Cloudstreet‚ by Tim Winton "A texts setting and structure will normally be used by writers to develop and convey its themes." The novel Cloudstreet‚ by Western Australian born novelist Tim Winton is essentially a story revolving around how two rural families have come to live together at number one Cloudstreet. This novel’s themes are about finding one’s place in the world and the search for the meaning of life. As in this instance‚ Winton has successfully used setting and structure‚ crucial
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The main character in A Christmas Carol’ is named Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is a stereotype of those who had power over those who didn’t. Throughout the opening stave the character of Scrooge is established and it is quite clear what he is like. For example Dickens describes the character of Scrooge: "No wind that blew was bitterer than he". This use of metaphors tells the reader a lot about the character Scrooge‚ and that he does not have a very good attitude or personality. This is shown especially
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My Christmas holiday fairy tale Once upon a time there was a very handsome boy. He was going on vacation with his family. The boy was called Sebastian. He was going to celebrate Christmas in Austria with his mom and dad‚ his grandmother‚ and his older brother and his older brothers wife and two kids. They were all very exited about it. They had been renting a big cabin 800m up‚ on a mountain. It was a skiing vacation‚ so the villa was in the middle of a big slope. The whole family was having
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Christmas Vs Eid In the building with the blue windows and the diamond shaped roof tops‚ children dressed in red and green with rosy cheeks‚ were gaily singing: “Jingle Bells‚ Jingle Bells‚ Jingle all the way! Oh what fun it is to ride in a one more hoppin’ slay! Hey! ... Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!” In the building across the street‚ with the pink windows and the mosque behind it‚ families were visiting each other in their newly bought clothes and shining shoes‚ wishing each
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The Origin of Christmas Traditions Christmas is filled with traditions and events‚ but how did they start and why do we still do them? Traditions are often passed down throughout generations for centuries‚ but the origins are often unknown or forgotten. Christmas Christmas was originally called "The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus". The word "nativity" comes from the Latin word Natalis‚ meaning birthday. The observance probably does not date earlier than 200 AD and did not become widespread
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Christmas means many things but for many Christmas means Christmas trees. It’s said that Martin Luther was struck by the twinkling stars shining through the branches of a fir tree‚ and put lighted candles on a tree. A Christmas tree is one of our most cherished memories. For many gardeners a live rosemary plant pruned into the conical shape of a Christmas tree is an edible fragrant evergreen. It’s fitting that rosemary would play a role for the holidays because since ancient Greece‚ rosemary
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Warner Bro’s Bugs Bunny and Tim Seibles Bugs Bunny are similar in that they’re both humorous‚ they both speak with an accent‚ and they both say "What’s up‚ doc?"‚ however‚ attitude wise‚ they are somewhat different (and I’m sure all the children of the world are grateful for that). Tim Seibles Bugs is sardonic‚ sarcastic‚ and quite frankly‚ rude. Honestly‚ he probably would’ve made little red riding hood cry; for example‚ in line 8 when he bad-mouthed her mother and said "This was your mother’s idea
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American philosopher‚ Wayne Dyer‚ once said‚ “If you change the way you look at things‚ the things you look at change.” If you realize what you have done wrong‚ you can change how you act the next time you are in the same situation. In the play‚ A Christmas Carol‚ the main character‚ Scrooge‚ was only able to look upon money‚ nothing else. To change‚ Scrooge had to change the way he looked at money and his life; he needed to focus on the more important things‚ like family and caring for others. In
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Dickens’s famous drama‚ The Christmas Carol‚ was not an exception. There have been many versions of the movie‚ but the one that will be discussed today is the 1984 take‚ on Dickens’s original script. As mentioned before‚ there are many similarities and a few differences between the two renditions‚ none of which are plot changing‚ or quite so dramatic. Some such similarities are the characters. That includes old Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge himself‚ who is‚ the enemy of Christmas‚ and the main character of
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At the very start in the beginning of the Christmas carol book Ebenezer scrooge is a very mean and nasty man. He kept all of his money to himself and he loved it so much he did not share a penny of it to the poor or the sick. I have got a paragraph here from the book Christmas Carol explaining what scrooge was like. ‘Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone‚ Scrooge! A squeezing‚ wrenching‚ grasping‚ scraping‚ clutching‚ covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint‚ from which no steel
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