Table of Contents
- 1 What did Charles Dickens do before he became a writer?
- 2 What events from Charles Dickens childhood influenced him to write A Christmas Carol?
- 3 Why is A Christmas Carol relevant today?
- 4 How did Martin Luther King Jr become an inspiration?
- 5 Why was Martin Luther King’s speech so important?
- 6 What did Martin Luther King Jr say about immortality?
What did Charles Dickens do before he became a writer?
Like many others, he began his literary career as a journalist. His own father became a reporter and Charles began with the journals ‘The Mirror of Parliament’ and ‘The True Sun’. Then in 1833 he became parliamentary journalist for The Morning Chronicle.
What events from Charles Dickens childhood influenced him to write A Christmas Carol?
A Christmas Carol was inspired in part by childhood reminiscences from they years 1812 through 1820, among the coldest of the century, and his father’s memories of the aristocratic Crewe Hall where he lived as a boy.
What is the moral of the Christmas carol?
The moral of The Christmas Carol is that society can be transformed for the better through generosity, empathy, and compassion. Scrooge has forgotten how to feel for his fellow humans. Later, the ghosts awaken Scrooge’s compassion for his employee Bob Cratchit and his family.
Why is A Christmas Carol relevant today?
Similarly, A Christmas Carol remains relevant today because readers can identify with its portrayal of Christmas. Being surrounded by family and food, as we see in the Cratchits’ celebration of Christmas in Stave Three, is very similar to how the holiday is celebrated today.
How did Martin Luther King Jr become an inspiration?
Dr. King has been a source of inspiration for me, since I was a child. It was Dr. King (by way of my elementary school teachers) who first introduced me to the idea of dreaming and standing steadfast in a dream.
Where was Dr.Martin Luther King Jr when he died?
Thurman published more than 120 articles and books. He died in San Francisco on April 10, 1981. “To be honored by being requested to give the eulogy at the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is like asking one to eulogize his deceased son — so close and so precious was he to me ….
Why was Martin Luther King’s speech so important?
One of the reasons I love this speech is what it teaches us about Dr. King’s inspiration. Volumes are written on the libraries of the great men and women of history. We want to read what those we admired read. Perhaps what inspired them will inspire us; what made them great will help make us better. So what writers and works inspired King?
What did Martin Luther King Jr say about immortality?
Dr. King believed at a young age that as human beings we can achieve personal immortality. This doesn’t mean that you can cheat death…we all will die! What it means is that as human beings we all have the potential to live our lives in such a way, that our legacy becomes immortal.