The Polar Express Book written by Chris Van Allsburg ,Review written by Khushi Gagrani It’s that time of year again, presents, toys, hot chocolate and Santa Claus! To elucidate on that, belief and faith are also a huge part of this holiday. The Polar Express illuminates this concept using a hopeful young boy, a giddy conductor, a mystifying silver bell and guess who? Santa Claus!
Every once in awhile a horrible situation occurs expecting the worst to happen when in reality something good comes out of it, such as the events in the Walls family in the Glass Castle by author Jeannette Walls. An event that would of turned terrible but went another direction was when Rex and Rose couldn’t buy christmas gifts for the kids (pg.39). During that period the Walls were pretty poor and couldn’t afford to get each other gifts during the holiday’s. The result of this could 've ended in sadness and disappointment, but to spare that Rose and Rex told the kids the truth where Santa wasn’t real. Telling the kids that Santa wasn’t real made them feel apart of a secret other kids didn’t know, which made them feel special.
First, the ghost of Christmas Past visits him. They go to see his past. They went to see his young self. He was a lonely boy, neglected by his friends.
At first, he was grouchy all the time. He would always say “ Bah, Humbug. [or] Good afternoon.” to people if they say Merry Christmas to him. These are hs ways to avoid saying Merry Christmas.
The University of Mississippi has renamed its “A Grand Ole Christmas” event after it was deemed as “too Christian.” Ole Miss has been celebrating “A Grand Ole Christmas” on its campus for six years but this time, the university has changed the event’s name to “Hotty Toddy Holidays.” The University of Mississippi said it wanted the event to be more inclusive, according to Breitbart. “A Grand Ole Christmas” is the yearly tree-lighting ceremony being held by the University of Mississippi on its campus. Stories about the renaming of the Christmas event to “Hotty Toddy Holidays” quickly made its rounds on the Internet after the announcement, AL.com reports.
“And A Happy New Year!”,“Good afternoon!” said Scrooge. His nephew left the room without an angry word, notwithstanding.
He broke windows and smashed dishes and furniture until he’d spent all his anger”(Wallas112)” Lets really light up this Christmas, Dad said and thrust the lighter into the douglas fir. The dried-out needles caught fire immediately… We were able to put the fire out, but only by knocking down the tree, smashing most of the ornament, and ruining all our presents. ”(Walls 115) ”
When he finds himself lying on his own bed he runs out to ask what day it is and when a boy answers “It’s Christmas day” he rejoices and goes out to do many good
The dead man in the text is Scrooge, everyone says that Scrooge is mean and cruel. The people of the town are talking about Scrooge’s death because Scrooge is so mean. The town’s people despise Scrooge so when he died all the people were talking about him. The text states that “If he had been nicer, then someone would have been there when he was lying there gasping out his last breath.
To me the DVD was the best. Mostly because you could actually visual what was happening. The book was okay but not my favorite. The book and movie A Christmas Carol was really good.
In the story “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote, imagery is used to create an image in your mind by appealing to your five senses. Imagery is often used to describe the setting of the story and to give you an idea of what is going on. Capote shows many examples of imagery throughout the story to make you understand the importance of his memory. The use of imagery helps create the mood by making the story real and bringing you in what Capote saw.
Experience Humanities described the cannon as “a set of principles or rules that are accepted as true…in religion, the approved and authoritative writings are accepted as divinely inspired, such as the scriptures for Jews and Christians; and in religious and other contexts, certain prescribed rituals or official rules and laws” (Noble, Matthew, Platt 666). Christians believe in the bible, the Jews believe in the Tanakh, and the Muslims believe in the Qu’ ran. In order to understand a religion, one must understand the origin, the context, and the meanings laying in the book. The Jews are people group, they do not consider themselves as a race, but as a family. The core of their belief, Judaism, is about relationships: the connection between
In the song “Santa Tell Me”, written from Ariana Grande is about having doubts on a new true love during christmas time. This song includes three poetic devices which are dialogue,imagery,and personification. I will be explaining how these poetic devices convey with the true meaning in the text. Throughout the song she asks Santa these questions about love,and that’s where personification comes in.
Hello, how are you? I hope you are having a wonderful winter break, and getting plenty of rest! Anyway, I am e-mailing you regarding the grade I received on my mid-term. I wanted to let you know that I made copies of the two documents, and have the final copy in hand. Is it alright if I share the completed copies with you, and get my grade changed for completion?
On Christmas morning, my sister always wakes me up. Her anticipation of the day keeps her from snoozing, so she is always the first to rise. We are not allowed to come downstairs until my parents give us the “ok.” They would give us permission to come downstairs as soon as they were prepared with their recording devices and a cup of coffee. After given the clear, my sister and I would run downstairs to the living room to see what gifts Santa had left us.
