Ebenezer Scrooge

In “One for the Road” by Stephen King, Tookey is an example of the wise elder stereotype because he knows all the facts about ‘The Lot’. This story is about two old men who are working in Tookey’s bar one night, when a man walks into the bar saying that he needs help. The man, Gerald Lumley, told the two men that him and his family were traveling and his car got stuck in the blizzard at Jerusalem's Lot. Lumley left his family in the car while he would go look for help, but what Lumley and his…

With relatable characters, The Peanuts comic strip touches the heart of all ages. Schulz drew the comic strip true to his own life. People could identify with the “voices” and “hearts” of the characters. Since all of the characters were based off of someone in Schulz’s life, it makes the characters personality and problems more realistic. Although the Peanuts Gang takes the form of children, in reality, they all have problems adults face. For example, Lucy who could not get Schroeder’s…

In this passage, it is Christmas time and Rudy’s father is still gone. Liesel makes an attempt at cheering him up by bringing Rudy to his father’s tailoring company after dark. As the two children poke around the abandoned shop and find old treasures. To any passerby they would look like normal children, a little on the skinny side, but other than that normal. What they do not see is the hurt that stays inconspicuously behind the eyes of human embodiments of sorrow and pain. They escape these…

“We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on, that’s who we really are.” -Sirius Black. This quote means that everyone, at times can be both good and bad, but, the choice to be mostly one or the other is what makes us who we are. This relates to the book because it can describe a number of different character’s personalities. Many people in the novel behave in a positive manner for most of the time and behave poorly on one particular occasion.…

The movie “The Little Prince”, is about a little girl who lives a very grown-up life with her mom. In the movie, her mother tries to prepare her for adulthood. They move into a house next to a nutty older man named the Aviator. The Aviator introduces the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, which is the world of the little prince. The older man in this film is an exaggerated stereotype because he's like the crazy older man who lives on the block. All the neighbors try to…

F. Scott Fitzgerald has a very critical view of the world and he illustrates that in the short story “Winter Dreams”. The main character Dexter, lives a life full of want and contempt, longing for Judy. This story is six sections long which infold the unlikely lives of Dexter and Judy. F. Scott Fitzgerald loads his story with lots of symbolism, starting with the title of this short story. Fitzgerald uses the seasons throughout his story to create a depressing mood to help develop Dexter. The…

and also add something unique to it. This director didn’t change the play, but he made it so exclusive and lovely for the audience. This director wanted to show how Scrooge will change after he will see three ghosts. This play has a great concept and it was easy to understand everything. This play theme is change in life. Scrooge is old men…

In 1 Henry IV, Falstaff is seen as comic and tragic. He is often referred to as the “play’s clown” (Bedford 91). Falstaff lives a life of sleeping during the day and thieving at night. He is often seen as a drunkard. Not to mention the scene where Hal wakes him up and he has a wench in his bed (Norton 1192). Falstaff lives as if every day is carnival or holiday time. Even Hal knows that Falstaff is the Lord of Misrule in the carnival. When Hal is speaking out loud about his plans to appear…

visible” (Dickens, 55). The Ghost of the Christmas Past shows Scrooge his past days that have made him to be the man he is today. Shown from the past, Scrooge is “rejoiced beyond all bounds to see them” but later he ends up alone as the others parted to spend Christmas with their families. The first ghost shows him how much happier Scrooge used to be, and how important it is to be kind to others as it impacts them more than he realizes. Scrooge is reminded of his past self: a happy, young man…

One year, Santa's elves were making christmas presents.There were 1324 presents made on Tuesday,but approximately ⅛ of the toys were made wrong.So, Santa came out and yelled at the builder elves after the wrapping elves complained to Santa that some were made wrong.The next week the elves were having a Christmas party and Santa said,”Me and some of the security will find who messed and make them unable to go to the Christmas party,but if u confess the you can go.”That’s when little Jimmy the…