are as people through food recipes and cooking techniques. along the way things have been added and things have been lost but the connection stays the same. In “Eating the Hyphen“ author Lily Wong writes about Changing cultural identity and her food experiences and eating habits being from two different cultures. In “Doberge Cake After Katrina” author Amy Cyrex Sins talks about the loss of cultural identity during a time of disaster and the public need for it through
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