Ghost of Christmas Past Grade 9 Analysis (Mr Salles)
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- Understand Dickens' purpose. Timestamps for note taking:
0:15 Symbolic description of light and dark
0:43 Horror, dismemberment, shape shifting
1:20 Memento mori
2:27 Symbolism of the candle
2:44 Carpe diem
3:07 Scrooge's sense of humour
3:57 Dickens' purpose in pricing his book at 5 shillings
10:25 And again at
5:10 Why Scrooge wants to put out the Ghost's light
6:27 The importance of examining our childhood and our past
7:20 Christian symbolism of the flood
7:51 Is Scrooge's conversion convincing
8:12 The shapeshifting between child and man
9:16 Dickens childhood trauma
11:04 Christkindl or Christchild
11:59 The importance of childhood and play
12:44 Adam and Eve and the Fall
14:15 Jesus and the robe
14:55 Psychology and patterns of attachment
18:03 The ghost tortures Scrooge because
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Hello Mr. Salles. I would like to thank you for your immense help, which played a huge role in my mock exam. In English language I got 144/160.
In English lit, the question was on Inspector Calls and Unseen poetry. I got 30/30 in AIC, and got 24/24 in unseen poetry. We spent only about 3 lesson on unseen poetry, but uour FOSSE method worked miraculously.
Down below I have put the improve creative writing, that scored 40/40.
Thank you very much.
A story based on the theme of time-travel
1955,
New Jersey Train Station, United States.
Dawn. The hissing of the clouds calmed. Skies discarded their corrupted charcoal capes. Now, the sky showed off its artist’s trickery: cobalt blue, azure outlines to the few white clouds, a sapphire halo around the sun. Crowds of silver rays, once trapped in the torturing sun, exploded through the windows located in the towering ceilings and vanished into the floor, serving as a blanket to both soothe and smart the passengers below.
Dashiell, while positioned above the desperate passengers and being blinded by the dripping light, stretched to his coat pocket and dragged out a coffined photograph, the photograph of his target. The appearance was unique - literally. It was an impossible face for anyone to forget. Yet, he knew that wouldn’t divert his mission, his ambition. He swung and scanned the photograph onto his companion watch, including it in the pursuit.
The face was scanned. The digital screen displayed numbers 1-10, counting down like a slot machine; striking the jackpot with the number 4. Had it been 3 or even 5, it could have ruined him. This was sheer luck, fueling into his darkest desire, the last one for now at least. The watch jumped off his wrist. The coal hue was modified to a sudden bronze.
Altering uncontrollably, the watch stretched metres in length; as if the disease of his mind had manifested in his hands- in the form of his number 4 weapon, a sniper rifle. Trigger, scope, rear sight, stock, magazine, everything about the sniper was familiar, but the place under the trigger was not. It grew 2 large copper gears of time. One rotation, the route of Dashiell’s retrieval and a place to teleport his target lied in that one rotation. The right index finger of Dashiell’s hand lied on the plunger flange, ready to inject a bullet through the tube and into the victim.
This long-ranged weapon knew the face of whom it was tracking. It was perfect, perfect for the last specimen containing Sitrophylle in its veins.
Outside, once the scope was set, Dashiell spotted a familiar face. Wizened by knowledge, the face was textured and rough, an ancient field folded by the plough, caved deeply with medieval furrows, and perhaps the promise of buried treasure. Tombed in black: black shoes, black coat and black hat, the recognisable face walked into range with his curtain of black and pearly white hair blocking his ears.
Subsequent to spotting him, Dashiell took aim at the supreme specimen as he heard his own blood ravage through his veins, provoking a ripped grin on his face.
As the adrenaline settled, the hunter eyed for the perfect moment, even if it was one split second. After the target got his ticket and headed through the revolving doors, his body was exposed to Dashiell but concealed to everyone else in the station. He didn’t hesitate. His finger curled. His shoulders braced to control the recoil.
The bullet galloped towards the target. The pearl smoke fluffed and frothed with the effort. A hot breath as it broke towards the neck. It cut through space and time, and inevitably met its point of contact. Upon the contact, Dashiell held his breath and turned the gears around clockwise.
The target’s every single cell had dissipated and teleported to the present.
They were both gone.
This marked Dashiell’s last Sitrophyll-containing specimen, Mr A. Einstein.
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@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish take back to this comment now… still not as much as you deserve but it has picked up so…
I have my mocks when I go back to school, thanks!
Scrooge was abandoned by everyone he knew in his past. Therefore, Scrooge leaves everyone in his present to avoid people abandoning him again.
Hi, when will you finish with all the A Christmas Carol videos? I really like them and they are an immense help.
I am not sure - I have quite a few scheduled for May, but I may bring some forward
It'd be great if you were finished before the exams but I understand if that's not possible. And also do you mind reading an essay I wrote for an exam question and giving me a little feedback?
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thank you, i have my mocks when i return back to school
Good luck
sir can you do one for the ghost yet to come
it is already there
Yo man, can you do for Sherlock Holmes?
YESSSS
My teacher for English forced me to watch this
Torture indeed!
W teacher
9 months later I’ve been sent here 😂