The Muppet Christmas Carol

become elderly will someone care for them? In the beginning of, "A Christmas Carol', by Charles Dickens, Scrooge never thought about his future until Future ghost shows him what happens in his future. In the story, Scrooge, is haunted by three ghosts, Past, Present, and Future. All three ghosts show him events of his life. The events shown differ, but Future's effects him the most. Firstly, one incident that the ghost of Christmas Future shows Scrooge is his maid stealing from him when he is…

"December 17, 1853, Dear Mr Scrooge: You, a fine sir of business, may take little notice of this letter. Ten years ago you changed for the better. However before the change, you flung a cane towards the window of a boy singing. That was me." Scrooge laughs bitterly and makes the letter shake in his wrinkled hand. "Humbug," Scrooge read the crumpled letter over, mumbling parts to himself. "My father came home that night with remorse of your greed." Scrooge snaps his head up and throws the letter…

the theme around Christmas. Sagittarius are known as an encouraging and positive person. Christmas is a great time of year full of laughter and joy. First, I started off designing my arrow and making the lines straight. The arrow symbolized a Christmas tree and I used the Christmas colors red and green, which are contrasting colors on the color wheel, to symbolize that season. I had to keep turning the circle to make sure it was symmetrical. I added the wavy lines of the Christmas lights. Then I…

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…

improvised songs about Elvis, although we did not know who he was, and the audience applauded with amusement. That was the first time I realized how much I loved to perform. From then on, I would perform anywhere and everywhere. At Christmas, I would put on skits and sing carols for my family. When…

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…

hoildays season, and Christmas. I also went shopping. To begin with, over break i went hunting. When I went hunting I killed a doe.We only had one pack of dogs so when i killed the doe I had to catch the dogs. Later on that day everyone ate lunch at the hunting club. After lunch the dog driver said,’’he was going to let the dogs rest for tomorrow’’. So everyone had to call it a day, so i started to skin the doe i killed. Also, over break I went shopping. I was looking for a Christmas…

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…

What is the true meaning of Christmas? Our surroundings are filled with Christmas trees, elves, Santa Clauses, and gifts. All of these things are what we directly come up with when one asks about the true meaning of Christmas. However, Christmas is so much more than that. It is the time of giving, discovering ourselves and spending time with the people that are the most important to us. Every family has their own traditions and rituals as they come together and unite during the holidays. The…

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…