Epilogue : The Truth After being visited by the spirits, Scrooge changed his ways and donated a big amount to charities. Some of the money went to his clerk, Bob Cratchit, and his family. “God bless everyone,” cried Tiny Tim. After Scrooge’s personality changed, Tiny Tim wondered what made Scrooge change that night; Everyone in the town wondered, too. Scrooge always replied by saying it was a Christmas miracle. After a day of complete happiness, Scrooge hopped into bed and fell asleep. He dreamt
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The 1970s were a decade of great change in Australia, from punk to rebellion, abundant technological advancements and an unfortunate downfall of sporting accomplishment, all driven and influenced primarily by international sources. Influences from nations such as England and the United States of America majorly shaped and modified the great social and cultural changes in Australia, with particular impacts on music, entertainment, technology and sport. Music: Musicians from the United Kingdom had
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Our eighth grade class watched the movie "A Christmas Carol." In this movie Ebenezer Scrooge says this quote," Men's courses will foreshadow certain ends, to which, if preserved in, they must lead. But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change." Which means every person will have a bad side and that some ends may change As Scrooge said this it made something pop into my head. That something is everyone has two sides, but they only show one. All of Scrooge's life he has put off
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The Once-ler is a main character in The Lorax, written by the popular children's author Dr. Seuss. The story of The Lorax is very much relating to environmental changes and warns against the dangers of corporations which abuse characteristic assets to fulfill their own greed . In the story, the Once-ler comes to a bountiful healthy environment with abundant wildlife and the (fictional) Truffula Trees. He chops down the Truffula Trees and uses their colorful, fluffy tops to make the does-it-all item
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The birth of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm led to the ‘Double-Victory’ campaign against racism and fascism as well as the rise of ‘Internationalism’ and the ‘women’s movement’ from 1940s onwards. (Tucker, 2000, 166, 172, 167) Founded by Dr. Laurence C. Jones, with the notion of creating an all-female jazz group in Piney Woods, the band consisted of 16 teenage girls of various ethnic and racial backgrounds. (Tucker, 2000, 183) As Tucker argues, Sweethearts represents an ‘alternative social
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he song we listened to this week was The Ghost of Tom Joad by Bruce Springstein. It is obvious from the first few lyrics of this song that Bruce Springstein is talking about poverty. He sings "Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge/Shelter line stretching 'round the corner/Welcome to the new world order/Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest/No home, no job, no peace, no rest". The new world order he is referring to is poverty. He sees so many people suffering from it that lines are stretching
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Motorola, Inc August 7, 2011 * * * * * Motorola Inc Motorola was originally founded as the Gavin Manufacturing Corporation in 1928. Its first product was a battery eliminator. Motorola is a leading provider of wireless communication devices, Enterprise mobility solutions and end-to-end broadband systems for homes. Its products have grown and changed over the years to include
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Informative Brochure ENG115 Cancer is a disease, caused by abnormalities in the genetics of transformed cells. It appears in a variety of areas throughout the human body including the lungs, heart, brain, and even the skin. In the U.S. most people with cancer have it in areas that aren’t even widely know as a main area that contracts the disease. Although there is no widely known cure for cancer, there are many ways to treat it and prolong the life of those affected by it. There are many
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-----------Essay l0lz get it? (mehican gangster) Your use of language sends out lots of little messages, not only just about your level of education and where you come from, but how you would like to be perceived. The use of language one uses sends out messages of how the speaker wants to be perceived by others or to the speaker him/herself. People can rapidly change their language depending on situation and context, in the public eye one will choose their language to create an identity or
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been established for many years and has a prestigious reputation. Currently, the membership is slightly under 1,000. Sundale once had a waiting list for those wishing to join, but in the past few months the list has been exhausted and the director, Bob Watts, is considering a membership drive to fill unexpected membership vacancies. Alice Smith was thinking about her modeling job on her way home that evening. Today had been dandy. Ted Ellis, the athletic director, had fired Pat Franklin, who had
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