Response to Literature Essay - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Theme: It is both a privilege and a duty to make the world a better place Most people would agree that it is both a privilege and a duty to make the world a better place. In the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens‚ (complete a one-sentence summary of the novel) Scrooge is visited by three ghosts and given a chance to change his future. Three examples of it being both a privilege and a duty to make the world a better place
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“He became as good a friend‚ as good a master‚ and as good a man‚ as the good old city knew…” Discuss Scrooge’s transformation in A Christmas Carol. Charles Dickens‚ renowned social critic and celebrated author of the Victorian Era. In his most cherished yuletide novella‚ Dickens’ explores the idea of transformation and man’s ability to redeem himself. By observing Scrooge’s conversion from misanthrope to humanitarian‚ the reader can understand that Scrooge is only able to transform because of the
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idea that the protagonist Scrooge aspires to end his cantankerous‚ selfish way of life in order to help the less fortunate and in particular Tiny Tim. This is shown in Stave Three when the Ghost of Christmas Present shows Scrooge the scene of the Cratchit family enjoying a Christmas fest in their “scanty clothes”‚ and Scrooge shows interest in the physical health of Tiny Tim. Scrooge says “oh no kind spirit! Say he will be spared!”‚ which presents to the reader the idea that Scrooge now cares about
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Scrooge liked the past and sees how nice FizziWig was to his workers. Scrooge was always mean to Bob Chrachit and wishes he could say something nice to him. Scrooge learned a valuable lesson from this ghost‚ that he was happy when he was young‚ and that his happiness affected people around him. The Ghost of Christmas Present is a happy and is filled with holiday joy. This ghost shows scrooge what Cratchit and Fred (Scrooge’s nephew) are doing to get prepared for the holidays; both houses are warm‚
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main character has the personality of a grumpy man with a hatred for Christmas representing the inertia of the middle class. Fred scrooge’s nephew on the other hand is the total opposite to scrooge and is happy with a very positive personality. Bob Cratchit also has a positive personality but has the point of view of being part of the lower class. All these characters have differences and can contrast one another in different ways. Ebenezer scrooge is an older man that is cold and bitter with a negative
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Caitlin Chen March 5‚ 2013 Period 7 Newspapers and Basketball Psst. Do you remember Lemon Brown? The man wears rags‚ is unemployed‚ and owns no house? Well‚ he has treasures. With them‚ he is richer than you or I could ever imagine. What are these treasures? Hidden underneath his rags are...old newspaper clippings and a broken harmonica. We might not think of these objects as treasures‚ but Mr. Brown knows that our opinions don’t matter. In the short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by
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Bob Marley My “saintly person” is Bob Marley. His full name was Robert “Bob” Nesta Marley. He was actually named Nesta Robert Marley when he was born but a Jamaican Passport official accidently mixed up his names. He was born on February 6‚1945 in the village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish‚ Jamaica. In 1977 he was diagnosed with having a type of skin cancer under one of toe nails. He refused to have his toe amputated. He died on May 11‚ 1981 after the cancer had spread to his lungs and brain
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Introduction-Sometimes the things you do can affect you on your future and make you get marked again from them. On the act of “A Christmas Carol”‚ we read how one of the main characters (Scrooge) was the man that no one didn’t like and when he changed. He was a completely different man and‚ could take care of anyone. Scrooge had a lot of problems in his life that he had regret but‚ the most effective problem was that he’d lost the person he’d truly care about and the people that made him go forward
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Who is Bob Johnston? To fully appreciate the creative genius of legendary record producer Bob Johnston‚ read what musician Bob Dylan wrote in his autobiography‚ Chronicles‚ Volume One: “Bob Johnston had fire in his eyes. He had that thing that some people call ‘momentum.’ You could see it in his face and he shared that fire‚ that spirit. Columbia’s leading folk and country producer‚ he was born one hundred years too late. He should have been wearing a wide cape‚ a plumed hate‚ and riding with
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independence a single called “Simmer Down” was released by The Wailers. The Wailers was a group featuring Bob Marley‚ the icon of Reggae music. Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican singer who was born in nineteen forty-five and passed away at the age thirty-seven. Son of a white marine’s captain and a younger native. Reggae genre was universally known because his songs represent his beliefs. Bob Marley had a brilliant career‚ and even had profound effects in countries where English is not the native
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