What About Bob?

Christmas” the movie. How many similarities and differences are there in the play and in the movie, well you are just going to have to read to find out. “A Christmas Carol” is about an old grumpy man who is seen the joy that christmas brings to all. The play version starts out where Marley (A friend of Ebenezer Scrooge) is telling us about him and Scrooge. Then we see Scrooge and other men in his office. When Scrooge goes home and wakes up at one o’clock, he is visited by the ghost of…

Scrooge almost always hated Christmas and because of 4 certain visitors he had a change of heart. He was given a chance of being happy at Christmas and took the chance and in the end he had the best Christmas. The ghosts gave him a chance to see what he had done to the people he loved and gave him a chance at having a lovely time and a future with people he loves. The first ghost that came was marley who was then followed, but the Spirit of Christmas Past and then the Present then the Future and…

Landmarks, both in a physical and emotional sense, are considered to be the most integral monuments and events that build a society or human experience. Bob Dylan’s collection of Landmark Albums, for instance, is considered the most significant works of art that best represent his career. Each of the Landmark Albums is, in its own right, a destination on the highway of Dylan’s career; however, as the saying goes, “it is not in the destination, but in the journey.” If said logic were applied to…

The Life of Bob Dylan Imagine being a superstar in the 1960’s and have millions of people love you and your music. That was Bob Dylan, a 1960’s superstar. In order for one to understand the life of Bob Dylan, one would have to know about his early life, how he became famous, and what he does after fame. To start, Bob Dylan has had an eventful life before fame. Bob was born on May 24,1941 in Duluth, Minnesota. Dylan graduated from Hibbing high school in 1959. After…

As part of the contract, he had a no tolerance policy for any intravenous drug use, and the entire band agreed to abide. However, he discovered in 1969 that Joplin was injecting drugs, and he did not confront her about it. Instead he took out a life insurance policy that guaranteed him $200,000 in the event that Joplin died. Joplin died of a heroin overdose on October 4th, 1970. The San Francisco Associated Indemnity Corp. challenged his collection of the life insurance…

Scrooge, a heartless man who only cares about his money and his wealthy, Scrooge doesn’t let go of his wealthy any second, even on Christmas. The day before Christmas, everywhere was peaceful, and happy, but only in the store which Scrooge owned, there only darkness and coldness. Fred, Scrooge’s nephew came in the store and wished his uncle a Merry Christmas, but all Scrooge said was, “a time finding yourself a year older and not an hour richer.” And made Fred went out. That night, after…

I recently read a novella, called A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Basically what this book is about is a cold-hearted man who despises Christmas. His name was Ebeneezer Scrooge. Scrooge's partner in business, Marley, died on Christmas Eve, seven years pass, and the very night Marley visits him in ghost form, is Christmas Eve. Marley says that he will be visited by three ghosts, that will help him change his ways before it is too late, the ghost of Christmas Past, the ghost of Christmas…

In the book A Christmas Carol, the characters of the story symbolize the many realisms of the British Industrial Revolution henceforth making the story an allegory. For example, Bob Cratchit, Ebenezer Scrooge’s clerk, incarnates the poor. He was a hardworking man being the epitome of the hardworking and uncomplaining working class. Tiny Tim, Bob’s son, symbolized hope. However, Ebenezer Scrooge is the quintessence of all things evil of the Industrial Revolution as he embodied the “ignorance…

In California, Ronson and Lehrer are having a discussion about being in Ronson’s book. Lehrer does not think he should be in there and describes himself as being “drenched in shame and regret” (Ronson 34). He gets so upset he even quist his job and refuses to be a part of any interviews. However, Lehrer tells…

expressed so much that people are almost compelled to believe them. Stereotypes are made by people who have a false thought about a certain group and the thought gets told to more and more people then a stereotype is made. For example, black people eat watermelon and eat fried chicken. This stereotype has been going on for years and years. Most stereotypes that are constructed came about way before our time. Our descendants and the way other people looked at our ancestors are the reason for…