Nicholas Biddle

Prior to that, they first began as the Nicholas kids, performing on vaudeville. They later danced on various New York stages, including the famous Cotton Club, creating an extremely successful act “that combined singing, soft-shoe dancing, acrobatics, and rhythm tapping with precision movement…

REPRESENTATION OF CRIMINAL CHARACTERS Charles Dickens writes about the lower classes and the activities in the underbelly of London society.We see some characters doing illegal,nasty and sometimes horrifying things,yet Dickens is careful to give at least some of these lower-class characters a code of ethics ,adding realism and respectability.The character that perhaps best embodies such a code of ethics is Nancy,and looking closely at her scenes can lend great insight into our reading of Oliver…

After I watched Radio, I realized that it was one of the movies included in the Cinematic Representation article by Renwick, Schormans, and Shore (2014). This article found two themes present in the films they analyzed: A simplification of occupational participation and infantilization. They portrayed Radio as someone who was nearly always happy. He rarely showed anger or sadness, until his mother passed away. His emotional dynamics were not as evident as other characters I saw in the movie.…

Santa’s Coming To Town Christmas time, a time usually in connotation with joy, family, milk and cookies, and Christmas classics such as A Charlie Brown’s Christmas and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. As a young boy or girl, everyone has their stories of Santa Claus, from wanting to touch his beard or telling him what you want for Christmas. Christmas has grown into not just celebrating Jesus’ birthday (if that’s what you believe in), but instead as a holiday for lots of gifts. The idea for…

In class, we had discussed the “Why Kids believe in Santa?” I was definitely interested in this topic, because I have a little brother and he is six years old. When he was younger it was easier to convince that santa was real. Now that he is six, he would ask more questions, and my mom and I had to keep this lie going. I ended up having to wrap presents at home, while my mom and little brother were not at home. I was in charge of keeping the presents in my closet till it was time to open…

When you think of Santa Claus, what do you think of? Do you think of a jolly old man, with beard as white as the falling snow? Santa Claus is a beloved icon all across the world. From mall visits, to putting cookies and milk under the tree, Christmastime is a child’s favorite time of the year. Christmas carols, the smell of cookies baking in mom’s oven, it all just, you know, makes you feel warm inside, sitting by the fireplace with your family. Recently, Macy’s Department Store in New York is…

adulthood, where their actions will affect where they will reside after their death. The way Krampus is designed; he was made to represent the devil. Having horns, hooved feet, long tongue, beastly look—classic devil design. While his counterpart, St. Nicholas looks “heavenly” in his white bishop garb. Also Krampus can take on different forms, like his sinister gentlemanly form fro example. Which also makes him devil-like, because the devil can change forms as well. Likewise it can be taken as a…

Believe The sound of feet pattering down the stairs fills a warm house. It is seven o’clock in the morning, but not just any morning...Christmas Day. The children rush to the living room to find that under their Christmas tree sits a collection of presents with matching paper. Santa has come. The parents joyfully observe as their children happily tear open their gifts from Santa, reflecting on how they had placed them in just the right spots under the tree the previous night. Unaware of this…

In Counting by 7’s by Holly Goldberg Sloan, one of the main characters, Dell, changed over the course of the book due to meeting Willow. Before Dell met Willow, he was unempathetic and had no regard for staying healthy. Before Dell worked at Willow’s middle school, he never stayed at a job for very long. One of these jobs included working at an assisted living center. He only worked there for three months. Sloane stated, “The elderly didn’t like him. He lacked true compassion and he had…

Kimberly Nash Mrs. Seiser English 10 4/4/2017 Is There Really a Santa Claus? Is there really a Santa? The age old debate between parents and kids. Santa Claus is a massive staple in today’s modern holiday experience and has been talked about for over hundreds of years. In almost every Christmas movie, parent’s endeavor to convince their children there isn’t a Santa Claus. A classic example was in the movie The Polar Express. The main character traveled to the North Pole and got a bell from…