Jacob Obrecht

T’was the night before Christmas and Ebenezer Scrooge was full of greed. Charles Dickens wrote the drama, A Christmas Carol in the year 1843 and the movie created in the year 1984. In this movie, a man named Ebenezer Scrooge hated Christmas and never gave any gifts or money to those in need. Although, there is not just a movie, there also is a drama that is also used for entertainment. While the movie and drama compare to be very similar, the drama has different parts too when contrasted to the movie’s

Before the Visit I, Ebenezer Scrooge will never understand why people around the world are so obsessed with the idea of Christmas . They allow the idea of such a foolish holiday to fill them with happiness forgetting they truly have no reason to be happy. Most of these people live poor and instead of working everyday to gain more money they would rather take Christmas off and be around friends and family, what a waste of time. For instance take my nephew Fred ,every year, Fred comes to my work and

Grinch vs. Scrooge Today you will learn who the meanest Christmas Legend is of all time. From Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, it features a mean, green creature who lived atop a mountain next to Whoville; who cannot simply stand and abide by Christmas. While Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol features the nasty, dismal misanthrope who lived in London and thought Christmas was a waste of time. Therefore, this evidence proves that the Grinch is the meanest of them all. Scrooge is a rude

Stave 1-Greed The main theme in stave 1 of A Christmas Carol is greed. Greed is the main theme because Ebenezer Scrooge doesn't like to share his money with the needy. Ebenezer has a lot of money and likes to be grumpy. In the beginning, it talks about Marley dying and Scrooge going to his funeral, but feeling no emotion for his only friend dying. Two men ask Scrooge for a donation for the poor and needy in the city. Scrooge said that he feels nothing for them and thinks that there deaths would

The movie “A Christmas Carol” is better than the book. The book is a very descriptive christmas novel. The movie shows more feeling than the book did. The setting and lighting has set a better mood overall than the book.this is why the movie is better than the book. The movie was the same as the book at some points. One of the points that were the same was that the fact that there was 4 ghosts and that Marley was first seen on his door knocker, this shows that they payed good attention to detail

Jacobs POV Everything between Bella and I was finally coming together. Our feelings for one another are now out and on the table. After all this time, doubting the imprint, I know it was right and I wasn't being punished. Even with all that was going on

“Scrooge crept towards it, trembling as he went; and following the finger, read upon the stone of the neglected grave his own name, EBENEZER SCROOGE.” (Dickens 45) This quote is from stave 4 when the Ghost of Christmas Future shows Scrooge what will happen if he does not change. In the story Scrooge will see four ghost, Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, As he sees each ghost, he changes more and more because of his fear of death. Scrooge fears death because of two reasons

watching. His face was stiff as he glared toward the fringe of curtain above the screen. I settled in to endure the two hours, watching the colors and the movement on the screen rather than seeing the shapes of people and cars and houses. But then Jacob started sniggering. "What?" I whispered. "Oh, c'mon!" he hissed back. "The blood squirted twenty feet out of that guy. How fake can you get?" He chuckled again, as a flagpole speared another man into a concrete wall.

An old, unhappy man is buying flowers for his anniversary. He notices a spunky, younger man, who he assumes is doing the same thing. Later he stumbles upon the younger man visiting a grave with the flowers and balloon he had just bought. The old man realizes that what he bought for his wife was not enough, and goes back to the store. The theme of this short film is that you can never take anyone or anything for granted because you never know when you may lose them. I will be taking a look closer

Scrooge is a mean person who has a very interesting life when he meets three spirits that helped over time. Scrooge was a person who thought business was all about money. Since of that Scrooge became a mean and selfish man over time and throughout the story. This shows that in a Christmas Carol Charles Dickens shows us that the business in life is to help other 9, through Scrooge’s changes throughout the story. Scrooge thinks business is all about money. This made him forget his family throughout