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1. (2004) My name was never revealed, although I did sign my correspondence with the enigmatic letters O.G. My love for Christine overwhelmed me, and I was willing to do anything to make her mine. I even wrote an entire opera for her, so that she would know the strength of my love. It was only when I forced her to choose between me and her fiancé, that she showed any affection for me. The kiss went to my head though, and when they came looking for me, I released her and allowed her to marry her fiancé.
2. (1951) My name is Ebenezer, and it had been years since I bothered with the affairs of men...all that ever concerned me was the business of making money. One Christmas Eve my old partner, Jacob Marley, arranged for certain visitors to show me the error of my ways. I learned that the business of mankind was much more important than making money, and this changed my life completely.
3. (1992) My name is Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, and I lost my sight in a careless accident with a hand grenade, caused by my own arrogance. Very bitter, and tired of what my life had become, I arranged to spend one last weekend in New York, sampling all of the finer things in life. Then I intended to kill myself. My travelling companion, Charlie, talked me out of taking my own life, and showed me that there were still some things worth living for. In return, I helped him out with a problem he was having at school, by speaking out on the meaning of honour.
4. (1992) My name is Jimmy Dugan, and I used to be a great ball player, until I let my drinking get in the way. When I started managing one of the first female, professional baseball teams, I really didn't want to be there. But I soon learned to respect those women, and to appreciate what fine athletes they were. When I was offered a job managing a men's team I turned it down, preferring to stay with the women.
5. (1939) My name is Rhett, and I have to admit to being a bit of a cad and a profiteer. I made a fortune during the Civil War, while the South collapsed around me. I have to tell you that no one was more surprised than I, when I developed an attack of patriotism and enlisted. I did this when it was already obvious that the South could not win.
6. (1998) My name is Derek Vinyard, and I used to be a Neo-Nazi. In fact I was so full of hatred that I brutally killed a man because he was trying to steal my truck, and I didn't like the colour of his skin. In prison I learned how wrong I was to view the world that way, and when I got out, I did my best to stop my younger brother from becoming like me. I was starting to get through to him too, but unfortunately I was too late to stop him from being killed.
7. (1994) My name is Scott Calvin, and although I was never really a bad guy, I did my fair share of lying and cheating, and I could be awfully sarcastic when I felt that the situation merited it. Then one Christmas Eve I accidentally caused Santa to fall off my roof, and before I knew it I was assuming the role. At first I refused to have anything to do with the position but then, like Scrooge before me, I learned what the true meaning of Christmas was.
8. (1990) My name is Edward Lewis, and I made my fortune by buying out companies in trouble, and selling them off piece by piece. I thought that was quite happy with my life until I met Vivian, a prostitute. She made me take a hard look at my life, and I realized just how cold and lonely it really was. She also made me realize how much I was hurting other people. So much to my lawyer's dismay, I decided that instead of taking over Morse's company, I would help him build ships instead.
9. (2004) My name is Officer Ryan, and although I never liked to think of myself as being prejudiced, I guess that I really was. I was very angry at the way the system, in this case being administered by a black woman, was not looking after my father's needs. I took out this anger on a black woman whose car I had pulled over, by abusing her in front of her husband and my partner. I was forced to look my actions square in the face when this same woman almost didn't let me rescue her from a burning car, because of the horror that I had brought to her life.
10. (2003) My name is Captain Jack Sparrow, and I am a pirate, temporarily without a ship, I made my way into Port Royal with the hopes of remedying that situation, where I saw a young woman plunge into the ocean. Now, being a pirate, I could have let her drown, but I didn't, and my act of heroism eventually ended up with me being thrown in jail.
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