Who is scrooge the character of dicken's novel?
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Ebenezer Scrooge is a character in the Charles Dickens short novel "A Christmas Carol."  He a boss who refuses to be generous, even on Christmas.  He hates Christmas because he is greedy and hates the thought of having to share his piles of gold.  He is a sad, lonely man but he counts his money to pretend to be happy.  \n\nIn the book he is visited by ghosts who show him life lessons that convince him that A) He is going to suffer in the afterlife if he doesn't change his ways, and that B) He is missing out in life by being such an unkind miser.  \n\nSince the book became popular, "scrooge" has become another word for a miser or selfish person.  \n\nFor a fun, funny, modern version of the story, see the Bill Murray film "Scrooged!"  :)\n\nBy the way, Scrooge wasn't Jewish.  Generally, in my experience, Jewish people don't celebrate Christmas but don't hate it either.
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Uncle Sam is the cartoon embodiment of the government of the United States of America, a character who appeared in newspapers and magazines beginning in the first part of the 19th century. The commonly accepted version of his origin, or at least the best explanation anyone's been able to supply, is that he was modelled after Samuel Wilson, a meat purveyor to the United States army during the War of 1812. Known as "Uncle Sam," Wilson put his initials on his goods. The initials U.S. were also taken to stand for United States. Over the years Uncle Sam evolved into a tall, white-haired man with beard, sporting patriotic colors and a top hat. The most common modern image can be traced to his depiction by James Montgomery Flagg from 1916, for a military recruitment poster calling "I Want YOU For the U.S. Army."
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Orson Scott Card did a masterful job of effectively using basic literary techniques to create an excellent commentary on the conflict between necessity and moral codes.\n\nWhat specifically are you looking for? Your question is very vague.\n\nContinued: Ah, forshadowing and such.  Well, let's see...\nThink about how Graff's comments about Ender set up your expectations for his behavior. Look at Ender's brother and sister...and be aware that Ender is a mix of the two. However, you mostly only see his "nice" side, except when he defends himself. How does Peter's personality manifest in Ender's?  On another tack, how do you think the "game" played by the teams reflects the eventual battle setup with the Buggers? What about the private game played with the Giant? You could do an entire paper on the metaphor of the Giant, as a symbol either of the Buggers themselves and/or a symbol of Ender's internal demons.\n\nGood luck!
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I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
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David Sedaris has written some hysterical Christmas-themed stories that I've seen performed as one-person plays. Get his book Holidays on Ice; it contains two of them. One is a mother reading her family's holiday newsletter out loud; the other is a male talking about his job as an elf at a department-store "Meet Santa" thing for kids.
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O Henry biography link below. The story of "The Gift of the Magi" is about a couple that love each other enough to make a huge sacrifice in the hopes of pleasing the other. They cared about their spouse more than themselves.\n\nA famous story of his, "The Gift of the Magi", concerns a young couple who are short of money but desperately want to buy each other Christmas gifts. Unbeknownst to Jim, Della sells her most valuable possession, her beautiful hair, in order to buy a platinum fob chain for Jim's watch; unbeknownst to Della, Jim sells his most valuable possession, his watch, to buy jeweled combs for Della's hair. The essential premise of this story has been copied, re-worked, parodied, and otherwise re-told countless times in the century since it was written. \nO. Henry's first wife, Athol, was probably the model for Della.\n\nMore on The Gift of the Magi in the link below.\n\nDo I like the characters? Sure! It would be nice to think that there are people who think more of others than themselves. The story line is great and the style is readable.
