Elf

problematic issues, like when their goodness is at stake impacts human behavior. Thus, leading to the expression “throwing someone under the bus” and causing distress to both parties of this situation. The first example is a classic Christmas film, Elf. The second example is an episode from a popular TV show, Gossip Girl, based on a novel series by Cecily von Ziegesar. During these difficult circumstances of throwing someone under the bus, someone will always be hurt in the process, whether it…

There is clearly a large difference in both organizations and the make up as well. As the ELF was made up of young adults lacking careers and life experience; Keep America Beautiful’s board of directors consists of not only purely environmental activists but also corporate and business leaders to gain influence throughout the business world. The organization is set up to keep check upon companies like McDonalds, Keurig Green Mountain, Pepsi, Rodale Inc., and others to ensure they are meeting…

Once upon a time Santa and his elf decided to make Snowman. Not just any snowman, but a creamy, yummy Snowman made out of ice cream. Santa scooped the ice cream out into three round scopes. The first scoop was the largest of the three and was the bottom layer. The next scoop, was a medium size and formed the middle of the snowman. The last scoop of creamy white ice cream was the smallest scope and it was for the Snowman’s head. Once the Snowman’s body was shaped, Santa gave him cinnamon…

Schubert’s Erlkönig, a musical work based on a poem by Goethe, the legend goes that anyone touched by the Elf King dies. There are many aspects that help contribute to the work itself and the story heard throughout the piece. The composition and surrounding stylistic era influenced the work, the composer himself added touches of his own personal style, and the piece helped to represent the Elf King legend. While there are many components that contribute to the composition of Erlkönig, the…

Chapter 1: Dinky’s Dilemma Dinky was an elf. As everyone knows there are many kinds of elves. There are shoe elves, cookie elves, and forest elves, and there are Christmas elves. Dinky was a forest elf. It’s not that he didn’t like being an elf. Dinky, just didn’t want to be a forest elf. For as long as he could remember in his short 12 years of life, Dinky had always wanted to be a Christmas elf. Wouldn’t it be grand to live at the North Pole with Santa year round and make toys? Every six…

disappointed and furious that they had lost two dear friends, Waldo and Sanjay. The dwarves did not care that one of their soldiers had perished, for they were incapable of feeling emotion. “We somehow need to stop them! Garrison, go spy on them!” The Elf Battalion’s General commanded. Come nightfall, Garrison snuck to the base of the dwarves and started observing the dwarves. He noticed the mountains upon mountains of apple cores. Why so many apples? Garrison thought to himself. That can’t…

Once upon there lies A gingerbread man, It came to be known as the gingerbread man that had escaped from the grinches. The gingerbread tried warning everyone that the grinches were capturing all of those who were involved in supporting the Christmas holiday however; all the other elves didn’t believe the gingerbread man. One day while the elves continued to make presents for the kids, there came a green figure knocking onto the door, “all elves are reported to be sent to another place to work…

This month I read the book, Amulet The Stonekeeper, by Kazu Kibuishi. It is a graphic novel that is about 180 pages long. I chose this book because it is very interesting and creates suspense. This story takes place in a car as a flashback to when the Emily’s father dies. The family has to leave their home because the mother can no longer afford it so she takes her family to an old house that she inherited. Later then, Emily finds the amulet while cleaning. The main character, or protagonist is…

see if Santa had come, sadly there where only two crying elfs. He goes to see what was wrong. They said that their names were Andrew and Callie. They went on to explain that Santa had been kidnapped. So instantly acting on pure instinct he stole his mother's car keys and “drove” to the airport. He managed to get into a airplane. As they tried to take off the guard figured out that they were there and pointed guns at the plane. The elfs urged Stephen to keep going no matter what. Thankfully…

Thomas Rymer and Queen of Elfland relates the abduction of a human by an elf as well, but this time it is an Elf Queen going after a human man. The story is based on the medieval romance Thomas of Erceldoune (Nelson 138), who, according to Child's introduction, was a historical figure believed to be a prophet (63,64). This gift was supposedly given to him by the queen of elves (64), but the connection can be ignore in an examination of the ballad, as no such gift is mentioned. Both versions…