..."How the Grinch Stole Christmas" using the Marxist school of criticism. This school is based on the theories of Karl Marx and is mostly about class differences along with economic conditions. In "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr. Seuss , the differences in classes can be spotted easily. To begin with it should be pointed out will be analyzing the poem "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" using the Marxist school of criticism. This school is based on the theories of Karl Marx and is mostly about class differences along with economic conditions. In "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr. Seuss , the differences in classes can be spotted easily. To begin with it should be pointed out that Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, was of middle class. He was the son of a successful brewmaster and was successful himself in his occupation of cartoonist and author. The Grinch on the other hand was of the lower class, he lived in the middle of nowhere and is an outcast. While the Grinch was all sad, the Whos were within Whoville living comfortably and celebrating Christmas. The Grinch hates Christmas because the presents and the food show that the Whos have money that they can spend without worry. Also all the Whos are happy and the Grinch doesn't think that is fair, which is why he tries to ruin Christmas for them, he feels that they should suffer just like he does. He steals all their food and presents, as well as ruined all their Christmas decorations and the trees. The Grinch is shown that...
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...Archetypal Analysis: How the Grinch Stole Christmas The school of criticism that best interprets Dr. Suess’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is an archetypal analysis. The author frequently follows recurring symbols and themes found in numerous types of literature. Using several universal symbols, images, and character types, Dr. Suess has definitely created a poem filled with archetypal images and story patterns. Generally, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” follows the archetypal pattern in which the main character, the Grinch, leaves his home on a quest – specifically, to stop Christmas from coming in Whoville. During this journey, being in itself a popular story line in literature, the Grinch encounters several common archetypes that reflect particular actions or situations that represent human nature. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is an obvious example of “Good versus Evil.” The “Who’s down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot,” (1); a happy, family-oriented town of individuals who had no notion of evil in their minds is distinguished as something “good”. However, “the Grinch hated Christmas”(2) and succeeds in stealing Christmas from the guiltless Who-families, distinguishing himself as “evil.” Additionally, the evil Grinch encounters Little Cindy-Lou Who, who asks him, “’Santy Claus, why,/Why are you taking our Christmas tree?” (74, 75) Her innocence reflects yet another archetypal character. She may also be considered a hero, as she predominantly exhibits goodness...
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...How the Grinch Stole Christmas How the Grinch Stole Christmas is the greatest Christmas movie ever made. It is a movie based on the book by Dr. Seuss. A classic Christmas movie like How the Grinch Stole Christmas can make anyone excited for Christmas. It brings a different view of Christmas to the table. Do you still believe it is not the best Christmas movie? Well, I bet you will change your mind after seeing it. The movie begins with the Grinch sitting in his house on the mountain. He is a cold hearted person who does not like Christmas. The Grinch does not like how happy the Whos are during the season, so he wants to find a way to get rid of Christmas. He makes himself a Santa Claus costume and a reindeer costume for Max, his dog. But the Grinch needs one more thing, a sleigh. He builds a sleigh so it would be believable that he is Santa Claus. When is was night time, the Grinch went to Who-Ville and...
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...How The Grinch Stole Christmas: A Film Review by Rebecca Rosendahl How The Grinch Stole Christmas is a movie directed by Ron Howard, released in the year 2000. The film is based on Dr. Suess’ story with the same named which was published in 1957. This movie takes place in the fictional town of Whoville populated by the Whos. Christmas is loved by all of the Whos. On a mountain just outside of Whoville lives a nasty creature called the Grinch, played by Jim Carrey, who is rejected and feared by the town. Unlike the Whos, he absolutely despises Christmas and he plans to steal Christmas away from the Whos whom he equally hates. But things get complicated for him when a little girl called Cindy Lou Who, played by Taylor Momsen, is unusually kind to him. The protagonist of the film is the Grinch who is a misunderstood creature. He came to Whoville by an accident, and he...
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...- Marxist Criticism I will be analyzing the poem "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" using the Marxist school of criticism. This school is based on the theories of Karl Marx and is mostly about class differences along with economic conditions. In "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr. Seuss , the differences in classes can be spotted easily. To begin with it should be pointed out that Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, was of middle class. He was the son of a successful brewmaster and was successful himself in his occupation of cartoonist and author. The Grinch on the other hand was of the lower class, he lived in the middle of nowhere and is an outcast. While the Grinch was all sad, the Whos were within Whoville living comfortably and celebrating Christmas. The Grinch hates Christmas because the presents and the food show that the Whos have money that they can spend without worry. Also all the Whos are happy and the Grinch doesn't think that is fair, which is why he tries to ruin Christmas for them, he feels that they should suffer just like he does. He steals all their food and presents, as well as ruined all their Christmas decorations and the trees. The Grinch is shown that Christmas isn't just about materialistic things, " Every Who down in Who-ville, the tall and the small,/Was singing! Without any presents at all!"(Seuss), and is also accepted by the Whos of Whoville and all his original standings of Christmas...
