house and this shocked his nephew very much: “It’s I. Your uncle Scrooge. I have come to dinner. Will you let me in‚ Fred.”I mean he didn’t barg in he asked if he could come in and he also came when he said no to him in the beginning. The next when Bob came in Scrooge gave him this: “Now‚ I’ll tell you what‚ my friend‚ said Scrooge‚ I am not going to stand this sort of thing any
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Language and Power in Culture: Revolutionary Words Further Oral Activity Groups: 3-4 students in each group Revolutionary ideas‚ and revolutions‚ first begin with words. These words may be presented in grand speeches that move the masses or they may be the lyrics of the songs of the time. In this project‚ you are going to teach the class about a particular historical and cultural context‚ an important figure (or group) from that context‚ and engage in a close analysis of a speech or song
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considering he is all by himself. He keeps it dark and cold because he does not like to waste the money. This would drive me to be a grumpy‚ mean old man. Finally‚ there are a surprising ghost that are lurking around his house. The ghost of his old friend‚ Marley‚ for example. He is seen walking around the house
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children. Dicken’s position seems to be to contrast that whilst the rich and the powerful can sometimes ignore the cries for help from the poor and the weak‚ exemplary acts of generosity often come from people who have nothing material to give. As Marley said “Mankind was my business.” In the beginning of the novella‚ the main protagonist‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ opposes Christmas and all the kind-hearted‚ charitable values it stands for. Throughout the tale Scrooge is visited by Ghosts from a Christmas
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experience through melodies and words. During the twentieth century music has been a major factor in the American society that helped change the course of history by stimulating the masses to “get up and stand up for their rights” as the reggae legend Bob Marley once said. Thus music has helped the American culture to achieve the abolishment of slavery‚ the establishment of civil rights‚ women’s rights and helped the Americans throughout the wars. First we can say that music has always been a way for people
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I.Invasion of American Popular Music After World War I‚ American popular music -- blues‚ jazz‚ and Tin Pan Alley songs -- swept Britain‚ much as British music invaded the United States in the 1960s. American songs such as "Chicago" and "Manhattan" were consistently among the most popular tunes in Britain in the 1920s. As a result of the invasion of American popular music‚ Britain was influenced by such culture. The Beatles and other British rock groups helped create in the 1960s a milieu that
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firing at police officers is on the run after cutting of his monitoring ankle bracelet. Now he faces an arrest warrant. Currently the 15-year old has been linked to the brutal beating of an 83-year old grandfather who surprisingly survived the attack. Bob Austin says he was harshly hit several times with a baseball bat‚ one hit aiming at his head. This story is one of the few in which the victim of assault merely manages to overcome the attack. Austin’s recovery has been quite long. While his body was
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wanted to meet him. One day‚ his brother’s wife was becomingly worried because her husband did not come home at the time he told her. She said to her two other kids that he had to wait on Tim. She told them that he always carried him on his shoulder. Bob came home and told her that Tim was gone and Scrooge told the ghost that he did not want to see no more of his family’s
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Explore the ways that Scrooge’s emotions change in “A Christmas Carol” The story will not leave us‚ but will “haunt” us “pleasantly” as Dickens hoped. We are experiencing this by exploring the ways that emotions of main character‚ Ebenezer Scrooge‚ change during reading “A Christmas Carol”. Charles Dickens uses a lot of adjectives and many similes in order to present a clear image of what Scrooge looks like‚ as well as his personality‚ and this is before we have ever met him: “Hard and sharp as
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all year‚” (Ebenezer Scrooge). A Christmas Carol (Dickens 1832) is one of the most well known Christmas stories of all time. The story begins on Christmas Eve when Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three ghosts starting with his old business partner Marley‚ then followed by the Ghosts of Christmas past‚ present‚ and future. Each ghost that visited Scrooge takes him through his own past‚ present and future and shows him how his actions have affected those around him. Before the ghosts came to Scrooge
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