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    A Christmas Carol Essay There will always be stories that are microcosm, which are written in order to help society or the community realize that there is a problem at hand that needs to be resolved. Charles Dickens, who wrote A Christmas Carol, wrote about the real meaning of Christmas and what we should be in our mind during this period of time. He was able to bring up the problem that was happening around him and helped many realize it was time for a change and time to fix this problem.…

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    Nancy Mairs, in her nonfiction essay, “On Being a Cripple,” (1986) coveys her perpetual struggle in “getting the hang of” her debilitating condition—Multiple Sclerosis. Though her view of her condition is turbulent, Mairs acknowledges one constant truth—that she is plainly a “cripple”. Mairs’ utilization of this motif “squarely” elucidates survival amongst inexorable forces. Mairs’ purpose is to identify and generalize her condition in order to express the complexity of its duality, ultimately…

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    The story A Christmas Carol has a very important theme that relates to real life. The author Charles Dickens was able to relate his theme in the play to a real world problem. One of the main themes of this play is the fact that kids and the not wealthy are taken advantage of. This caused the reader to be able to realize their own wrong doings in their life and try their best to hopefully pursue to fix them. In a time of the Factory Movement in U.S. History, this was a story that really opened…

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    The novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens revolves around the life of a young boy in Victorian era of England named Pip. When Pip is a young boy, he meets the rich and secluded Miss Havisham. Miss Havisham introduces Pip to her young adoptive daughter, named Estella. She raises Estella to not love, for she is intent on saving Estella from heartbreak. While she does this, she also trains her to break the hearts of others, much as her heart was broken by a man in her youth. She eventually…

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    Transcendence Victor Hugo is one of the most celebrated authors of the 19th century. He was known to use tragedy and destruction and change it into something beautiful and good (Weingarter 5). In the book that Hugo is most famous for, Les Miserable, he captures this human transcendence at its best with the character Jean Valjean. (Hugo vii) After nineteen years of human depravity in prison, Valjean is left with a heart full of bitterness and animosity: (Hugo 25). Throughout the book, you can…

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    Steven Sharp Mr. Arieas English 10 H p. 3 28 December 2015 Tale Of Two Cities Book 2 Study Guide Chapter 1 1. Dickens suggests that Tellson's bank was quite similar to England in the fact that the citizens of England were punished for trying to improve its laws and customs, which had become more respectable because of this. 2. This implies that he does something malicious outside at night that his wife feels inclined to pray for his sake. 3. Dickens characterizes Jerry and gives the reader a…

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    I believe that I fully embody the four qualities of scholarship, leadership, service, and character that are necessary to be qualified as a member of the National Honor Society. I feel that one of my strongest qualities of these four is scholarship. I feel that this is one of my strongest qualities because I love to learn and help others grow in their learning. I have maintained a 3.94 GPA throughout my past 5 semesters at this school and I have participated in many AP and Honors classes such…

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    A Christmas Carol Literature-Media Comparison In Mrs. Tortomasi’s class we read A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Then we watched one of the many movie adaptations of the book. Unfortunately, I was not able to see the whole movie. However, while watching the movie I saw many similarities and differences. Also, producer's choice elements were used throughout the movie to add to the story and make it more interesting to watch. There are many similarities between the book and the movie…

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    There was novella: to begin with. A novel called A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens. This work is innovative, ingenious, and just plain brilliant. A Christmas Carol is set in the Victorian era, with three evident themes; childhood innocence, Scrooge’s transformation, and social justice. The Victorian era lasted from 1837 until 1901. In this time, children were viewed as angels close to Heaven, which was an extremely important belief of people in the Victorian era. During this time,…

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    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…

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