of string 2. Weight of bob 3. Angle of release The variables which I will be excluding from this experiment are: Gravity. This is a force pulling a mass down at a constant rate (at 10 Newton's, or to be precise 9.8 Newton's). Also no matter the size of an object the gravity will still pull the bob down at a constant rate. This will have little effect so I will chosen to exclude this. Air resistance. This will oppose the speed of the bob because as the bob is moving through the air
In A Christmas carol, how does Dickens make the reader aware of the conditions of the poor in the 19th century? In what ways does he make his message palatable? The story of ‘A Christmas Carol’ is set in Charles Dickens home town of London. In the Victorian period Londoners were split in two categories, the rich and poor and the streets were filled with diseases and many poor children died at young ages. There were many big families who had small but affordable meals throughout the year
Bob Cratchit Character Analysis The novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens is about a grumpy old man by the name of Scrooge. Scrooge hates everything about Christmas and takes his bad attitude out on the people around him. One of the people that is treated poorly by Scrooge is Bob Cratchit the clerk who works for Scrooge. In spite of his lack of money Bob Cratchit is alway grateful, positive, and kind hearted which creates a happy and kind environment for his children to grow up in. Grateful
The Christmas Carol is a novel about a miserable old man who has cruel ideologies and has hated everyone since his sister died after being show his past, present and future by three ghosts he changes and becomes the opposite to what he is in Stave 1. The writer of the novel, Charles Dickens had an idyllic childhood but, at the age of twelve was forced to work in a workhouse as his father was imprisoned for debt. Dickens wrote the novel to show how the economic and social difference effected the poor
Christmas Eve, a long time since the passing of Jacob Marley, the business accomplice and just companion of Ebenezer Scrooge. Tightwad is in his numbering house, keeping a savage imposing business model on the coal supply and keeping his representative Bob Cratchit exposed to the harsh elements. Tightwad's nephew, Fred, makes a visit, yet his unending regular cheer exasperates Scrooge, and he says "Hoax!" to Fred's thought that he spend Christmas supper at Fred's home. The following visit is from two
of Christmas future because it showed to him that if he do not change he would die, the same day that Mr. Scrooge hate that day and that if he did not helped his jobs assistant his child that was Tiny Tim would die because that family did not have the enough money to buy medicine to Tiny Tim. Tiny Tim had a problem with his leg. I did not like the part when Scrooge said to he two portly men that he would not give them donations to the poor people and instead of it he said that poor people would work
Buried Social Issues Exposed in The Things They Carried The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien is a wonderful and personal look into one of this countries darkest times. The vivid imagery that the author uses lets the reader actually experience the feeling of actually being in the war. By using the cultural studies method of literary criticism, we can use the social conditions during the time of the writing to explore beneath the surface. What we find underneath just might be more interesting
that he does need to change the way he treats others. Scrooge is shown images of Bob Cratchit’s family and Scrooge’s nephew and his fiancée. Bob’s family does not have much and they do their best to provide for the children. Tiny Tim, the youngest, is not a strong child and if not given the proper medicine he will die. Scrooge begins to wish he paid Bob a bit more that Bob might be able to afford the treatment Tiny Tim needs to grow strong again. Scrooge is taken to Fred’s house to observe Fred and
In the book A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.The main character Ebenezer Scrooge is a mean,ignorant and lonely old man who hates Christmas, and thinks it is stupid and there is no point in celebrating it.Throughout the book Scrooge is visited by four spirits.The spirits are Jacob Marley his dead co-worker,the spirit of christmas past,the spirit of christmas present and the spirit of future christmas who change his outlook on Christmas,In the middle of the book Scrooge begins to transition into
Dickens' A Christmas Carol and the Industrial Revolution Besides being the secular story of Christmas time in an urban setting, A Christmas Carol, tells the sacred story of Christmas as well. With A Christmas Carol, Dickens initiated an ongoing creative process in the Anglo-American imagination. As a result of the Industrial Revolution and the growth and development of cities people's lives changed drastically as they moved from the life and traditions of the country into those of the city
