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    I like the DVD better than the written version of a Christmas Carol. Because I pay more attention to the DVD. When I read a book I read it but I think about a lot more then the book and then I don’t know what it is about. When it is the move I think about other things why I watch it and I can tell you what happened. And the movie mead it so much better because it shows you what is going on and what he sees. Some of the differences I found were. In the movie it didn’t say anything about Marley

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    never had Christmas with his family. Scrooge want to try to be good to everyone and want to change his life. Scrooge have distanced his self from people even though he look scary because of his eyes. Scrooge fight the demon in him at the end of the story to change his life. When Scrooge was cold-heart he believe that the ghost was telling him to change. When Scrooge was in the store and two man came and he was acting mean because he have never been cared about. Scrooge physically change because when

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    hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not?” --- Andre’ Gide‚ Autumn Leaves • Thesis Statement: This quote is important to me because it inspires me to be who I am and not what everyone else thinks I should be. • Authority (Story): I have always felt inferior to other people because they told me I was. They told me I was weird and that I would never amount to anything. I believed them. I thought that I could never do anything as good as anyone else. So I tried to act like

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    Originally Introduction Memories play a significant role in the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy‚ particularly her recollections of childhood places and events. The poem “Originally‚” published in The Other Country (1990)‚ draws specifically from memories of Duffy’s family’s move from Scotland to England when she and her siblings were very young. The first-born child‚ Duffy was just old enough to feel a deep sense of personal loss and fear as she traveled farther and farther away from the only place she

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    The Storyteller (Saki) by H. H. Munro (Saki) (1870-1916) Word Count: 2109 It was a hot afternoon‚ and the railway carriage was correspondingly sultry‚ and the next stop was at Templecombe‚ nearly an hour ahead. The occupants of the carriage were a small girl‚ and a smaller girl‚ and a small boy. An aunt belonging to the children occupied one corner seat‚ and the further corner seat on the opposite side was occupied by a bachelor who was a stranger to their party‚ but the small girls and the small

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    It has been said‚ “Not everything that is learned is contained in books.” Many people believe that not everything is contained in books while others believe that most knowledge we have known is gained from books. From my point of view‚ I believe the second one is better. Knowledge gained form books is much more important than knowledge gained from life experiences. Although not everything is contained in books‚ we still have to learn most things in books like we used to do it when we went to school

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    might be wondering what is the real reason of success . Then you are reading the right essay . Carol Dweck ‚ Paul Taught and Jay Mathews all argue what is the real reason of having a successful life. According to Jay Mathews “he kept on advancing”. which I think he means that he didn’t give up ‚ he kept on going up he didn’t say enough so he kept on trying his best .Another example is the short story we read from flowers for Algernon . He was inspired to be the best even though he is dumb when

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    In class these past couple days we have been watching a movie called A "Christmas Carol." It is an exhilarating movie also and old one at that. There are many main characters‚ but the main one I am focused on is the elder man named Ebenezer Scrooge. He is the elder man in the movie that is traveling back into his past to see why it is he hates Christmas. This man has three ghosts of Christmas take him back to realize he has been putting blame where it is not needed. In the beginning he still continues

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    A lesson learned… I wonder‚ is it at all possible to learn harsh lessons of our life? Indeed‚ in most spheres of human activity we can hope to take our previous mistakes into consideration and avoid them in the future. But concerning human feelings‚ is it right to blame ourselves if it turns out that we had made a mistake by sincerely investing a part of us into a wrong person who has lead us into the devastating emotional state? And can we avoid such mistakes in the future without becoming desensitized

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    The story is about Ebenezer Scrooge on Christmas Eve. He always sat in his counting-house‚ friendless and alone. He was not generous with his money. The coldness inside him froze his old face. He carried the coldness with him always‚ wherever he went. It made his office cold in the summer‚ and it was even colder in winter. He spent his life in a cold nature. His clerk‚ Bob Cratchit‚ shivers in the anteroom because Scrooge refuses to spend money on heating coals for a fire. Scrooge’s nephew‚ Fred

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