read. I recommend you to check them out‚ they’ll most likely both be found at the nearest public library. Both have a great deal of actions in common‚ but the cinematograph consists of emotion‚ which improves it more than the text. Scrooge absolutely hates Christmas in both tales‚ but
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through the book‚ A Christmas C’arol. But one of my personal favorite symbolism is what the man Bob Cratchet represents along with his horrible relationship with Scrooge. The only character you feel more for Bob Cratchet is his son tiny tim. Through the first arc of the story‚ all you can really think of is how the mean Ebenezer Scrooge treats poor Mr. Cratchet. But what does this sad man represent. Well he represents the lower middle classes and is a symbol of how they are treated by their upper
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For one person a change represents progress; whereas‚ for another‚ catastrophe. How have the composers of the texts you have studied convey these differences in response to change? In your answer‚ you must refer to Heart of Darkness‚ either in the park poem or Onegin the film and one of your own choice. For one person a change represents progress; whereas‚ for another‚ catastrophe. Heart of Darkness is the ideal book in terms of telling a story that confirms change can mean either progress or
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the working classes in Victorian England by highlighting a variety of predicaments in which people from the poorer classes found themselves. Dickens brings out the social conditions of the working classes by describing the situation between Ebenezer Scrooge and his clerk‚ Bob Cratchit. In the opening sequence the clerk in his “dismal little cell beyond‚ a sort of a track” tries to warm himself at a candle with little success. Scrooge’s fire‚ although it was small‚ using little of the plentiful
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Malthus. He proposed that the human population grows at an accelerating rate in order to take advantage of the increasing food supply‚ which unfortunately‚ is only increasing at a constant rate. Ebenezer Scrooge‚ the protagonist of Dickens’s novella‚ showcases such Malthusian thinking. Dickens‚ through Scrooge‚ says “If they would rather die‚ … they had better do it‚ and decrease the surplus
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Narration. Types of Narration Narration is the way authors relate events to readers. Novelists use different way of telling their stories: they use different characters to tell the stories (narrators) and present the events from different ‘angles’ (different points of view). First – person narrator (the story is told by an ‘I’)‚ who may be the main character in the novel or a minor character in the novel‚ an observer of events that happen to others. Third – person narrator In the novels
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Charles Dickens one of the greatest authors of all time. Dickens wrote on the people of the Industrial Revolution and on truth and realism. Dickens wrote about every aspect of life and included all classes of society. Dickens used experiences from his own life and turned them into creativity for his novels and other writings. Charles Dickens was one of the greatest authors of English Literature because he wrote on the issues and problems that concerned the lives of the people around him. Charles
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(someone who has no time for themselves because they are so busy) 8) In the Integrity vs. Despair stage‚ the individuals who don’t feel a feeling of despondency and fear their demise; it’s past the point where it is possible to change their lives (Ebenezer Scrooge just figured out how to maintain a strategic distance from it) Too much astuteness prompts assumption‚ a lot of gloom to a hatred
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When taking into account the doctrines of selfishness and charity‚ Ebenezer Scrooge is a prime example of moral irresponsibility. When asked by two philanthropic men to make a charity donation‚ he refuses: “It’s not my business… It’s enough for a man to understand his own business‚ and not to interfere with other people’s. Mine occupies me constantly” (Fleming‚ 19). With a utilitarian understanding of kindness and charity‚ Scrooge refuses to contribute because he believes that it doesn’t help the
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aggressive toward others‚ not taking into consideration the feelings of others. Most rich people remind me of Ebenezer Scrooge‚ an unpopular‚ grumpy‚ elderly British male human. He was a banker and a usurious moneylender. He worked at a counting house. He was disgusted by the poor and praised workhouses. And he hated Christmas! The point here is‚ during the night before Christmas‚ Scrooge was visited by four spirits‚ who showed him that he hadn’t always been so miserable‚ that he should love Christmas
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