Bob Hoskins

2nd Quarter Book Analysis Character Sketch A Christmas Carol In the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, is about how one night changed the life of Ebenezer Scrooge. The story begins in December, 1843 in London, England, when Scrooge is a middle-aged gentleman, who is a bad man at the start and becomes a good man by the end. In the beginning story Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy man and a mean person who does not care to if, what he does with his money hurts other people. In between the…

Charles Dickens in his work, "A Christmas Carol" discusses about the true meaning of giving, receiving and sharing. The reason is that the narrator seems to be interested in telling the story since rich people did not appreciate poor people especially during the industrial Revolution whereby the gap was widened for both rich and poor people in which poor people were totally forgotten. After watching the Christmas Carol I understand that it is an allegory which delivers messages concerning the…

__This movie begins when Mr. Light brings in a silver cup for Johnny and his grandpa to possibly fix. They eventually don’t have the materials for the job so Johnny Tremain has to take it to Revere’s place which then he gives Johnny some tips. Johnny ends up burning his hand which is a crucial thing tied in with his work at the shop. Now that he cannot get anything done he leaves the shop. Now he is searching for a job to have, but he struggles to find one with one hand at the moment. Johnny…

“We can change our future by merely changing our attitude to the positive. Simple yet powerful!” - Zeenat Merchant Syal. In Frederick Gaines’ drama, A Christmas Carol, adapted from Charles Dickens’ novel Scrooge learns that if he does not have a change in heart he will die in the near future. Ebenezer Scrooge changes from the exposition of the play to the denouement. Ebenezer Scrooge is mean and heartless in the exposition; by the middle of the play Scrooge becomes scared, and by the denouement…

1. The Polar Express was written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg and it was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1985. This book is a classic children’s book that was later made into a feature film. The story is about a boy who goes unnamed though out the whole book, and his journey on a magical steam engine to the North Pole in the middle of the night. Van Allsburg evokes such a vivid visual world through is text and visuals. He uses great metaphors and similes such as “the train is wrapped…

The relationship between McCartney, Lennon, and Dylan is something that changed the way of music for good. Besides the fact they were all good songwriters apart, when Lennon met McCartney, they were the start of a song writing movement in the industry that changed how people saw artists and song writers – because for once they were one and the same. I think what made their songs so innovated for the time, was how they mixed opinions and sounds through their separate lives, and came together to…

In the Christmas Carol Scrooge is very unhappy with the oncoming season Christmas. Everyone is cheerful and Scrooge is trying to get as much work done before the counting house closes. That night the ghost of Jacob Marley comes to tell Scrooge that he will be visited by three spirits so he can change his ways. During these trips Scrooge realizes that Christmas is actually a very merry day. In both Scrooge’s and Fezziwig's workplaces there were fires going. The people there worried hard and…

Throughout the many years in American history battles, conflicts, and turning points have shaped who we are and how we act today. But specifically the year of 1975 was the biggest defining year in U.S. History. Being the only President to resign from office, Richard Nixon was accused of being involved in a conspiracy to cover-up illegal espionage and sabotage of Democratic Presidential candidate George McGovern's campaign in 1972. This conspiracy known as the Watergate scandal created a…

The films The Count of Monte Cristo (CMC) and Shawshank Redemption (SSR) share the theme of a man who is unjustly imprisoned for a severe crime; however the two films are truly quite different. Between the films there are a few basic elements that contribute to the theme, such as; the crimes that the protagonists Edmond Dantès and Andy Dufresne are imprisoned for, what the two men wish to do when they escape prison, and the life that they lead after they gain their liberty.…

This story was dedicated to one of the most legendary musicians—Bob Dylan. Arnold Friend was described to have “shaggy black hair that looked crazy like a wig, and a long, hawk-like nose” (Oates…). When Arnold Friend and his friend Ellie Oscar appeared at Connie’s house, the song that played on Ellie’s radio was performed by an artist known as Bobby King. According to Tierce and Crafton, Bobby King is a reference to Bob Dylan. Dylan’s song “Mr. Tambourine Man” could have been the song playing…