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...classical story of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens drew us in and gave us many of the character types and themes that we have today. In this classical story, the reader follows the life of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future as the ghosts try to cure Scrooge’s greedy nature. The modern story that uses the elements in A Christmas Carol is How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss. In this modern work, the reader follows The Grinch, a crabby old creature who tries to steal the Who’s christmas spirit and happiness. A Christmas Carol has become such an influential work that modern authors still draw upon the character types, conflicts, and themes found in Dickens’ traditional story. Firstly, there are the character types that are shared between A Christmas Carol and The Grinch. Scrooge and the Ghost of Christmas Present are at Fred’s Christmas party. Fred and his guests are talking about Scrooge. “‘I am sorry for him; I couldn’t be angry with him if I tried. Who suffers by his ill...
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...“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” provides evidence of Maxist Critisism. This lens focuses on social class, power, wealth and materialism. At the beginning of the story, the Grinch is shown as very cruel, unlike everyone in his community. By the end of the story, the Grinch realized that even without all the presents, and food, Christmas was still successful. The Grinch has been living away from everyone, and has been isolated as stated, “But the Grinch, Who lived just north of Whoville.” This may be because of his lack of wealth, that he wasn’t able to live with everyone else. Not only this, but the Grinch mentioned that Christmas requires materialistic things, which he doesn’t have. He mentioned that everyone was hanging mistletoes, and...
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...I stort tell you the Grinch is guilty because he is a person with not so good of way’s. The Grinch is guilty of the charges brought against him and for having poor character. I am going to tell some of the reasons I no he is guilty of the charges brought against him. My first reason i am not for the grinch is because he is a mean person. He don’t like the girl at first. The reason he don’t like the girl was because he don’t like christmas. I get the reason he don’t like christmas cause some people don’t get something for christmas.For example what i was ten year old . I don’t get eaten thing. The seand reason i am not for the grinch is that he is rude he is rude because he don’t want to see he’s mom went he seen them.I don’t know why because...
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...I will be analyzing the poem "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr. Suess using the Marxist critic school of thought. Marxist Criticism is based on the theories of Karl Marx and is looked at the assembly of literary texts which is mostly about class differences along with socio-economic conditions. In the poem "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" if you take a look at it and analyze it carefully, you can see the differences in classes can be spotted easily. To begin with, it should be obvious that Dr. Seuss, was of middle class himself. He was the son of a successful brewmaster and was successful himself in his occupation of cartoonist and author. The Grinch on the other hand was of the lower class, he lived in the middle of nowhere and is an outcast to everyone else around him. While the Grinch was all upset, the Whos were within Whoville living pleasantly and celebrating Christmas. The Grinch hates the idea of Christmas because the presents and the food show that the Whos have money that they can spend without worry. Also all the Whos are happy and the Grinch doesn't think that it's fair, which is why he tries to ruin Christmas for them, he feels that they should suffer jbecause his life is miserable and he's suffering himself. He steals all their food and presents, as well and destroyed their Christmas decorations and the Christmas trees in Whoville. Later on in the poem, the Grinch is shown that Christmas isn't just about materialistic things, he stated that "Every Who down in...
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...Looking at the poem How The Grinch Stole Christmas through an archetypal lens is like looking at it in more of a mythical and creative way. The Grinch, who was an example of an archetype, was someone who hated Christmas and wanted to make everyone’s Christmas unenjoyably in WhoVille. The Grinch scared many Who’s in Who Ville due to his appearance. His green skin, his yellow teeth and ugly snarl made him different from everyone else. The Grinch feels alone and feels the need to take everyone’s happiness away from them because it’s unfair to him that he’s not happy as well. Later on in the poem, we meet Cindy Lou, who was an innocent little girl wondering why the Grinch was at her house taking her Christmas tree, she felt really sad because he was taking away everything they had. She was wondering why he was taking everything but he said that he just wanted to fix the tree, Cindy Lou who trusted the Grinch easily because she grew up in a friendly, trustworthy environment. The Grinch sneaks through the town to take everyone’s gifts so that he can have them for himself. When it is Christmas morning, the Grinch watched the Who’s in who Ville with the expectation of the Who’s to be sad. As he came closer, he realized that the presents and Christmas trees didn’t matter to them; they didn’t care about the materialistic things about Christmas "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. / Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!" (Suess, 1957) All the Who’s...
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...the movie is after the Grinch stole the citizens of Whoville's Christmas, they still celebrated Christmas because the material items don't matter to them. When that happens the Grinch started to think that material items really don't matter and what matters is the people your spending Christmas with. Archetypes The original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first formed In the movie the Grinch's archetype was that Christmas was modeled around presents and decorations, so the Grinch thought he took away that it would take away their hope in Christmas, but in fact the Grinch doing that it made the Whovilles Christmas stronger. Extroversion the state of being concerned primarily with things outside the self, with the external environment rather than with one's own thoughts and feelings. Compare introversion. A example of extroversion in the movie is that the Grinch wanted to steal the citizens of Whosville Christmas for his own personal gain without have any concern for anyone's feelings. Collective Unconscious Part of the unconscious mind, shared by a society, a people, or all humankind, that is the product of ancestral experience and contains such concepts as science, religion, and morality. An example of this from the movies is that maybe the Grinch had a bad Christmas when he was a child, so he didn't want anyone else to celebrate so that's why he took their Christmas...
