Carol Ryrie Brink

century. One of his most famous writings is “A Christmas Carol”, this was about a mysterious old man named Ebenezer Scrooge. Over the years his writing got more and more popular. It got turned into novels, stories, graphics, and movies. “A Christmas Carol” and “Christmas Carol 2009” is different and alike in many ways. One way they are different by “A Christmas Carol” is a passage that he wrote, and it is the original thing, “Christmas Carol 2009” is a movie that was made and it is animated.…

In the movie, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch is a creature who plans to steal Christmas away from Whoville. The Grinch wants to take the presents, trees, decorations, and tradition away from the town. This then creates conflict throughout the town and Cindy Lou comes into the story and tries to save the Christmas tradition in Whoville. In the beginning of the story, you can see flashbacks and get background information of events from the Grinch’s childhood. He was constantly…

Who has not heard the song “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year”? The song “It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” is a popular and joyful song wrote in 1963, this song represents Christmas, “The most wonderful time of the year”. Now day this song is a traditional song, heard in Christmas. The use of poetic device impacts the song makes you imagine every word Andy Williams it’s singing. Onomatopoeia, imagery, and repetition are some of the poetic devices that are used on this…

At first, Scrooge is a big grump. He acts as if the world doesn't need him, thinking that he has it all. He has the money, but the fame is not there. Everybody hates him, he is just cruel and is extremely selfish, but this is how he changes, not how he was. Scrooge's partner Marley dies and comes back to haunt him. Scrooge sees what will happen to him if he continues hating people, he will be weighed down in chains, his wrongdoings. Marley then tells Scrooge he will be haunted by three…

Through the years, Christmas has changed from family gathering, fun, joyful religious holiday to a day focused on who receives what and how great the value of the gift is. In the short story “Noel” we see this theory come into play. This short story shows how this holiday is not what it used to be. Christmas has changed from a traditional celebration to a modernized day in which is focused around money and receiving. Several patterns are recognized in this story and can provide evidence to prove…

I like the movie version better than the book version of A Christmas Carol. The reason I liked the movie better was because, you can better visualize what is going on in it. It also had the music so you knew when things would get exciting and better. I also liked the movie better because you could see what the characters looked like and how they felt. They are the same because it always had to be cold instead of hot everywhere Scrooge went. All the ghost took him places in the past present, and…

A Christmas Carol play review On December First 2015 I saw A Christmas Carol the play at the Trinity Repetory Company.In Providence Rhode Island at 10:30 AM. I thought the opening scene was very explanatory,because they read the introduction of the book.This was exploratory because they are telling us who Marley was and how he had died seven years ago. I thought the special effects in the play were magnificent .One of the special effects that I thought was very impressive was when they…

Act 1 Rodger - Ian, don’t say that. All this time I thought you were a great officer and partner. I even let you know what to bring for the police Christmas party. Ian - Rodger, You’re not listening man! I don’t hate you, I hate him. Rodger - Who do you hate? Ian - Omar! Omar got advised by three of the top police chiefs to choose me as the next detective. And I know I’d be a great detective. But apparently not to Omar. Instead of a guy who has been out on the field, he chooses a guy…

Aspects of Venezuela Culture Venezuela is a beautiful country situated in the norther coast of South America. Instead of there have been a lot immigration from European, and African mainly, Venezuela is characterized by a diverse group of people who share some aspects in their culture: Tradition, language, and family and friends. One aspect of the culture of Venezuela is tradition. The relevant tradition celebration is Christmas, Most of the people are catholic and they start going to the…

Have you ever talked to someone who doesn’t like Christmas? Or have you ever seen the movie “A Christmas Carol” with Ebenezer Scrooge. In the movie "A Christmas Carol" is the main character Scrooge he is a man who hates Christmas and know one knows why. So now Scrooge is going to have three ghost's come and visit him, The Spirit Of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet To Come. These spirits will try to redirect Scrooge to a better path than the one he recently had taken, greed doesn’t bring…