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Charles wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843. This short novel has a Christmas theme and has been popular since it was first published. This moral story is about an old man called Scrooge who hates Christmas and is mean to everyone, but he is transformed. The lessons he learns are as much for the reader to benefit from as Scrooge.

The Nightmare Before Christmas originated in a poem written by Tim Burton in 1982 that was later published October 13, 1993 as a film with his original hopes of  making “The Nightmare Before Christmas” a short film turned out to be a smashing hit out of his many films. Tim Burton's films often show mysterious worlds filled with wonder and horror that bring us to see the world in new ways that we never knew. In this film just like many other of Burton’s films the character is searching to find a new meaning to their life, or even going out of the way to make their life better by filling the empty void by finding a certain something or someone. What begins to puzzle the reader or viewer is when confusion comes up on who the bad guy or monster is in reality.

Chains composed of links forged from sin, sorrow and seclusion are Ebenezer Scrooge's awaiting fate, unless he can put his pride behind him to gain forgiveness from those he hurt...before it’s too late. Scrooge believes that man's business is to make money, which opposes Dickens teachings, in his book A Christmas Carol. In A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens shows that one’s business in life is to commit to charity and helping others, through what Scrooge learns from the Three Spirits’ lessons.

In the play, The Seagull by Anton Chekhov, the main characters Constantine Treplieff, Nina Zarietchnaya and Boris Trigorin are entangled in a love triangle. Treplieff is an aspiring writer who writes plays about dead characters, which contributes to their failure. He lives in the shadow of his famous actress mother Irina Arkadina and her successful boyfriend Trigorin. Nina is a young aspiring actress who is also searching for acceptance. Her father and stepmother disapprove of her acting career. Lastly, Trigorin as mentioned before, is a successful writer and the boyfriend of Arkadina. He ultimately has an affair with Nina. The main symbolism in the play is an actual seagull, which is a bird that lives near the sea. In Chekhov’s The Seagull, the symbol of the seagull is used to represent Nina Zarietchnaya because of her sense of freedom and security at the lake, her destruction of Constantine Treplieff’s heart and her own destruction under Trigorin and their love affair.

The film “Snow White and the Huntsman” depicts the journey between the two main characters Snow White and Ravenna the evil Queen. Snow White, who is played by Kristen Stewart for majority of the film, has been locked in her slain father's castle for years. The character is imprisoned by her father’s evil second wife played by Charlize Theron, whose now queen. The Queen also lives in fear of losing of her young appearance and uses the blood of virgins to restore it. She tests the success of this with the well-known mirror on the wall. When the magic mirror reveals that Snow White is the source of her immortality, the queen seeks to kill Snow White. In “Snow White and the Huntsman” many patterns are used like the camera shots of the film, lighting and color. The pattern of camera shots is seen throughout the movie using close ups shots and wide range shots. For example, when Snow White fled from the castle and is chased by the Queen’s horsemen into the Dark Forest, there are close up shots of medieval like armor enforcing the idea that the film is not in modern day and the action of the film will be done with weapons like swords and axes. Close up shots of Snow White and Ravenna dictates who is in power and who is not. The shots show Snow White wearing peasant’s clothing, whereas the Queen wears jewelry, expensive clothes and a crown. Wide range shots are shown in film with vast plains, castles and battles’ giving a sense of realism to the setting. Lighting is another pattern

In every society there are rebels that oppose what the majority thinks is normal. Many of these people seek shelter in nature. In Jon Krakauer’s novel Into the Wild, Krakauer uses symbolism to show Chris McCandless’s struggle between society and nature. Chris sets out into the Alaskan wilderness in an attempt to escape civilization and find himself, knowing that at some point he will need to rejoin society. His trip to Alaska ended up being his last and when going through Chris’s belongings, the rescuers found a diary that revealed some of Chris’s thoughts.

