Scrooge

happen. Armed with this new knowledge of their futures, the characters can alter their present to to thus alter their futures. The most famous example of this is in Charles Dickens’ classic “A Christmas Carol” in which the main character, Ebenzer Scrooge, flies through to the future to witness his own small, impersonal and emotionless funeral. He then is able to take the necessary steps to prevent his future from becoming a reality. This shows how the relationship between time and narrative…

English-language publication because he says, Marx had effectively updated “the thing” in his chapter in Capital, entitled “The Working Day”, with a more “urgent sense of class struggle”. With Engels’ comment in mind, but also remembering the trajectory of Scrooge or Gradgrind, we should watch how this sense of class struggle emerges over the course of “The Working Day” chapter. While keeping the persona of the author-researcher in mind, I also want to show the staging of voices in literary…

trouble all the way to the homeless guy we happened to pass by while traveling around. In this brief but eternal moments, Socrates suggests that the people who review their lives and are unsatisfied are not people who lived joyously but rather “Scrooge” like. When this time comes in my life I do not wish to look back upon my life and think that I should have helped those who needed help the most, those without belonging. I can relate to the homeless everywhere in three areas. One, I too…

speaking to in this book seems to be the politicians, in this case that are either running or considering to run, for the republican nomination for presidency. The image problem that he talks about is that conservatives too often resemble Ebenezer Scrooge. This is because of them opposing increases in the minimum wage, advocating cuts in corporate taxes, railing against excessive regulation of business and worrying about the cost of entitlement programs, they appear to care only about the rich…

“Knowledge is power. Power to do evil...or power to do good. Power itself is not evil. So knowledge itself is not evil.” - Veronica Roth, Allegiant This quote references the age old theme of power versus knowledge. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, a young king named Gilgamesh strives for immortality. Gilgamesh acted for his own glory, and was a tyrant over his own people. This made him act less like a person, and his greed was his hubris. Gilgamesh was power hungry, never straying from his…

My Greatest Friend My best friend, my most memorable friend, and the most interesting “friend” has all been traced to the same person. This grand honor belongs to none other than the one and only Phyllis Law. She has this queer and awesome ability to lighten any mood and was never seen to be disheartened. Her mind was always operating and working, not on superficial tasks, but on a grand story of her life. Despite her somehow contradictory mood and personalities, she is able to penetrate…

Interlude (One Story) There is only one type of story, but there are many ways to tell the one story. All writers know that being entirely original is impossible, it is almost like trying to use a word that has never been used. Writers know at the character that are created most likely resembles somebody else. They use basic patterns and tendencies to draws the reader in which is more comforting, but if the text is unfamiliar to the readers, it will make the reader quite uncomfortable in some…

best for themselves is nothing short of what Grandma in ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’ by Flannery O’Connor, finds in her day to day lifestyle. Tragically her and the families untimely death by a bunch of Misfits, seem to bring out more than just the scrooge in her but more along the lines of a, caring yet revived woman. The story is taken place inside of a car on a family trip bound for Florida, where it just so happens a bunch of Misfits have broken loose from the Federal Pen. While carrying…

Ulysses S. Grant once said, “Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.” In his novel, The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck uses the universality of the Bible to make the account of the migrant’s plight applicable and understandable to all readers. By using Biblical references, Steinbeck is able to put the major themes and motifs of his novel into a framework to which all…

As many Americans try and move on from the harsh start to the 20th century by means of a corrupt government, unfavorable workers’ union, and low pay. The Roaring 1920s brings along much-needed leisure time for citizens and somewhat better unions for workers. Unaware to eyes of many other countries, the United States is facing a pressing issue that natives do not take very lightly. That is wealth inequality. As time rolls along people are irritated at national corporations that are not regulated…