Jacob

crutch for people to truly get a sense of their lives, culture, and psychological struggles. Fredrick Douglass’s, Narrative of The Life of Fredrick Douglass, and the documentary Slavery in the Making of Americas which focuses on the life of Harriet Jacobs, are two very important narratives for this matter. These accounts give us a view that would otherwise be impossible to understand. They give us another side on the system of slavery, how it changed over time and how it affected an individual.…

motive in life is to make money. He works everyday nonstop and lives an extremely cheap life. He dislikes light because “it costs money”, therefore he likes darkness because “darkness is cheap”. Seven years after his partner, Jacob Marley died, he was visited by his spirit. Jacob Marley’s spirit foretold him of the coming of three ghosts. These ghosts would be his only chance to forego Marley's fate. Marley was eternally damned to wander the earth forever as a punishment for his covetous greed…

Just so we know before the story starts the author clearly states that Marley dead, dead, dead, dead. This is about Scrooge, who is a phenomenally sorrowful, dismal, person that is extremely oblivious to multiple of people in cruel, bitter ways. He absolutely despises all objects and feelings that include happiness and generosity, especially Christmas, accordingly the text states that people try to sing Christmas carols, but he made them leave. Two gentlemen from a local charity visited Scrooge…

Happiness means to be joyful, happy, and greatful. Ebenezer Scrooge really defines this act at the end of act two, and went from angry, to the jolliest man in England! We see scrooge as selfish man, who wants nothing to do with others. Eventually three spirits of Christmas past, present, and future, and show him good and bad events in his life, and things that happened to others because of him, such as Bob Cratchit's son Tiny Tim, dying due to a lack of money. But, Ebenezer changes, and…

because of his selfishness while he was on earth. Later on Scrooge fmds out that he has chains on him like Marley did when the ghost first saw Scrooge. But the chins that Scrooge wore was longer than the chains that Marley was wearing. This man named Jacob warns Scrooge about how he has to socialize with other people. If he does not socialize with those people they will follow him until his death or afler his death. The author Charles dickens uses the character Marley as the whole theme of the…

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troubling him' Although mean and nasty, the reader sees here that Scrooge is also a coward! Jacob Marley tells of the chains that were forged in life and what is waiting for Scrooge, telling him 'I am here tonight to warn you, that you have a chance and hope of escaping my fate' (Stave 1) If Scrooge did not change his mean old ways, then he is only to look forward to an after life like poor Jacob. To Scrooge's disappointment and dismay, he listens as Marley tells him of the three…

A Christmas Story: Compare and Contrast A Christmas Story is a story that is full of twists and turns that grab your attention in every paragraph throughout the story. You can read this story manually, or you can watch the movie. There are many differences and similarities between the book and the movie. But what are these similarities and differences? Some of these similarities and differences are small, small parts of the book or movie that can be barely noticeable as you are reading or…

The Future is determined by one’s action in the present, So when given a chance to look at the future, people will want to come back to the present, and change their actions for a better future. In the novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Scrooge, the main character, is a wicked and grumpy man to start with. As four ghost visits him, with the ghost of future as the most influential, Scrooge becomes a caring, joyful man. All the ghosts are important in the development of Scrooge, but…

A Ghostly Turn of Events A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, is a beloved tale that people of all ages have loved for its emotional and moral appeal. It is a story focusing on the life of Ebenezer Scrooge, a greedy and cold-hearted money-lender, who is visited by four ghostly apparitions who convince him together to change his merciless ways. At the beginning of this tale, Scrooge does not recognize the effects of his greed, so the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future take it upon…