time was said by the Jamaican artist Bob Marley. The quote is‚ “If the people that try to make the world worse never take a day off‚ why should I?” One of the biggest reasons that I like this quote is because of the story behind it. Marley was attacked two days before a music festival that Marley was going to perform at. Marley was hospitalized for his injuries. Marley‚ who was known for his personality‚ his fight for peace‚ and of course‚ his music. Marley was going to perform his songs that were
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a ghost. This ghost was Jacob Marley‚ who was Scrooge’s business partner in life. He warned Scrooge that he should change his ways‚ otherwise he would be visited by three ghosts who would haunt him. In the book‚ there is a quote ““I am here tonight to warn you that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate.” This was when he was visited by Jacob Marley’s ghost‚ on Christmas Eve‚ who warned him to change his ways. After Scrooge was visited by the ghost of Marley‚ he didn’t want to come face
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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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It was the same thing that occurred eight years ago- death. Both the previous day and eight years ago‚ Scrooge had a loved one succumb to the indifferent grasp of death. Eight years ago‚ it was Jacob Marley. One day ago‚ it was Tiny Tim. Scrooge had genuinely tried his best to stop this awful disaster from passing. Alas‚ Scrooge remembered a quote- "There is no great news‚ there is no light at the end of the tunnel‚ there is no silver lining." He
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Bob Marley On February 6th 1945 in a little town called Nine Mile that was located in Jamaica was born a man who would change the world for the better (3). This man helped to bring together social classes‚ cultures and ethnicities. He was a role model to the end. He never cared much about money or earthly possessions; he just wanted to be rich with life and play music that could bring all the people of the world together. He was converted to being a Rastafarian in his teenage years which helped
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A Christmas Carol By: Charles Dickens Many memories run through Scrooge’s head on Christmas Eve. He is always cranky and never appreciates anything. Ever since his partner Jacob Marley past away he turned into a mean bitter old man. He is so mean that if Bob Cratchit wants money he will have to work on Christmas day. For being that way Bob pays a little visit saying that 3 ghosts will visit him to teach him a listen. The first is Ghost of Christmas Past and he shows him how lonely he
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the beginning of the First Stave‚ portrayed to have had the only man he shared any relationship with as dead. This man of course is Scrooges deceased business partner Jacob Marley. It is highlighted by Dickens that Scrooge answered to Marley’s name- this gives the impression that they were very similar in character. The deceased Marley is the first supernatural force which Scrooge encounters – in this section of the novella Marley’s spirit explains that three ghosts will visit Scrooge in order to help
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THE THREE SPIRITS OF CHRISTMAS “A Christmas Carol” written by Charles Dickens is known all over the world‚ and is also translated into many different languages. This story is usually told around Christmas time. People use it as an allegory to remind each other the lessons that the three spirits of Christmas teach Ebenezer Scrooge. First of all‚ the purpose of the apparition of the three spirits is to give Ebenezer Scrooge the lessons about the true meaning of being human‚ the valuable of each
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selfishly‚ with his time and resources‚ he decides to help people with his means and uses it for relieving want and suffering‚ wherever and whenever‚ he can. For paragraph two‚ Act one ‚scene three‚ Marley says‚ “Without their visits‚ you cannot hope to shun the path I tread”. I put this quote from Marley because‚ Scrooge’s actions will affect him and because of them the Christmas ghost are visiting him to lead him in the right path. In paragraph three‚ Scrooge says‚ this could very well be a parallel
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Butter December-06-12 In the book A Christmas Carol‚ by Charles Dickens‚ the main character‚ Scrooge‚ has many experiences with new emotions throughout the book. These new emotions are fear‚ sadness and happiness. Scrooge gets scared when Marley‚ his old business partner‚ who has been dead for seven years‚ appears as a ghost at his door. Scrooge got so frightened the he slammed his door shut and double locked it. Scrooge was also visited by the ghost of Christmas past and Scrooge is
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