Bob Marley once said‚ "Don’t worry about a thing because every little thing is going to be all right child." The words of legend Bob Marley speaks wisdom into our souls with music that good things never come to negative people. So leave everything in the hands of God. Negativity poisons the soul like a venomous snake. Positivity is the key to living a successful life. What does it mean to remain positive? If you ever get a bad grade on a test instead of getting mad‚ go home and study so you
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Christmas Eve in 1843. Weather: cold is the main‚ otherwise‚ on Bob and Scrooge´s nephew houses‚ the weather is warm. Social conditions: Rich: Ebenezer Scrooge Poor: Scrooge´s Nephew and Bob Mood: cold for Scrooge and joyful for Bob and Fred(Scrooge’s nephew) Plot Introduction: It starts describing how cold Scrooge is and his opinion about Christmas‚ which he calls “Humbug”. He is visited by his friend’s ghost‚ Jacob Marley. Marley’s ghost announces that Scrooge will be visited by three
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Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812 and died in 1870. He was not poor when his parents were not poor when he was born but his dad went bankrupt when he was twelve years old and they were all sent to debtor’s prison. Charles Dickens was then sent to work in a blacking factory and earned six shillings a week‚ he did that until his aunt died and they used the money that was left for them to repay all their debts. When they moved to London he decided to become a writer and decided
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have to be merry? You’re poor enough" (P 13). When Fred is leaving‚ he wishes Scrooge’s clerk‚ Bob Cratchit‚ Merry Christmas’ and Bob returns the expression of merriment. Scrooge observes "My clerk‚ with fifteen shillings a week‚ and a wife and family‚ talking about Christmas. I’ll retire to Bedlam" (P 15). Scrooge genuinely believes that without money‚ felicity is impossible. After Fred and Bob leave the shop‚ Scrooge is
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Scrooge had just returned home from work and he was getting in bed. “The same face: the very same. Marley in his pigtail‚ usual waistcoat‚ tights and boots...How now!”(Dickens Pg.11). He was so surprised when Jacob Marley appeared. He was scared for his life. Yet the Grinch gets invited to go to the holiday ceremony in Whoville. When he goes down there he thinks it is a hoax because they don’t give him his reward
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going on in the world from the perspective of those who wrote the song. Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley which touches on the influence of blacks and how they shaped a land which was not their home and Astronomy (8th Light) by Black Star which is a song trying to figure out just what a “Black Star” or the collective strength of the black community can do‚ do just that. The song Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley was from Marley’s final recording session in the year 1980. The song genre is Reggae which
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men collecting for charity; he bullies and underpays his loyal clerk‚ Bob Cratchit; and he dismisses the Christmas dinner invitation of his kind nephew‚ Fred. Moreover‚ Scrooge is a strong supporter of the Poor Law of 1834‚ which allowed the poor to be interned in workhouses. As he prepares for bed on Christmas Eve in his solitary‚ dark chambers‚ Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former partner‚ Jacob Marley. In life Marley was very similar in attitude and temperament to Scrooge: remote‚ cruel
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Arambula Chema Guijarro Eng 09 (MWF) 9/5/2014 Comparison and Contrast Essay Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. is one artist who had an incredible change in his career and his personal life. Cordozar best known as Snoop Dogg claims that he is Bob Marley reincarnated. After he visited Jamaica he said that this island changed his mind and his life‚ he had a spiritual and artistic awakening. The 41 years old rapper believe that peace and love are better than drugs and guns‚ is hard to believe that
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visit from Marley’s Ghost‚ Scrooge would not have had the opportunity change for the better. Marley was the messenger sent to communicate to Scrooge that he will be visited by three ghosts and that he needs to change his life or he would end up suffering like him. The communication gave Scrooge the chance of redemption and this is important because Marley considered Scrooge as someone who could be redeemed. Marley was a shocking image to Scrooge‚ a visual example and a reminder of what he could become
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concepts that Dickens’ talked about included several Gothic elements related to Halloween. Traditionally‚ Gothic elements aren’t seen during Christmas‚ however they seemed to be more prevalent in the 20th century. Julia Briggs states‚ "the ghost of old Marley clanking its chains is deliberately stereotypical‚ quaintly comic‚ whereas the specters of Want and Ignorance were as terrible then as they are today" (The Ghost Story). A Christmas Carol portrays several Gothic elements that you don’t notice until
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