As a young adult, I can say that Christmas gift giving is likewise to language. Similar to how I grasped the language of English and developed it as I got older, gift giving has also grown with me throughout my childhood up till now. Both have evolved into society and culture. Christmas has transformed into a "cultural ritual" celebrated year after year all because of social norms. The idea that society celebrates Christmas and gift giving without having to be forced represents how culture regulates societal behavior.
The Civic of Christmas When most people think of Christmastime, they picture Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Nutcracker, and snow-covered hills perfect for sledding. At face value, these age-old holiday observances are just ways of celebrating the holiday season, or traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. However, upon further examination, aspects of the holiday season have had deep-rooted impacts on our society. During the turn-of-the-twentieth-century Progressive Era, practiced rhetoricians took strategic advantage of the opportunity to connect the emotional appeals of the holiday season with the widespread social activism that unfurled across the nation. The landmark
Compare and Contrast Christmas Carol Book VS. Christmas Carol Movie Are you into the Christmas spirit where everyone is enjoying their time with their family, then the Christmas carol is the right book for you. Today I am going to be discussing about the similarities and the differences between the book and the movie, in the book and the movie Scrooge was the main character they both had the part where Scrooge had an argument with his Nephew. In the movie and the book they had the same types of lessons learned. The difference is that in the movie Scrooge had a dog while in the book, it never mentions that Scrooge had a dog.
The Ghost of Christmas Future changes Ebenezer Scrooge way of seeing things, fear and perspective made regret rise in Scrooge’s mind; Regret can be a slap in the face when it comes to thinking that phrase “If only…” , but after reflecting this amazing story, you come to understand that, that annoying phrase could be replaced with the actions you do to resolve what you have done. Even though regretting is not the most satisfying feeling, people will always learn something from it, after all that journey of regrets is worth it.
In Taylor Swift’s remake of “Last Christmas” she tells her story of betrayal and the hurt she feels after finally opening her heart to someone, just for them to cheat on her. The hurt and deception she was confronted with broke her down to the point where she couldn’t even look or see him face to face. She shares her mix of emotions between being angry at how easy he got over her after cheating and sad because he left her for someone new. This song paints a masterpiece of how painful your actions could be on someone else, with all of the hyperboles and idioms it uses.
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas The Grinch who stole Christmas is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books and one of my favorite Christmas movies. I found 3 things similar to one another in the book and the movie which had the Grinch who hated Christmas, the Who’s who loved Christmas, and the Grinch stole all of the presents and food. One identical thing I found in the movie and book was that the Grinch hated Christmas. If they didn’t put the Grinch’s hate for Christmas in both the book and, he would have no reason to steal Christmas and it wouldn’t have been a very good movie.
A Christmas Carol Literary Analysis Essay “Today I choose life, every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.” - (Kevyn Aucoin).
T’was the night before Christmas and Ebenezer Scrooge was full of greed. Three ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future to help him out. Each of the ghosts took Scrooge to each of their time periods that they are named after. In the end, Ebenezer realizes what Christmas is really about. Although, there is not just a movie, there is also a drama that is also used for entertainment.
The first difference is the climaxes are different in old Christmas and the later Christmas movies. For example, the climaxes in the former version are usually the big tragedies of the family reunion on Christmas, such as big fighting between family members or destroying houses, whereas the climaxes of the later Christmas movies are more focusing on relationships between couples and two successive generations. As the context mentioned above, the disparity of the difference is due to the family composition patterns now are very different from before. As a result, the difference reflected in the content of the Christmas movies. Another difference is both the former and the later version usually have happy endings; however, the later version has more surprising endings than old Christmas movies.
The connection between Christmas, the Epiphany, and the baptism of Christ is the theme of everlasting life. Everlasting life comes when a person is baptized with the Holy Spirit which allows them to live forever in the Kingdom of God. Each of the three topics all show Jesus coming into the world physically and spiritually. Christmas is the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ in Bethlehem which is celebrated on December 25th . Christmas connects to the Epiphany because after Jesus was born three wise men visited him in Bethlehem, also known as the Epiphany (Three Kings Day in the United States).
Last Christmas Taylor Swift’s hit song, “Last Christmas,” contains lyrics with meaning and empathy to show the sorrows of being broken and what she really thinks of the Heartbreaker. The verses in this song use idioms and metaphors to transfer the artist's speculations and feelings. With these devices, I believe it lets the theme be exhibited throughout various parts of the song. The theme of fixing one’s mistakes and finding out others true self, is often displayed with hyperboles.
Narrator-Emma Narrator #2-Regina Emma- The moment I laid eyes on her I knew that she was the one Regina- The moment I laid eyes on her I knew that I fell in love but there was something holding me back
It is true that Christmas is a time of giving. I agree that Santa Claus is of traditionally and ethnically important value. There are a few reasons as to why I agree with this. Santa Claus reinforces positive habits, Santa Claus is an inspiration, and Santa Claus teaches children the reward of good behavior.
Christmas Carol Literary Analysis Have you ever wondered if someone can change overnight? In this book Scrooge changed very rapidly with the ghost appearing and changing him completely . In the beginning of the story Scrooge was hateful and in the end he was very loving. But once he started to change he changed very rapidly.
The sound of birds chirping garishly outside my window, wakens me from a deep slumber. Opening my eyes, I see the morning sun’s rays illuminating my room. I’m longing for sleep to engulf me back into its warm embrace. My father ruins any hope of going back to sleep as he hollers upstairs that breakfast is ready. Standing up and doing a morning stretch is when I first smell it.
