Jacob Bernoulli

The novel A Christmas Carol is about a man named Ebenezer scrooge who does not understand the true meaning of ‘’business. Scrooge is a mean old man that only cares about money. He believes that ‘’business’’ means only money you don't need a family you only need money. In a Christmas Carol charles dickens tells us that ‘‘business’’ means helping the poor thru these lessons from the ghost. In A Christmas carol scrooge thinks business is money you don't need family I no this because in the…

Zander Bates is currently 12 years old and attending Martha Brown Middle School. Zander loves adventure, action books, and movies so he wrote about King Arthur but named him King Anchor as a joke. It was based on a book called The Sword and the Stone, or The Excalibur. It’s also based on the movie King Arthur. Zander has a sister named Lyla who is eight years old, two cats, and one dog. He also lives with his mom Janna, who is 42 years old and his dad Thomas, who is 42 years. Zander has two…

This house is always dark and cold. I’m stuck in place, right in the middle of an annoying wall, named Whall. “Hey Window I think Scrooge is coming!” Whall still hasn’t realized that he doesn’t need to yell. I wish I had eyes so that I could’ve give him a death glare. Wait, how can I even see?! How am I even talking, so many questions... I see Scrooge walk in and instantly he locks the door, checks under the bed, and looks in his closet. I have a feeling something weird is happening. Scrooge…

realises what the ghosts mean, Scrooge needs to accept Christmas and lift his grudge or Tiny Tim will die. Scrooge learns from the ghosts and changes himself. Scrooge learns that Tiny Tim has lived, and that that he has not shared the same fate as Jacob Marley did. As shown, Scrooge changes his himself and lives his life in a joyful…

The Bells inside the clock symbolize time change and death. They kept on ringing everyday reminding Scrooge that death is coming closer and he has to change. This overall made him change to a good spirited person. Q1 “`Bah!' said Scrooge, `Humbug!'” From Page 2 This stands out to me how Scrooge showed disgust to the Christmas season in two words. He uses this quote throughout the story when someone was talking to him. Q2 “If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with "Merry…

“A Christmas Carol” Bob and Marly (Essay 2) “A Christmas Carol” Bob and Marly have many important messages in the book. These messages and be shown by examples in the book and real life. They are vary important to the story and certain characters. The first message is “If one person changes for the better, others are effected for the better.”. A great example of this is towards the end of the story after Scrooge’s his change in attitude after the event with the spirits. He was…

“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is a detailed rich story about a stingy old man that is visited by three ghosts whose visitations provide the old sour man with individualized life changing lessons. The story itself holds a deeper meaning engraved between the lines. As the reader one must think deeper about what the ghosts represented in the story and the value they hold. Each ghost has something symbolic on them. The Ghost of Christmas Past carries a cap that if placed upon his brow will…

It is mainly shown through the symbolism of the chains on Jacob Marley’s ghost and the bell tolls. This article will show how the symbolization of chains and bell tolls lead to the overall theme of choices. For instance, Jacob Marley was Ebenezer Scrooge’s business partner and he had died seven years before this story took place. Seven years after he died Ebenezer Scrooge went home on Christmas Eve and was sitting by the fire when Jacob Marley’s Ghost appeared, covered in chains. The story…

Ebenezer Scrooge does not understand or know what the true meaning of business is. He thinks that business is only about money. In a Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens shows that one’s business in life is changing the way Scrooge takes care of others, through the experiences of the three ghosts. While the ghosts help Scrooge through his unbelievable life, Ebenezer Scrooge becomes merrier from being mean. Scrooge’s definition of a man’s “business” in Stave 1 and its impact on Scrooge was money.…

The myth of Persephone is an interesting one, especially when considering how the original myth has influenced many modern novels that have been written in todays’ century. Certain aspects of the myth, such as Persephone falling in love with Hades, and the affects Persephone’s being in the underworld has on her mother are being rewritten in new ways and incorporate in popular novels such as the Twilight Saga by Stephanie Meyers. This paper will look at the Twilight Sega and how the myth of…