Carol Ryrie Brink

The theme of Touching Spirit Bear, by Ben Mikaelsen is that everyone can change. This is because The main character, Cole, is bullying a lot of kids and is not very nice, after he touched the spirit bear he noticed how beautiful the world was. Peter was attempting to commit suicide and he also feared Cole, later they started to trust each other. “I want to help you carve the blank space on your totem that you saved for your dance of anger.”(Mikaelsen, Touching, 239). The theme of Ghost of…

After decades of exhaustive research on the subjects of belief and motivation, Stanford University researcher and professor of psychology, Carol Dweck has developed an innovative theory about the impact of our mindsets. According to Dweck, success isn’t just spurred by people’s abilities and talents, but rather success is determined by a fixed mindset or a growth mindset. Dweck’s study suggests that abilities and talent may actually be a roadblock to success, and that it neither promotes…

In the book A Christmas Carol, the characters of the story symbolize the many realisms of the British Industrial Revolution henceforth making the story an allegory. For example, Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge’s clerk, incarnates the poor. He was a hardworking man being the epitome of the hardworking and uncomplaining working class. Tiny Tim, Bob’s son, symbolized hope. However, Ebenezer Scrooge is the quintessence of all things evil of the Industrial Revolution as he embodied the “ignorance…

Scrooge was really changing throughout the novel. Dickens shows that Scrooge shows redemption throughout his life in the book. You can change at anytime it's never too late. Scrooge would have never thought he would change his ways. At the beginning Scrooge believes that his business was to always be mean and never change his ways. For an example “ I wish to be left alone.” This supports my topic sentence because Scrooge doesn't want anyone around him or anyone to even talk too him so…

“Why the Grinch is so Grinchy” The book “How the Grinch stole Christmas” is a children's book written by Theodore Geisel A.K.A Dr Seuss.The book is about a grumpy hermit hatches a plan to steal Christmas from the Whos( the townsfolk) of Whovill ( the town).The story on first glance shows the ideas of misunderstandings. Dr Suess is a beloved children's writer who has written stories that have brought joy to the minds and hearts of children all around the world since 1937.Although Dr Seuss has…

Last year I went to go see the Singing Christmas Trees at First Baptist Church of Orlando. Seeing this production is one of my favorite things to do around Christmas, because it is the perfect mixture of singing, dancing, and acting to get me into the holiday spirit. The show had a strong opening number as the orchestra and chorus started playing and singing ‘Joy to the World’ at strongly at forte with many harmonies. Throughout the rest of the show the orchestra played countless other…

people today. Then, I'm going to use examples of the settings and society now. Then I'm going to make a statement about our culture that matches with the reality of Scrooge's self and his society. That is what I'm going to talk about in the Christmas Carol. There are many ways how this story could have a deeper meaning for society and people today. One deeper meaning is he is trying to say that it is important when you help other people. Another deeper meaning of the story is to never…

Abby Gregory Mrs. McKibbin 01-17-16 7th Hour A Redemption Carol In the book A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens describes a man named Ebenezer Scrooge as a cold hearted, selfish, money-pinching man. Ebenezer Scrooge is a scrooge. A scrooge is a person who is stingy with money, they would rather do anything than part with a buck and they are really stubborn people, which is the perfect word to describe Scrooge. Well it was the perfect word, until Ebenezer Scrooge redeemed himself. Even Scrooge…

A Christmas Carol Essay There will always be stories that are microcosm, which are written in order to help society or the community realize that there is a problem at hand that needs to be resolved. Charles Dickens, who wrote A Christmas Carol, wrote about the real meaning of Christmas and what we should be in our mind during this period of time. He was able to bring up the problem that was happening around him and helped many realize it was time for a change and time to fix this problem.…

He starts to comprehend his harsh behaviours and asks the spirit to 'conduct [him] where you will. I went forth last night on compulsion, and I learnt a lesson…let me profit by it.' The spirit, through Dickens, transports Scrooge to view an affectionate scene during Christmas with the Cratchits, where Tiny Tim's feeble self is seated next to his father. Scrooge feels miserable for the family even though they are 'happy [and] grateful' because it was Christmas time and are always 'pleased with…