The book Neither Wolf nor Dog, written by Kent Nerburn is an attempt at bringing American Indians and non-Indians together. The point the author makes in the introduction, is that even though we are all different, we share a common place of residence, and that is mother earth. There are vast amounts of history regarding America and the land, but everyone’s past is “intertwined,” and we cannot deny this. This book is to connect the lives of very different people, instead of continuing the division we see in the country today. There are many important issues pointed out throughout the entirety of the book. The terms white supremacy, racism, and symbolic violence, are all pointed out as you read the story. Using these ideas and terms, a larger issue can be brought up, and that is that Native Americans were put into the shadows, and the country slowly became what it is now, filled with racism and white power. Other terms that arise throughout the reading are discrimination, skin-color privilege, and the 1887 Dawes Act. Together, the use of these terms shows the reader the adversity that Native Americans face and the importance of preserving cultures. Neither Wolf nor Dog is a powerful book that shows the unknown life of American Indians, and rids the myths and stereotypes, while pointing out important issues in America today.

In Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Anne Burns, there are various symbols throughout the story. In literature, a symbol is a physical object that represents an idea, or a feeling. The majority of the symbols in Cold Sassy Tree have to deal with love, grief, and change to their local town. Some symbols from this novel include the famous Cold Sassy Tree in their local town, the rose blanket prepared by Will’s Grandpa, and many more. The symbols in this story really help the audience understand the novel’s theme, and plot overall.

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us that is why it is a sin to kill a Mockingbird” -Harper Lee Mockingbirds are only here to sing their songs and to bring us joy. A Blue Jay is someone or something that preys on the week. Mockingbirds have to be shielded from the Blue Jays. Although Mockingbirds don't always need to be protected they do have to be protected from Blue Jays because they are gentle creatures whereas the Blue Jay is territorial and corrupt.

The central character, who calls himself Snowman after monstrous and that nowhere to be found substance, snow, emerges to be the only ordinary man alive after a cataclysmic epidemic has killed most homo sapiens in the world. Snowman shares his continued existence with a clan of mutant human beings, who are named as Crakers and also unbelievably perfect with immune cloned bodies who are beyond innocent. Crakers are engineered to avoid the lusts and angers of competition. The result of a biotechnical experiment, they function as symbolic primitives, representing idealized qualities of precontact tribal

In the midst of February in 1940 a tragic incident occurred involving a large auxiliary ship carrying over 200 merchant sailors to Germany. The Altmark was offered additional support with an escort to Bergen where the ship would have been searched upon arrival. The destroyer “Cossack” pulled alongside the Altmark, the destroyer was immediately rammed by the altmark which succeeded in doing so. British soldiers then freed the merchant sailors one by one just outside of Germany. The Altmark was re floated at high tide and was sent on its way to Germany where it was normally headed in the first place. In Britain the news got around and they were all greeted with joy of the succession of the incident. On the other hand the Norwegians started to

The Goose Who Laid the Golden Eggs Are you thankful for what you have? In the story, “The Goose Who Laid the Golden Eggs”, by Nicky Grischotti, Attacus Greeb is a greedy man who is not thankful for what he has. In the beginning of the story, Attacus Greeb is not thankful for what he has because he is too lazy to do any work. Attacus Greeb inherited a prosperous farm from his father.

Within the collection of fairy tales, one of the most prominent is Snow White. The tale conjured up by the Brothers Grimm keeps to what one would expect with fairytale stereotypes. However it also plays the part of ancient myths of Aphrodite. The fairytale is simplistic in reasoning, and holds to the ancient goddess’s petty reasoning. Thus, other authors have taken it upon themselves to rewrite it with different plots, once such author being Angela Carter. In her story, The Snow Child, the queen is transformed into a Hera figure. This change rewrites the story’s meaning as well as one’s view point on the villain.

Ernest Hemingway was a 1900 writer who wrote many short stories throughout his life. One of his most well-known stories “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” was written is 1936. Others he has written include: “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber”, “A Clean, Well lighted Place”, and “Hills like White Elephants”. Hemingway writes about his life and deterioration while the theme of death often shows up. Harry and Helen are a married couple that took a journey to Africa, unfortunately Harry gets gangrene in his leg and is now on the verge of death.

In “The Faerie Queene”, Spencer Edmund produces an allegory. His intention was to relate England in the 1590s to a mythical land in which each character had a symbolic meaning as well as the events they were undergoing. He lived in an era where Roman Catholicism was replaced with Protestantism and he dedicated himself to unconsciously teach and educate his readers the Catholic Church was corrupted and was the wrong religion to follow. For this reason, he gave each character a common role who would relate to anyone in England and showed the readers how his role in the story symbolized good or evil. The themes he expressed in his books talked about his interpretation in religion, politics, symbolism, and his dedication to make his allegory as influential as possible.