Bob Woodward

In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Gawain stumbles upon a castle run by a Lord Bertilak. When he arrives at this castle he is greeted by the lords men and invited in to feast, for it were Christmas Day. Gawain was asked by the lord for his word to swear to serve him. Gawain replied, " You may trust my tongue, for within these walls I am servant to your will." The lord went on explaining how Gawain had come to the castle, tired, weary, and hungry yet he joins the lord in his partying. He told…

A Psychoanalytical Approach to “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” Christmas is a time of celebration, joy, generous offerings, spending time with loved ones, and most importantly, coming together as a community. For the most part, everyone loves Christmas; except for the Grinch. In Dr.Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch is portrayed as a bitter, vengeful, old man who hates the entirety of the Christmas season. His indignant attitude is especially evident when he overlooks the Whos…

Dim lights sitting by the fireplace listening to the the ghost story on christmas. Ghost stories weren't popular until the Christmas Carol came out and now the are told everywhere and at anytime but the Christmas Carol was the most popular ghost story in the Victorian Era. Ghost where someone's spirit coming back to haunt someone/something that they had a strong emotional connection to. In the Victorian era everything they learned about ghost was usually taught in churches. h In the…

Daniel Dolan Mrs. Jankowski, p.7 American History III February 23, 2016 How Did Music in the 1960’s change the public opinion during Vietnam As the War in Vietnam raged on the people in America started to turn against it. Protests and protest music fueled the youth of the generation, with only peace and happiness to offer. The protest movement actually prospered when famous musicians and celebrities joined the movement. However, this movement was not popular with the older generations…

Ms. Hill The cultural context that I choose is a song called “Ms.Hill”, written by rapper and songwriter Talib Kweli. This song was released in 2005 and it speaks about his admiration toward his iconic friend, Lauryn Hill, a rapper, singer, songwriter, and poet. She’s also known from the 1992 comedy film, Sister Act starting Whoopi Goldberg. This song expresses admiration toward Lauryn Hill’s ways of not conforming to the ways of the music industry as well as creating her own style of music,…

powerful, unique, and technically brilliant. Inventing an entirely new way of recording melodies and vocal harmonies they essentially used stereo effects, double tracking and many indifferent instruments. Soon thanks to the Beatles most artist like Bob Dylan and Elvis Presley went…

The ghost of Christmas future was remarkably quiet it was exceedingly good at its job. The way that The ghost of Christmas future made Scrooge think about the way he was so isolated was by showing him what people will think about him in the future. Scrooge then saw that p To begin with, anyone in the world can change, all they need is the will to change. Now in the novel “A Christmas carol” written by Charles Dickens is a little more complicated than that. The main character, Ebenezer Scrooge…

A sudden change can be caused by getting told about a death, crossing railroads, or having a new family member. Many people change for these reasons. Why don’t we look at some book examples and some life experiences. When you are getting told about a death, it can change the way you talk to people. For example Scrooge, in the Christmas Carol, was mean, and always negative after Marley died because they were good work mates. They would work together and do a lot of things together.After Marley…

A Christmas Carole Scrooge is transforming from a bad to a good person in the novel A Christmas Carole. There are three spirits that take him to the past, present, and the future. The first spirits make him more giving, compassionate, and a thankful person. The second spirit makes him a caring, happy, and regretful man. The last spirit turns him even more of a thankful and caring person. Scrooge will slowly change as the spirits take him to places. Scrooge became more of a giving,…

p. 14 ). But, they also might have picked the second spirit, Spirit of Christmas Present, because it had shown them how Scrooge might have changed more by looking at his present actions and how starting that instant could have changed his future, “ Bob Cratchit : ( raising his glass ) My dear, to Scrooge. I give you Mr. Scrooge, the founder of the feats. Mrs. Cratchit : The founder of the feast indeed ! I wish I had him here ! I’d give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and hope he’d have a…