Thursday, November 14, 2019

A Christmas Carol and Charles Dickens

 A Christmas Carol and Charles Dickens

“No space of regret can make amends for one life's opportunity misused"

“Bah," said Scrooge, "Humbug.” 

“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!”   ― Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Monday, November 4, 2019

Exploring Classic Short Stories

So... after watching the brief explanation of FATE verses FREE WILL and reading "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs what do you think? Was the family in “The Monkey’s Paw” destined to suffer the way they did or was their suffering the result of choices they freely made? Use the ideas in the video and the details in the story to answer.  Click here to read the short story.
Even The Simpson's get into the act.  Watch their version of this story: