Ziggy Marley

My favorite image in the museum of bad arts is the one on the left, which is Bob Marley. He was a well-known Rastafarian movement activist and also a world-renowned Reggae Music legend. In light of his strict vegetarian lifestyle, the artist decided to embed the tail of a small mammal on his dreadlocks to project irony to the music legend vegan lifestyle. This seemed somewhat bizarre to me because looking closely at the image; it had me thinking to myself whether that was a piece of fur that was…

“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.” -Bob Marley As a worker in the fast food industry the work is hard and the pay little. I have often found myself going home believing that I was under compensated and over worked. However, over time I began to see my job and the compensation it offered not in the form of my bi-weekly paycheck, but in the form of how many people I affected…

As a wise man once said “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”. Scrooge in The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickison, is an old miser that is wealthy who didn’t care about others until three Christmas ghosts visited him and taught him a lesson about caring for others. George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life by Frank Capra, is a spirited adult who always lived his life helping others until something tragic happens and he gets visited by an angel. Scrooge and Bailey have similarities…

Bob Marley was a dedicated Rastafarian who infused his music with a sense of spirituality. He is considered one of the most influential musicians of all time and credited with popularizing reggae music around the world, serving as a symbol of Jamaican culture and identity. Hearing and learning about him was how I first became acquainted with the sound of Jamaican music. Having a cousin who is half Jamaican, I found myself somewhat submerged in the culture. His father would listen to Jamaican…

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is the story of the events that occured in the life of Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is a mean spirited old man who only cares about himself, and his money He has little concern about any of his surrounding or the people in his life. In the story Scrooge is visited three unlikely guests, they are the ghosts of Christmas past, present and the yet to come or the future. As a result of these visits Scrooge turns his life around and finds the true meaning of…

with these three factors. Jacob Marley, the spirits, and the Cratchit family made Scrooge change substantially. With all of these factors combined, they made Scrooge transform within a single day making him a better man. To start this essay off, Jacob Marley was the first thing that set this spontaneous change. The first thing he did was scaring Scrooge and warning him that if he does not change his ways he will suffer the same way as Marley did. For instance, Marley shows the suffering of his…

Similar in many ways, every story read has a lesson learned at the end. For instance, Ebeneezer Scrooge is one of the wealthiest men in town, but his greed and grumpy attitude causes him to encounter the three ghosts of Christmas, that change his personality into a more loving and caring man. Without a doubt, Mr. Scrooge is an example of a character that changes throughout the story for the better. In other words, he is an archetype. An archetype is a prototype or model. Literary characters are…

A Christmas Carol is the story of an old man’s fantastic adventure one Christmas Eve. Ebenezer Scrooge’s adventure is a journey of discovery – learning that a heart filled with goodwill and charity, instead of bitterness and greed are more valuable and prosperous to the soul than material riches. Before his adventure, Ebenezer Scrooge complained to his nephew the morning of Christmas Eve, “If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled…

All I heard was a roaring wind howling by night. I was waiting for Scrooge to get back from his office. He was running later than usual. I was very worried about him because he was later than usual, it was kinda odd, what shall I do. Is he ok? There was only one thing I could do. Pausing, I waited for him in his room. An hour has passed no sign of Scrooge, I heard the front door it has to be Ebenezer Scrooge!!! I could hear Scrooge is coming up the steps to his room. He opened the door and had…

“We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents” said a beloved Bob Ross (Bob Ross Quotes). Robert Norman “Bob” Ross was a beloved painter that inspired many with his simple skill and his soothing voice. Though he has passed, his legacy lives on with his shows and his art. It reminds us that “There's nothing wrong with having a tree as a friend”(Bob Ross Quotes) He was an inspiration to his generation and all generations to come. On October 29, 1942, Robert Norman “Bob” Ross was born into…