Symbolism In Lorna Roth's A Christmas Carol

(t)The graphic novel of the Christmas Carol displays that it is easier to read and visualize the story, proving that the graphic novel is better for students.(r) The visuals of the graphic novel help explain what the story is about, through pictures. Most students are visual learners, and the visuals of the graphic novel can give a better understanding for students. (E) On page 41, box 2 through 5, the visuals and the face expressions of Scrooge show how he was shocked and terrified to see his name on the isolated grave that the spirit was pointing at.

Many different audiences have always consumed different forms of media but what are the effects of these forms of media on the audience that consumes them? In the article “City Lights: Immigrant Women and the Rise of the Movies the author Elizabeth Ewen focused on “the interaction between the social experiences of immigrant women and the images that confronted them in their daily lives” (Ewen 1980). By using multiple articles from the time period and analyzing their images and content we can determine if Ewen’s argument was viable. Throughout this topic we will be focusing on multiple issues from Motion Picture Classic Magazine. First, lets begin with the analyzing the multiple articles within the magazines.

Did you know that someone could change overnight? Well in the novella A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens, a character named Ebenezer Scrooge emphasizes what change really is very well. Scrooge is visited by three spirits the night of Christmas Eve and they show him his past, present, and his future. One of the themes of A Christmas Carol would be that it is never too late to change. You might not have thought it was possible but if Scrooge can change you can

African American women have been among the many races in America that were forced to do slavery and struggles for their rights for many years; although they have made much progress they do still have people who mistreat them simply for being another race. Although the civil rights movement began in 1954, the first recorded slave revolt was back in 1663 proving that all African Americans have been working for centuries in order to get the same rights as white people have. Luckily, all their hard work caused all slaves to be freed in 1865 then the The Civil Rights Act of 1964 which ended segregation of people based on their ethnic background. But, unfortunately, African American women still do deal with major issue simply based on their race. With stress of racism being a possible cause for a high mortality rate in African American mothers, slurs still be frequently thrown around due to it being “just a word”, and we still even have neo-nazis/white supremacists marching around and claiming to be above all non-white people.

Steven Moffat's "A Christmas Carol," the sixth Doctor Who Christmas special, begins with a galaxy-class starship, an obvious intertextual allusion to Star Trek, hurtling through a roiling cloud mass, to a voice-over to its passengers, asking them to "please return to their seats and fasten their safety belts? We are experiencing slight turbulence. " The Captain conveys the starship's certain doom with a mix of Shatneresque resolve and seasonal Whovian whimsy: "Both engines failed, and the storm-gate's critical. The ship is going down.

In Marlon Riggs’ 1992 documentary film titled Color Adjustment, Riggs, the Emmy winning producer of Ethnic Notions, continues his studies of prejudice in television. The documentary film looks at the years between 1948 and 1988 to analyze how over a 40 year period, race relations are viewed through the lens of prime time entertainment. The film examined many of television’s stereotypes and mythes and how they changed over the years. The one hour and twenty-two minute documentary is narrated by Ruby Dee, the American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and civil rights activist.

Yet the issue lies in the exclusivity of the narratives created by White men (Erigha, 2015). Racial and ethnic minorities, as well as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) narratives occupy a significantly smaller portion of Hollywood production prominence (Erigha, 2015). When heterosexual, White men exercise domination and hegemony with autonomous control over media images, what is continually produced is a one sided, biased image (Erigha, 2015). This in turn can influence perceptions of, behaviours, and cultural attitudes toward members of marginalized groups (Glenn & Cunningham, 2009). Hollywood, like other mass media outlets, is a pervasive and potent ideological medium, which the ruling elites can use to propagate their own philosophy culture and morality (Lull, 2015).

In A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens utilizes a plethora of literary devices such as similes, metaphors, imagery, and denouement to explore the capacity for change. This reveals that changing is never impossible until you’re six-feet under. A simile is a comparison that usually uses the word “like” or “as”. Dickens’ use of similes demonstrates how Scrooge changes throughout the story and because of this, we see how changing all aspects of yourself isn’t impossible. “Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self- contained, and solitary as an oyster.”

Race has become an integral part of our society, determining how we act, where we live, how educated we are; all aspects of life are touched by the constructs of race. Media has come to play an essential role in this, "perpetuating the effects of... historical oppression and... contributing to African-Americans' continuing status as second-class citizens. " As the concept of race has come to develop in this country, it has become something that has rooted itself into the minds and lifestyles of those across it, media acting as the medium to which stereotypes and ideas regarding race are promoted and justified.

Stuart goes on to talk about many different forms and practices of media pointed towards multiple dissimilar races. One could say his tactics reflect that of the media, and the examples he uses in the article mostly rely on his emotion towards his argument. Stuart claims that the media can structure and change the way we view things through rhetoric. An example of Rhetoric, would be if one were to walk into a class room, and In his

Symbolism in “A Christmas Carol” All the symbolism in “A Christmas Carol” is important to convey the different messages hidden in this traditional Christmas story. I never knew that “A Christmas Carol” was an allegory and that it had hidden meanings. An allegory is a story that is supposed to express a moral or political message. Charles Dickens shows and expresses his morals through the characters in the story.

What is the most pressing issue facing society today? In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison argues that it is beauty standards, even calling physical beauty “the most destructive idea[] in the history of human thought” (122). While this may seem outrageous in a world of terrorism, global warming, homelessness, and hunger, beauty standards and the feelings of inferiority that stem from them affect everybody. In severe cases, these feelings can even manifest themselves deeply inside of a person and lead to eating disorders, depression, anxiety, self-hatred, and even suicide. In The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison uses the insecurities of the female characters to demonstrate that beauty standards are a danger to society, as they perpetuate racism and self-hatred.

Have you ever wanted to change but you don't believe a person can change? This is important to us because if you are a bad human then not alot of people will like you. The novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens uses Imagery, Similes, and Irony to explore room for change in a person and demonstrates how people can change and reveals that people are able to change. Dickens uses similes to show room for change in the lines “Hard and sharp as flint from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire secret and self contained and solitary as an oyster. ”(Pg.3)

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.

Beauty is having blond hair, blue eyes, being rich, and having a perfect family. Not only the parents as well, but the children are invisible in that society and are seen as nothing. The idea that the color of your skin make you less of a person was well read by both whites and blacks and also The idea that the color of your skin somehow made you less of a person poisoned black people's lives in many different ways. The Bluest Eye provides a depiction of the ways in which white beauty standards are the only beauty standard and that being black is unattractive. Black characters were being taught or shown images that white is the only definition of beauty.