typical albeit spoiled teenager. While I could understand Holly’s actions‚ I couldn’t relate to her for the most part. That being said‚ I did like how she was able to eventually open up to her colleagues at Project Scrooge. And I did enjoy the twist at the end regarding the latest "Scrooge". I also appreciated the fact that while there is some "romance" in the book it doesn’t play out in the typical way which I found refreshing for once.
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The Functions of Ghost Stories A ghost story is a piece of dramatical fiction that joins the supernatural or the belief in the supernatural with reality. The idea of ghosts i.e.‚ the supernatural‚ refers to a being that is unexplainable in scientific doctrine. There are those who live their lives searching for proof of the afterlife while others prefer to watch or read a fictional ghost story than to contemplate the supposed reality of ghosts. The stories that are written for both the page and
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he asks for in return is a cookie and a glass of milk. These archetypes are in many Christmas movies. In “A Christmas Carol”‚ Scrooge is a mean old man who‚ for the most part‚ hates everyone. All he cares about is money. He never gives anyone anything. When the spirits visit him in his dreams‚ he starts caring about people other than himself. At the end of the movie‚ Scrooge becomes a better man. He starts giving money to the poor and giving
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chapter of the book has the similarity of how Scrooge locked himself in his bedroom with 2 locks instead of his usual one lock. In the second chapter of the story we see a younger Scrooge and how his sister comes to take him home the same way as in the book. At chapter 3 we see the poor family of the Cratchits eating there small Christmas dinner in their tiny cramped home and as in the movie as well.
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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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what the main characters cannot say” (Nick O’Brien‚ Annie Sutton‚ 2012‚ P. 124) Therefore this statement is true because we would as a chorus discuss the mood of the atmosphere and the story to the audiences and we would express what Scrooge is feeling without Scrooge talking when we were narrating the scenes. Chorus work was big part of the show and ancient Greek theatre had a big influence on the choral work in the
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learn what true dignity is. A Christmas Carol‚ too‚ reveals Scrooge’s distortion of the gentlemanly role and the dire need to understand genuine goodness. In both Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol‚ Charles Dickens shows how two men‚ Pip and Scrooge‚ are affected by the social norms of the day; however‚ when they are guided by righteous people‚ they find the true meaning of being happy without gentlemanly status or great wealth. From the day he was born‚ Charles Dickens was apart the social
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The archetype of winter represents darkness as well as the dissolution phase. During this season everything is very tragic and it interprets the mood and time of dormancy or inactivity. In this season things are silent‚ and we get ready to move on into the spring‚ or the birth phase. Also in this season‚ is the use of satire. Satire is the use of mockery or ridicule and it fits in with winter because winter offers a reality phase. Cheesy love stories tend to happen more in the summer and spring
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story. All the spirits are also called the same thing the ghost of Christmas past‚ Christmas future‚ and Christmas present. This is how the story and movie are alike. The film and the writing are different in many ways as well. The two men that ask scrooge to donate
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cruel to their employees. Bob Cratchit is a perfect example of this. Scrooge knew that 15 “bob” a week wasn’t enough for Bob to feed his family and survive on‚ but still never paid him any higher. Bob suffered terrible conditions at work‚ often working very long hours and in a freezing room – he was only allowed one coal in his fire – but still he went in every day‚ because he knew that he would struggle to find more work and Scrooge would easily replace him. Because Bob wasn’t payed enough for
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