Emily Giacomucci
Stacy Tibbetts
English 15 Section 91
October 7, 2014
Evaluation Essay Draft If you were to peek into the family room window of my house one night several days before Christmas, you would see six people holding mugs of hot chocolate, crammed onto two couches, with a tower of cookies in between, all watching The Polar Express. For many years now this has been one of many family traditions. No matter how old we have all gotten, we have yet to outgrow this Christmas classic. The movies, to me, are one of the greatest parts of the Christmas season and there are many that have become “classics” throughout the years. I have seen more Christmas movies than any other type of movie out there, from the well-known full length films, such
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As he lies in bed, he suddenly hears a rattling noise outside and upon investigating; he finds that a train has pulled up in front of his house. The boy asks where the train is going, to which the conductor replies, “To the North Pole, of course! This is the Polar Express!” Eventually the boy gets on. While on the train, the boy befriends a young girl and a sad little boy named Billy. The boy also comes across a mysterious hobo, who lives on the top of the train. To get to the North Pole, they must several challenges, including a herd of caribou on the tracks, a break malfunction, and ice covering the train tracks. When they finally get to the North Pole, Billy doesn’t want to see Santa with them because “Christmas never works out” for him. While the boy and the girl try to persuade Billy to accompany them to see Santa, the train car breaks free and three of them end up lost. Eventually they find their way back to other kids. When the reindeer come out the boy cannot hear the bells ringing at first but upon shouting that he does believe, the bells start to ring. Santa then chooses him to receive the “first gift of Christmas” and he asks for a bell from Santa’s sleigh. When all of the kids get back on the train the boy realizes that he has lost the bell. On Christmas morning, his sister finds a small present hidden behind the tree; the boy opens the present and discovers that it is the bell, …show more content…
The whole movie is about a boy going to the North Pole to visit Santa. The movie features many things that are essential to Christmas, such as elves, Santa, hot chocolate, children, singing, and the theme of believing. The Polar Express is family friendly for the most part. There a few scenes, such as when they enter the car with the abandoned toys and the puppets come to life, that could potentially be frightening to younger kids, but other than that the entire family will enjoy this film. A major theme in the movie is the bell and that it symbolizes, not belief in Santa as a person, but belief in Santa as belief in what Christmas is all about. The music in this movie is perfect. They have songs, like “Hot Chocolate”, that make you want to sing along and drink your own cup of hot cocoa. There are also songs like “Believe” that make you want to believe in Christmas again (and sometimes cry). And of course throughout the film you will hear your favorite Christmas classics, such as “Silver Bells” and “White Christmas” that will instantly put into the spirit of the
Dr. Seuss's original fable is a simple story told with a great moral that criticizes the commercialization of Christmas. The original story features an “Ebenezer Scrooge” type creature that lives up the mountains outside "Whoville." The Grinch indulges himself in the annual ritual of spoiling everyone's festivities with a series of nasty pranks. This particular year however he plans to sabotage the holiday season by dressing as Santa Claus, clim...
On Christmas Eve , Scrooge is gone by a progression of ghosts,starting with his old business accomplice, Jacob Marley. The three spirits follow,the Ghosts of Past , Christmas present and Christmas future ,show how his ,mean conduct has influenced everyone around him. Toward the finish of the story ,he is soothed to find that there is still time for him to change and we see him changed into a liberal and kind hearted person.
The story opens with the haunting anthem of “This is Halloween” as Halloween Town serenades an opening procession led by no other than Jack Skellington, the leader of Halloween Town. After the celebration is done, we see Jack wandering woefully by himself and reveals that he has grown weary of the holiday, he yearns for something new and exciting. He finds this when he accidentally stumbles into the world of Christmas. I believe this struggle of growing tired of things and yearning for something new is a feeling we all experience and helps us relate to Jack. The love story between Sally and Jack in the film gives reinvigorating and playful twist on the theme of ‘forbidden love’.
A Christmas Carol. Classics of Children's Literature. Ed. John W. Griffith and Charles H. Frey. 3rd ed.
