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“There are times when The Shawshank Redemption comes dangerously close to sounding one of those "triumph of the spirit" notes. But most of it is eloquently restrained.” [23 Sept 1994, p.C3] New York Times. The Shawshank Redemption started out as a novel written by Stephen King and has eventually become a movie. Although both platforms are both great variations of the story, the two are very different. The written work of the Shawshank Redemption does not include specific characters that are in the

“ Spirit, hear me. I am not he man I was. I will not be the man I have been for so many years. Why show me all of this if I am past all hope? Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me. Let the boy live! I will honor Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.” (Scrooge, p.140). A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Protest Song Movement of the 1960s through 1970s was a very popular time for making protest songs. In this time period America had many controversy conflicts occurring. The civil rights movement and the anti-war protests uproar during this time. Many protest songs were banned from popular radio stations. This, however, did not stop the audience from listening. Other stations were created for the listeners. One famous protest song was Turn, Turn, Turn. The song was sung by The Byrds in the mid-1960s

or in the worst of moods. I then realized that the arts can play a role. Perhaps not directly, but it can influence culture and culture can influence society which can then affect the world. The main examples that came to my mind was The Beatles and Bob Marley’s One Love Peace concert. However, before getting into that I want to discuss the benefit concert held by Ariana Grande after the Manchester terrorist attack. On May 22nd, 2017 there was a bombing at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England

Bob Dylan is known to be one of the most influential artist during the American Folk Music. He change the way of music, especially for the American Folk Music Revival. Bob was born on May 24, 1941. His parents are Abram and Beatrice Zimmerman. His real name is Robert Zimmerman. He picked up the name Bob Dylan when he began singing in Greenwich Village. His songs are still played today, especially “Blowin in The Wind.” Bob was influenced by other artists before he became famous. His influences were

Extremely greedy was Scrooge; an example of his greediness would be when the people that were asking for donations visited, he straight up told them he didn’t believe in charity for the sake of the government supplied help to those in need. Very impolite and rude was Scrooge for he had insulted his nephew’s marriage as it involved love. This article explicitly states him as being a cold-hearted, uncaring, and selfish person when he gave Christmas day off to his employee, and thereupon he says it

Scrooge is a miserly, old scoundrel of a man who is very weather worn and has no friends. From the inside out, he is a cranky, rough, heartless soul, he does not like anybody. Accordingly, to the text, it says that he is the grumpiest grumpy that ever lived, he was a tight fisted hand at the grindstone, a squeezing wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, old sinner! Hard and sharp as a flint, from which no steel had struck out generous fire;secret, and self contained, and solitary as an oyster

about an elder man, Ebenezer Scrooge, who despises Christmas. Scrooge is a wealthy man infatuated with the idea of money, which makes him a very stingy, greedy, selfish, and egotistic human-being. Working as a banker, Scrooge has an employee named Bob Cratchit, who works long hours, for very little pay. On Christmas eve, Cratchit gives hints for a raise or a bonus, and instead of giving it to him, Scrooge goes on a rant about how Christmas is not a real holiday and it is just an excuse for people

A Christmas Carol Do you ever feel like people change? In A Christmas Carol, written by Charles Dickens, Scrooge is a grouchy, unsocial, miserly, uncharitable old man. He is extremely unsympathetic and bah humbugs everything to do with Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Scrooge is magically visited by 3 ghosts. The ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Scrooge has a rude awakening of haunting memories he holds onto. These memories make him feeling as if he needs a second chance and a fresh start

Scrooge is a very angry, rude, unfriendly character. Scrooge’s cruel actions to most others are unkind, especially when it’s about Christmas. The bitterness drive in Scrooge against Christmas is very strong. Scrooge also hates things such as love, happiness, generosity, and regards them as irrational until such time that a rightful trio of ghosts came to set him right. Charles Dickens paints him as an old businessman, with a ring of frosty white hair on his head, a pointed nose, red eyes, thin eyebrows