Just as the novel mentions, “he spoke as if Daisy’s reaction was the only thing that mattered.” (Fitzgerald, 2001: 192) Gatsby is nimble and ambitious in making money, which shows the “sagacity” of modern people, but towards love he gives us the impression of “a naive young man.” The reader may wonder what makes Gatsby great? Gatsby is great because of his loyalty to love. He has the desire to repeat the past, and the desire for money. For Gatsby, Daisy is the soul of his dreams. He believes he can regain Daisy.
Here are a few that stood out. In the book, Scrooge’s pajamas are plain white. In the movie, his pajamas are vertically striped. In the beginning of all three versions Scrooge is a horrible, greedy man, and realizes that he was wrong to have so little compassion. In the movie, when he is visited by the ghost of Christmas Future, he runs away from the ghost and shrinks while running into a drain pipe.
Callie Greene #8793 Mrs. Blandford English 8, period 3 13 January 2011 A Christmas Miracle: The Gift of Influence Everything that surrounds us, every memory in our grasp, and every instant of our existence influences us in some way whether the effect is positive or negative. People can choose to accept the influence bestowed upon them in an enthusiastic manner, or they can angrily and shyly accept with a cold hand. In the novel, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, the protagonist, Ebenezer Scrooge, is a “lonely, covetous, Christmas-loathing man.” It is not until three ghosts come along to change him for the better and teach him the error of his ways that he is influenced to be a kinder, more generous person. The Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, each, in his own way, influence Scrooge to change his miserly, odious, self-centered way of living. First off, the Ghost of Christmas Past influences Ebenezer to change his avaricious ways for the better.
Satire Graphic Organizer for Option B Work Title: The Simpsons Season 22 Episode 8 The Fight Before Christmas Author / Creator: Matt Groening Publication Date: 2010 Historical Context: The writers were making fun of all the Christmas novels and movies at Christmas time. Plot Summary: Marge easily gets in the holiday spirit, but it's a little more difficult for the rest of the family. After the family goes to sleep before Christmas morning, each of the kids has a holiday-themed dream. What is being mocked in this piece? Human Institutions: • The South Pole • A Train • Santa • World War 2 Human Weaknesses: Revenge Bart lacks the Christmas spirit because he hasn’t gotten what he wanted for so he plans to shoot Santa.
Humbug! "(Humbug basically means nonsense or ridiculousness.) refusing to share in Fred's Christmas cheer. After Fred departs, a pair of portly gentlemen enters the office to ask Scrooge for a charitable donation to help the poor. Scrooge angrily replies that prisons and workhouses are the only charities he is willing to support and the gentlemen leave
Before Scrooge had a change in personality he always had to say Bah humbug Scrooge reverted to bah humbug when ever he didn’t like something or someone. From reading the second stave ‘the first of the three spirits’ the reader would feel sympathy for scrooge as the ghost of Christmas past revealed Scrooges childhood, before the first of the three spirits visited Scrooge, the reader would be able to distinguish that Scrooge was rather mind boggled and confused and still wouldn’t believe if he dreamt Marleys ghost, so Scrooge waited in suspense to find out if everything that was happening was real or not. Dickens uses descriptive language when describing the first of the three spirits “it was a strange like figure….. Which it now held under it
Some people do not enjoy the story during Christmas. They think it is a very unhappy story. But Christmas is the perfect time to read the story. Christmas is the perfect time to learn about yourself and change for the better. The following paragraph will explain what the three ghosts showed Scrooge.
How is Scrooge portrayed in the novel? On Christmas Eve you would think that people would want to be celebrating, enjoying the delightful day to come all apart from Mr. Ebenezer Scrooge, but a Christmas Eve visit from the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future teaches him to open his heart to the spirit of Christmas and to the joys of friends and family. In this novel Charles Dickens portrays Ebenezer Scrooge as a bitter lonely old man. He is a very cold-hearted, selfish man, who has no love for Christmas, children, or anything that even provokes happiness. The opening of Christmas Carol sets the mood, describes the setting and introduces many of the main characters.
* Scrooges transformation from miser to philanthropist * Dickins sought to make his middle-class readers aware of the appealing poverty around them * Dickins revisits his indignation at this degrading treatment of some society’s most vulnerable people in A Christmas Carol when scrooge demands of the two gentlemen collecting subscriptions for the poor, “the treadmill and the poor law are in full vigour then?” these words come back to hunt scrooge several times in the course of the narrative and the inhumanity of his question is emphasised by his increased discomfort when confronted with his words. * By positioning Scrooge as an outsider, glimpsing the festivities from which he isolated himself, Dickins skilfully juxtaposes the dismal life of the selfish miser with the child-like glee of characters including bob Cratchit and Mr Fezziwig. * Obsessed with accumulating wealth and with no concern for his beleaguered employee, bob Cratchit, Scrooge is an allegorical representation of the forces of capitalism driving Britain’s industrial economy in the
Marley hopes to save his old partner from suffering a similar fate and warns Scrooge of the three spirits about to visit him this Christmas Eve. The first spirit takes him to his past Christmases, the second spirit to visit Scrooge walked him through the present Christmas and the last spirit gave him a vision of Christmases yet to come. This final spirit of Christmases