Just like the play, Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character in the story. He is a mean, cold-hearted man that has no Christmas spirit whatsoever. All that Scrooge cares about and will ever care about is his wealth until he is taken on a journey. He is lead by 3 ghosts of his past, present, and future as he was in the play. These ghosts show him what Christmas spirit is and try to force it upon him. All of this finally hits him once he is taken to the future and witnesses his own grave. Scrooge pleads for a second chance to change his bad ways. Once he wakes up in his bedroom after all of this craziness, he jumps for joy and makes many new friends while mending with some old friends. He fixes many of his wrongs and lives out the rest of his life as a happier, friendlier, and a generous
Little did Ebenezer Scrooge know, this was going to be the kickoff to a substantial journey on his night of Christmas Eve. The ghost of Christmas past had the appearance similar to a child, yet it had some characteristics comparable to a lit candle. This ghost took Scrooge to all of his most painful memories leading up to his present day position. After brief reminders of these incidents, Scrooge started to get melancholy. Events from his schooldays, his engagement, and even his happy apprenticeship with his former boss Fezziwig provided enough insight for the main character to visit his childhood. Scrooge then got an unexpected visit from the ghost of Christmas Present. He took the display of a gigantic man, dressed in a green robe. This ghost helped provide an insight for Scrooge on what his acquaintances were doing on Christmas Eve night. Bob Cratchit, had a dinner with his family and could barely afford any food due to his low wage from Scrooge. Lastly, Ebenezer received a visitation from the ghost of Christmas yet to come. The ghost was strictly straightforward with Scrooge’s future if he kept acting similar to what he did. The three ghosts provided a prolonged climax to the story, giving Ebenezer a direct turning point in his actions and beliefs. He had adjusted to not making
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.
Everyone has their favorite Christmas movie and no holiday season is truly complete until you 've sat down with your family to watch it. In our family it is Charlie Brown Christmas, It 's A Wonderful Life, and How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Occasionally we 'll also included The Polar Express, Frosty, Rudolph, The Little Drummer Boy, Santa Claus Is Coming To Town, and Miracle On 34th Street. But ALWAYS those first three movies!
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.
He is taken to the streets of his town. Scrooge sees three businessmen discussing his funeral. They say that they thought he would never die. They also say that they will only go to his funeral if there is food there, but if there is no food they don't plan on attending. Nor, do they even think that there will be a funeral because there will be no one willing to pay for it because he was such an awful person. Scrooge is unable to put two and two together to figure out that this was what was going to happen to him. He thought that they were talking about his ex business partner, James Marley. Next, Scrooge sees people discussing things that they would want to sell for money. They then begin discussing how they had taken it off dead Scrooge’s body after he had died. They explain how they had taken the very clothes he was wearing right off of his back and just left him there. They took everything they thought they could make money off of. Scrooge, while watching the scene, realizes that this is an awful thing to happen to someone, but still does not understand that it is him that they are talking about. Finally, Scrooge is taken to his grave with the Ghost Of Christmas Future. The ghost points at the grave and gestures for him to get in it. Scrooge pleads, and pleads with the spirit to allow him to live, and after a while of begging, the ghost shakes a little bit and puts his finger down. “Spirit, this is a
Scrooge approached the door, but didn't have a speck of knowledge of what's going to happen next. When Scrooge is about to open the door, his old friend, Marley, and worker appeared on the door knocker in surprise. Scrooge walked in his dark house with a little fear, still think it is just, humbug. His mind resolute to playing tricks, he thought. Christmas eve, A night to fear, yet to thank. Life can change in a matter of minutes. In the story, “A Christmas Carol: Scrooge and Marley. Scrooge faces a series of turning points that altered his life forever. In this Exploratory essay, Three turning point will be talked about. Each one with a different ghost, Past, Present, and future. Each with a different lesson Scrooge has to face.
In conclusion, Scrooge is a cold-hearted, tight fisted, greedy man, who despises Christmas and all things which engender happiness. After a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past, he finds happiness again and the wrong decisions he made him the man he become in the present, The Ghost of Christmas Present made him learn or remember joy, happiness, coming together at Christmas with friends and family and his moral responsibility to society. Finally, the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come shows him where his current life choices will lead him and makes Scrooge have a epiphany and because of these experiences, he changes.
Meeting the Ghost of Christmas Past begins the first stage of Scrooge’s transformation: regretting his actions. When Scrooge is shown his younger self alone in his classroom on Christmas, he regrets chasing a Christmas caroler away from his door. The Spirit skips ahead a few years to show him a happier time. His sweet little sister Fan arrives to take him home, and this is his first Christmas in a long time that is spent with family. Unfortunately, Scrooge doesn’t see it that way; seeing this scene makes him “uneasy in his mind” as he thinks about the way he treats his nephew Fred. Instead of treating him like his only family member, Scrooge denies invitations to Christmas dinner every year and is rude whenever Fred speaks to him. He doesn’t have time to dwell on this for long, however; Scrooge has many other important things to think...
They were always talking about the things they were going to do and the places they were going to go,”yet now the father is without the mother in Italy, so he is the only one that actually did these things. The frame story takes place in the cold winter, which represents how the boy is solemn and alone, until his daughter comes to visit, that is why it takes place around Christmas. Christmas is a happy time in the middle of the cold