this, is where he shows scrooge looking at his own gravestone. As it makes people think would people care if they had died? If the answer was no then they had to change for the better as no one wants to be that person. Also using the death of tiny Tim of scrooge didn’t help the poor really showed if you gave a little you can save a lot. Dickens really involves the reader through out the novel, which is where the effectiveness is emphasised as it carries the reader through a variety of emotions
decide which symbols actually can relate to us? In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, we explore the different symbols that associate with the play. There are three main symbols that appear in this play. There symbols are the ghosts, Scrooge, and Tiny Tim. The ghosts in A Christmas Carol are a principal symbol with the play’s development. The first spirit, the spirit of Christmas Past, tries to remind you of your past mistakes, and how you could have fixed them. After the ghost of past is done with
Tiny Tim truly affected Scrooge the greatest for the reason being that he can help him receive treatment. Charles Dickens’s wanted people like Scrooge and the Victorian rich to understand that they have the influence, money, and power to help people and children just like Tiny Tim. Themes in this story were guilt and innocence. Scrooge feels guilty due to the fact that he is mean and mistreats Bob Cratchit and his nephew Fred. Fred is Scrooge’s only
The four main characters in the book are Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit, and Ebenezer Scrooge’s nephew, Fred. This story takes place in London, England. The time is winter December 1843 and it starts the day before Christmas, also known as Christmas Eve. Ebenezer Scrooge is the main character of the story, All 3 ghosts visit him. Through him, the lesson of the story is to be learned. In the book, he is made out to be Anti-Christmas, some are feeling pity for him, other hostility. "External
also come to his nephews dinner party. The next day Bob Cratchit had come in late. Scrooge had said to him “I’m not going to stand for this any longer. And therefore Mr. Cratchit I am going to raise your salary. Bob Cratchit being very surprised of this. Scrooge after learning the lessons that the ghosts taught him, he had learned the meaning of Christmas cheer finally. It was said of Scrooge that he knew how to keep Christmas well. And so, as Tiny Tim would say God bless us, God bless us
spirit put a shadow of bob was carrying over his little son, Tiny Tim who had an illness and suffer legs injury which didn’t have enough balance to go to the hospital. At that instant, Scrooge asked the spirit with an interested he had never felt before “tell me if Tiny Tim will live”. But the ghost expected that Tiny Tim will have died if he couldn’t have afforded the treatment and carelessness. Since Scrooge saw this shadow he started to felt guilty and pity the little boy, Tiny Tim that he didn’t give
humans. The story ends with us knowing that Scrooge has paid for the operation which Tiny Tim needed and that Tiny Tim will grow up to be a healthy and strong boy. Let us all let the compassion, love and understanding for our fellow humans into our hearts this Christmas. Let’s lend a helping hand where we can, let’s keep Christ in our Christmases and find love and joy with our family and friends. As Tiny Tim said,”God bless us
Dickens' Use of Language and Structure to Build Up a Picture of the Joy of Christmas Present I’m going to analyse stave 3 of a Christmas carol, Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812. In 1836 Dickens published the first part in a serialisation called The Posthumous papers of the Pickwick club better known as The Pickwick papers. In 1843 he wrote his first and most famous Christmas story, A Christmas Carol. Victorians in those times, a lot of them lived in poverty, and they were lots
in jail,’ if they would rather die they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.’ Scrooge had a clerk called Bob Cratchit, who even thought gets treated unfairly by Ebenezer, still has some respect for him. Mr Cratchit was one of the poor people described in the novel, along with his family, but one thing he was rich in was happiness. Bob earned 15 ‘bob’ a week but was a cheerful man all his life because of his wife and kids. This ... ... middle of paper ... ...way they act
The Ghost takes him to the Cratchit's house first. At the house, Scrooge sees a lot. He sees that Tiny Tim is hurt and he wants to know why. The Ghost tells him that Tiny Tim has a disease and that he doesn't have enough to eat so it just gets worst and worst. Scrooge is curious about why Tiny Tim doesn't eat that much. The Ghost of Christmas Present tells Scrooge that because you only give Bob Cratchit 15 shillings he can only provide so much for his family. Scrooge started feeling so guilty because