Jacob Black

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…

The spirit moves slowly, stalker like even, just like our future. Our lives to be are disguised, the spirit’s deep black garment symbolizes just that. The only part that was visible of the spirit was it’s outstretched hand pointing Scrooge the path he had to take. Scrooge decided to go on a different path one time when he was with the mysterious spirit. The spirit didn’t…

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.…

O. Henry is a well-known writer for his short stories, and one of his most famous short stories is called the “Gift of the Magi”. Although this piece centers around the Christmas holiday, the meaning of it transcends the Christmas season and can be put into everyday life. In some instances throughout the “Gift of the Magi,” irony is used to drive the central themes. O. Henry emphasizes the themes of love, selflessness and the practicality of gifts given at Christmas time. The story centers…

Being considerate and helpful to others is what makes you have a humanity. “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens is a story about a man named Ebenezer Scrooge who was tremendously greedy and was visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future to make him see what his selfishness had caused him.This story has multiples themes, such as social justice, the true meaning of humanity, etc. Greed overtakes the humanity of those who possess it because it pushes away everyone you love and…

Gift Giving – Among Hobbits it’s custom for the one who is celebrating their birthday to give presents to their guests. A theory I favour is that this custom has its origins from when the Hobbits still dwelled in the upper vales of the river Anduin and Sméagol (later called Gollum) murdered his brother over the One Ring. The details of that story were lost to the Hobbits, but the custom remained to remember that giving is always better than taking. Nori, of course, doesn’t have a clue about any…

“We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on a small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.” (Hawkings) Greed can cause a man to become self-centered and be one who cares only about his money. He may care less concerning the welfare of the poor. But what most don’t know or think about is how different and similar A Christmas Carol, the movie is to the written play.There are lots of similarities, but there are a…