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...When reading a novel or a short story, the question on why the author creates particular characters will come to mind. There can be significant traits the character possesses that the reader should recognize automatically throughout the story. In other words, characters in a story are one of the main key points that help a reader fully understand the context that the author has written about. Characteristics throughout a story assist with painting the image inside the readers head on the time, surrounding, and appearance of a character. In the Necklace, by Guy De Maupassant character development is illustrated. Character development is an essential element that authors use throughout their stories to make the character become more realistic to their audience. There are several factors that make up the development of a character such as action, setting, and descriptions. Having these factors of character development identified while reading a story can make the text become more realistic to the readers eyes. A characters description is very important when developing a story. For an example, in the short story Sweat by Zora Neal Hurston, the protagonist Delia physical appearance is greatly expresses within the story. Hurston describes Delia as a southern African American washer woman who is so skinny that her legs resemble a chicken’s, and is physically drain from all the hard work she does around her house. Delia physical appearance is not beautiful, because she endures physical...
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...Unlucky Cupid ➶ Prologue ★★★ She is smart, HE's intelligent. She's gorgeous, HE's sizzling hot. She's popular, HE has huge resemblance to a world-wide known teen-age superstar. She's snob but somehow nice, while HE is the gentleman every girl will die for. Will rivalry cross their fate? Or Love will play their lives? He was always mistaken for the popular singer, whom She really hates. Will Her high school life end up just like those typical one's? Or will He make the best or even worst out of it? ➶ Chapter 1: Interference /KATHERINE'S PERSPECTIVE First day of school, sigh. Simula na naman ito ng hectic schedule, little time, less fun, and whatsoever bothersome school works. Pero first day of school sometimes is not that bad, kasi usually pupunta ka lang sa unahan at magpapakilala. Orientations, introductions, chit-chats - yeah, that's pretty much it. Kaya on second thought, I'm going to enjoy this first day lalo na dahil makikita ko na ang aking mga hmm, how should I describe my friends? Loud speaker-like? Loquacious? Nah, pero siguro ganyan nga sila - love ko naman. Ew, korni ko.I guess back na kami sa routine namin. Si Lindsay, medyo brat, madaldal (as I've said), okay naman pag dating sa academics, mabait, at sabihin na nating medyo war-freak. Di sya close sa parents nya gawa ng wala lagi sa bahay nila. So ayun, siguro yun ang dahilan kung bakit parang naging "Play Girl" itong si Lindsay, in other way. Hindi naman talaga. Pero all in all she's one of a kind...
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...Praise for Jesus Is _____. “Judah Smith is a unique gift to my generation. In Jesus Is _____ , he will motivate you to let go of your preconceived, limited view of Jesus so you can embrace who He really is in our lives—more real and relevant than we have ever imagined.” —S te v en F u rtick , le a d pa Stor , e le vation c h u rch a n d author oF th e Ne w Yor k T im es beStSeller G r e aTer “Perhaps the most daunting and humbling task we have as Christians is to finish the sentence ‘Jesus is . . . .’ As many of us saved by His grace are aware, He is King. He is Lord. He is salvation. But to many in our world, He is most prominently . . . misunderstood. There is not another human being on earth whom I know personally, who could tackle a book subject like this as well as Judah Smith. To Judah, Jesus is everything. And from that platform he writes this book. I eagerly await its impact in my city, New York City, and beyond . . . it’s overdue.” —c a r l l entz , le a d pa Stor , h illSong c h u rch , n e w Yor k c it Y “Every once in a while a book is written that does not only contain a powerful message but the author is a living embodiment of the message thus making the book all the more life changing! The book you are holding in your hands is one of those. As you read through this book you will discover that Jesus is not at all like you thought and so much more than you imagined.” —c h r iStin e c a in e , Fou n der oF th e a21 c a mpa ign 00-01_Jesus Is.indd...
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...Barack Obama Dreams from My Father “For we are strangers before them, and sojourners, as were all our fathers. 1 CHRONICLES 29:15 PREFACE TO THE 2004 EDITION A LMOST A DECADE HAS passed since this book was first published. As I mention in the original introduction, the opportunity to write the book came while I was in law school, the result of my election as the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. In the wake of some modest publicity, I received an advance from a publisher and went to work with the belief that the story of my family, and my efforts to understand that story, might speak in some way to the fissures of race that have characterized the American experience, as well as the fluid state of identitythe leaps through time, the collision of cultures-that mark our modern life. Like most first-time authors, I was filled with hope and despair upon the book’s publication-hope that the book might succeed beyond my youthful dreams, despair that I had failed to say anything worth saying. The reality fell somewhere in between. The reviews were mildly favorable. People actually showed up at the readings my publisher arranged. The sales were underwhelming. And, after a few months, I went on with the business of my life, certain that my career as an author would be short-lived, but glad to have survived the process with my dignity more or less intact. I had little time for reflection over the next ten years. I ran a voter registration project in...
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