THE CHRISTMAS VILLAGE conveys a nice message about the spirit of Christmas and family. It’s a family friendly story that teaches the main characters and the audience the true meaning and value of home and family.
At the heart of the story one finds a conflicted mother and wife trying to balance her home life and her professional life. Both of her worlds collide. The hook is that a mysterious Santa and a magic angel help this “broken” family put the pieces back together. The hook works well and is very engaging.
The story is driven by themes about abandonment, fixing, healing, and reconnecting. The script offers likable, pleasant characters, and good-feel, magical ending.
While the messages are strong, the overall script requires more development.
The opening sets the tone for the backstory and the shattering of the angel. It, however, might have been more
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One reason for this is because there are simply not strong enough pivotal plot beats or tension to sustain the entire plot. In fact, there are repeated scenes and conversations asking if Sandy will be home in time for the holiday. There are repeated scenes of Sandy and/or Bill complaining. Thus, because of the repetitive nature, the tension never feels as if it’s rising or expanding.
The scene of Tyler writing a letter to Santa can be moved up. The letter is pivotal to the plot. Some interest in sparked when one learns that a mysterious Santa instructed the kids to find the angel. However, they don’t find the angel until page 44, which, again, feels late. This also should be moved up. It’s the magic of the angel that should drive act two (in a three act structure or between pages 20 to 30).
The story begins to enhance the pace once Tyler goes looking for his mother, around page 63. Thus, the latter part of the script is much more exciting because there are stronger plot beats that create tension. However, even this tension can be
The structure and style of the story allows you to feel as if you are a part of the events that transpire. We first become acquainted with the Clutter family through great detail. It seems as though we learn everything there is to know about the lives of Herb, Bonnie, Nancy, and Kenyon -- that Bonnie spends the majority of her days locked in her room or in treatment centers as a result of some mysterious psychological disorder, that Herb prefers apples for breakfast, that Nancy is the perfect teenage girl, that Kenyon is a loner who enjoys spending time in the basement working on inventions and building furniture. Once we have gained such knowledge, the story begins to shift back and forth between the events taking place in the Clutter's lives just prior to their deaths and the events taking place in the killers lives (their preparations for the Perfe...
The pace of this chapter is a little slow. There is quite a bit of Narration and no new characters. His past is interesting, which is the only reason the story does not come to a halt here.
The theme of Christmas spirit stays constant through the novella and the three versions of the movie. The purpose of this Christmas
The title to the novella 'A Christmas Carol' this suggests that the story will be a joyful Christian message. 'Christmas' is a time for celebration and togetherness. It is the time for forgiveness, kindness and charity. 'Carol' is a chant which a group of people sing Christmas and Christian songs, so this is meant to be a time where people have fun and are united with family and friends.
The play “A Christmas Carol – A ghost story of Christmas” by Charles Dickson, directed by James Black in Houston, TX was performed in a similar way in “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickson, directed by Michael Wilson in Washington, D.C. The both plays had similarities and differences throughout the play in which demonstrated different creativity from the different directors. The rating that was given by the reviewer of the play in Washington gave a 5 out of 5 star rating. For the play that I went to watch the rating I would give it would be a 5 star rating.
Most people know the story of Santa. While there are many different versions, the gist of it is the night before Christmas, while children are sleeping, a fat man slips down the chimney to distribute gifts to boys and girls that have been good all year. The story was meant to bring hope and joy to children. It was a tale of giving and of love. However, as time goes on characters change, sometimes for better, and sometimes they take a turn for the worst.
...tions of the first paragraph. The setup of the story definitely builds of tension because the entire time you are learning about the personalities of theses girls and the way there school is run. You learn all about them and all you want to know is why. Wanting to know why the girls walked out of school keeps you reading the entire story and makes the huge scene at the end even more meaningful.
“A wiffin’, sniffin’ gift, especially for you! It’s from Secret santa, bet you can't guess who!... It’s a woman!” Can you imagine a woman saying this? This holiday season at Macy’s Department store in New York City they hired 5 women to play the role of santa. The reason why the women were hired was because there were not enough men to play the role of Santa . Adults got VERY mad when they found out that Santa was being played by a woman. They said that they would never shop there again. i believe that Santa should not be played by a woman.
Romance narrative is a type of writing that usually features a hero and his journey or quest. The hero reaches a transcendent goal through tests or trials. The narrative is often represented as a circle because the story begins with the hero’s goal. It then continues with the hero’s journey through the difficulties that he must overcome to achieve that goal and finishes with the initial goal accomplished. It’s a popular format because it externalizes the internal struggles that people face in their own lives in overcoming problems and especially in defining themselves as they transform from childhood to adulthood. The narrative follows a pattern of initial innocence, acceptance of duties and trials, then failure and despair. The failure is
The theme of this book is that the human capacity to adapt to and find happiness in the most difficult circumstances. Each character in the novel shows this in their way. For instance, their family is randomly taken from their home and forced to work but they still remain a close nit family. In addition, they even manage to stick together after being separated for one of their own. These show how even in the darkest time they still manage to find a glimmer of hope and they pursued on.
“Bah Humbug!” was what the grumpy character Ebenezer Scrooge said about Christmas. Guess what that got him: a visit with four ghosts Past, Present, Future, and his dead partner and friend Marley. A Christmas Carol is the tale of a rude, irritable man called Ebenezer Scrooge whom loathes Christmas and anything to do with it. His encounter with the ghosts changed his perspective on how to treat people and the way he lives his life. This is shown in both the drama and the movie, but there were some parts of each that were different. However, the message of the story stayed the same.
Your book: The nightmare before Christmas made me mad because Jack took Christmas away. It was rude of him to take Santa and hide him so he couldn’t shop Jack. Jack was very bad but after he got nocked out of the sky he felt bad about it. And he went and saved Santa from the boggy man. The boggy man was going to kill Santa and Sally, Jack did not know that he was going to kill them. And Jack didn’t want him to kill Santa first of all and he also didn’t want Sally to get killed either.
Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol. Classics of Children's Literature. Ed. John W. Griffith and Charles Frey. 3rd ed. New York: Macmillan, 1992. 197-249.
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Ever since I could remember, I have spent Christmas at my grandmother’s house, a house which is full of comfort, warmth, and happiness. At Christmas, I have always been able to escape the cold and dark real world allowing myself to truly enjoy just several moments in time. These moments have left impressionable memories from my childhood making Christmas a holiday that is special to me and my family. It is a time for my family to get together, share stories, laugh, and even cry.