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Do you mean the story of THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER by the brothers Grimm?\n\nThere was once a shoemaker, who worked very hard and was very honest: but still he could not earn enough to live upon; and at last all he had in the world was gone, save just leather enough to make one pair of shoes. \n\nThen he cut his leather out, all ready to make up the next day, meaning to rise early in the morning to his work. His conscience was clear and his heart light amidst all his troubles; so he went peaceably to bed, left all his cares to Heaven, and soon fell asleep. In the morning after he had said his prayers, he sat himself down to his work; when, to his great wonder, there stood the shoes all ready made, upon the table. The good man knew not what to say or think at such an odd thing happening. He looked at the workmanship; there was not one false stitch in the whole job; all was so neat and true, that it was quite a masterpiece. \n\nThe same day a customer came in, and the shoes suited him so well that he willingly paid a price higher than usual for them; and the poor shoemaker, with the money, bought leather enough to make two pairs more. In the evening he cut out the work, and went to bed early, that he might get up and begin betimes next day; but he was saved all the trouble, for when he got up in the morning the work was done ready to his hand. Soon in came buyers, who paid him handsomely for his goods, so that he bought leather enough for four pair more. He cut out the work again overnight and found it done in the morning, as before; and so it went on for some time: what was got ready in the evening was always done by daybreak, and the good man soon became thriving and well off again. \n\nOne evening, about Christmas-time, as he and his wife were sitting over the fire chatting together, he said to her, 'I should like to sit up and watch tonight, that we may see who it is that comes and does my work for me.' The wife liked the thought; so they left a light burning, and hid themselves in a corner of the room, behind a curtain that was hung up there, and watched what would happen. \n\nAs soon as it was midnight, there came in two little naked dwarfs; and they sat themselves upon the shoemaker's bench, took up all the work that was cut out, and began to ply with their little fingers, stitching and rapping and tapping away at such a rate, that the shoemaker was all wonder, and could not take his eyes off them. And on they went, till the job was quite done, and the shoes stood ready for use upon the table. This was long before daybreak; and then they bustled away as quick as lightning. \n\nThe next day the wife said to the shoemaker. 'These little wights have made us rich, and we ought to be thankful to them, and do them a good turn if we can. I am quite sorry to see them run about as they do; and indeed it is not very decent, for they have nothing upon their backs to keep off the cold. I'll tell you what, I will make each of them a shirt, and a coat and waistcoat, and a pair of pantaloons into the bargain; and do you make each of them a little pair of shoes.' \n\nThe thought pleased the good cobbler very much; and one evening, when all the things were ready, they laid them on the table, instead of the work that they used to cut out, and then went and hid themselves, to watch what the little elves would do. \n\nAbout midnight in they came, dancing and skipping, hopped round the room, and then went to sit down to their work as usual; but when they saw the clothes lying for them, they laughed and chuckled, and seemed mightily delighted. \n\nThen they dressed themselves in the twinkling of an eye, and danced and capered and sprang about, as merry as could be; till at last they danced out at the door, and away over the green. \n\nThe good couple saw them no more; but everything went well with them from that time forward, as long as they lived.
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A selfish, penny-pinching miser...AKA "Scrooge"!
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are you talking about a bird or a character in a novel?
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Santa, his words where not lost in translation and ommitted from the books about him.  Oh, plus the elfs don't rape children!
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Considered one of the great English literaries of our time, Charles Dickens captured the imaginations of his readers with timeless characters, such as Ebenezer Scrooge and Oliver twist, and rich story telling in books such as Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities.  His popularity today is as strong as ever and evident by the fact that none of his works have ever gone out of print.\n\nThere is a start......
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Lemuel\n\nhttp://www.online-literature.com/swift/gulliver/
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1.)White Christmas\n2.) Max\n3.) Hermy\n4.) Charles Dickens\n5.) Berger Meister Meister Burger\n6.) Frankincense, gold and myrrh\n7.) Drink More Olvatine\n8.) dead\n9.) King Moonracer\n10.) Happy Birthday!\n\nHappy Holidays
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I think I know what you mean, is it "The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus"?\n\nCheck the link to make sure...
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You have to read the book yourself. If you don't have your copy of the book, here is an online copy for free\nhttp://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/two-cities/
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Alexander Zivojinovich \n\n"Lifeson" is a literal translation of "Zivojinovich"
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Scrooge! with Bill Murray