Mickey's Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol left a powerful imprint on the world, eternalized as its growing list of adaptations only continues. One notable adaptation, A Christmas Carol (2009), features acclaimed actor Jim Carrey, as the famous misanthrope Scrooge. In this variation, fidelity is found in the use of animation to its full extent, to depict the characters and world with greater freedom than live-action or written word. By analyzing three scenes, and Beyond Fidelity: The Dialogics of…

As writers, Obama and Jeter both explain the strategies they use to convey their experience, challenges and goals. The strategy Jeter use is questioning to ask the reader what they really what to do with their lives.Questioning”What would you love to do? What are you good at? What would you like to do for the rest of your life?”(Jeter,61). Other strategies he uses is colloquial language. Jeter uses colloquial language to introduce two central ideas, goals, and dreams specifically: the…

the fact that the spirit of Christmas varies hugely depending on the stave or character Dickens is referring to in the novel. Briefly, we know Scrooge, the main protagonist, doesn't appreciate Christmas; 'bah humbug' and 'A squeezing, wrenching, gasping, clutching, covetous, old sinner'. ( First quote shows his hatred towards Christmas, the other shows his personality). Where as, if we take Bob Cratchit, the clerk working for Scrooge, he enjoys and appreciates Christmas and the festive season…

Sometimes, a person can change so drastically that their alteration is a rebirth, a complete volte-face of his or her attitude, opinions, and actions. As for Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens and Joey Margolis from Last Days of Summer by Steve Kluger, a rebirth proves to be beneficial for themselves and the people around them. A quote from Gabriel Garcia Marquez relates to this; “He allowed himself to be swayed…

curiously stirred, as if by breath or hot air.” (Dickens 14) The ghosts in Charles Dickens novel A Christmas Carol were portrayed creatively and the director of one of the many film interpretations recreated the ghosts almost exactly like Dickens. Three of the ghosts in the film seemed to the most tantamount to the ghosts interpreted in the movies. They were: the ghost of Jacob Marley, the ghost of Christmas past, and the ghost of Christmases yet to come. David Jones has an accurate depiction…

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…

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…

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 realizes there’s more to life then just being a selfish, nothing to do with others kind of man. He became a joyful, man full of the Christmas spirit. In A Christmas Carol, adapted by Israel Horovitz, we see how…

The theme of “A Christmas Carol” is be careful about how you act in your lifetime because it will affect how people feel abut you later on in life. The three passages that I have chosen to help me relate to the three sprits is STAVE II, STAVE III, STAVE IV. The first of the three sprits met by scrooge is the ghost of Christmas past, and this spirit symbolizes truth. Scrooge’s family brings him home from boarding school, but suddenly send him off to apprentice as an accountant. (S.2 P.53)…

Not A Women Santa “Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps means a little more.” Macy's Department Store decided to try a woman as Santa Claus. They just need actors to work as the role of Santa in the North Pole. They wanted to try it last year in just New York City but i didn’t work out so well, peple were walking out imbarised with there face red as a apple. They are doing this because they need for actors to play the role of Santa in his workshop at the…