Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Essays

Part Two: Poetic Devices Poetic devices are used extensively in Demi Lovato’s song “Skyscraper.” In this song, Lovato uses personification to show her depressed feeling. For example “Skies are crying, I am watching” (line 1). Since skies don’t actually cry, this indicates that an inanimate object like skies is given a human characteristic like crying, however, this shows that Lovato is referring to rain as crying since rain represents an emotion of sadness, which explains her depressed mood, and

Every Christmas, my family watches the 1964 movie Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer? Shiny-nosed Rudolph and Hermey, an aspiring elf-dentist, band together to look for a place where others will accept them for who they are. On their journey, they find the land of misfit toys, a land where unwanted toys make their home. The whole story comes to a happy ending when all the misfits finally find their place. This being my third attempt at a major, I have had some experience with feeling like a misfit

The use of humor to alleviate the dull reality of life is used in Ken Kesey’s novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, which supports the idea that one's own humor creates happiness in others and relieves stress much like in the critically acclaimed Christmas classic, Elf, starring Will Ferrell. Humor is used by Ken Kesey very prominently especially when the patients do not seem to have the ability to laugh at anything nor find anything funny. The patients live a very dull life in which they repeat

The Christmas Carol There are a lot of Christmas movies and stories that families like to listen and watch around the holidays. Every movie has something in common. They teach a valuable lesson. For example, in the story, Rudolph the red-nosed Reindeer, it teaches you the being different can be a good thing. In the play and the movie, the Christmas Carol, it teaches you that you need to be kind and charitable. The drama and movie of the Christmas Carol is a holiday movie and play that can be different

the snowball in my throat. This isn't going to be easy. I'm sure they suspect I was at the party. Maybe they even heard about me calling the cops. But I want to tell them everything as we sit there by our plastic Christmas tree while Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer plays” (Anderson 72). By saying the phrase “snowball in my throat,” she is implying that she is really struggling to tell them. If she would have communicated with her parents from the beginning, most of this could have been avoided and

When people are asked to name some of the classic Christmas movies, they are quick to say movies such as Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964), Frosty the Snowman (1969), and How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), but they forget to mention the dismal, chilling The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993). But why is that, doesn’t Tim Burton still show the joy that Christmas brings, but in a slightly new perspective? Aren’t The Nightmare Before Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas quite similar

Lester William Polsfuss(a.k.a Les Paul): Early Life This research paper will not be a traditional paper, due to Lester William Polsfuss being such a profound musician and innovator. The format of this paper will represent a timeline, due to Polsfuss having so many achievements throughout his entire life. We will begin with the birth of Lester William Polsfuss and then up to him being awarded with two grammies in 2006. Although I have a personal attachment to Polsfuss, I will cover the history he

The Civic of Christmas When most people think of Christmastime, they picture Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, The Nutcracker, and snow-covered hills perfect for sledding. At face value, these age-old holiday observances are just ways of celebrating the holiday season, or traditions that have been passed down from generation to generation. However, upon further examination, aspects of the holiday season have had deep-rooted impacts on our society. During the turn-of-the-twentieth-century

Burn happened in August of 1910 -The Versailles Treaty is signed on June 26,1919 -The U.S. entered World War 1 on April 6, 1917 -J.M Barrie has Peter Pan published -Babe Ruth pitches his first game and hits his first home run with the Red Sox in 1915 -Charlie Chaplin began to appear in more movies in 1914 -Harry Houdini is a stunt man that performed in the 20th century -Woodrow Wilson and Edith Galt get married on December 18, 1915 -Corona Company begins selling portable typewriters