Bob Gunton

This story was dedicated to one of the most legendary musicians—Bob Dylan. Arnold Friend was described to have “shaggy black hair that looked crazy like a wig, and a long, hawk-like nose” (Oates…). When Arnold Friend and his friend Ellie Oscar appeared at Connie’s house, the song that played on Ellie’s radio was performed by an artist known as Bobby King. According to Tierce and Crafton, Bobby King is a reference to Bob Dylan. Dylan’s song “Mr. Tambourine Man” could have been the song playing…

Scrooge’s materialistic view stands out in severe contrast to other characters of the book. In an argument with his uncle, his nephew says “There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited” showing that he does not believe people can benefit from only material things. He also shows sympathy for Scrooge during his Christmas gathering despite that Scrooge treats him in such a rude manner. Scrooge’s employer, Fezziwig, displays a prime example of how…

his selfishness when he, being a wealthy man, would not donate any of his money to charity during the holiday season. He also has no desire to be kind. Scrooge refused to buy coals to heat the fire in his office building, which lead to his worker, Bob Cratchit, working in the cold. Not only was Mr. Cratchit forced to work in the cold, he was forced to work on Christmas day. Due to Ebenezer Scrooge’s cold-hearted demeanor, his whole appearance is affected. He always walks sluggishly through the…

Bob Marley was a successful Jamaican reggae musician who wrote songs concerning his beliefs within the Rastafarian religion. Specifically, his song “Get Up, Stand-Up”, expresses his opinion on supporting the fighting of rights. The genre of reggae brings a sense of calmness to a song because of the strong bass and drum instruments played. The sound of the music, alone, produces a feeling of peace and support in contrary to if the song was written to be a rock or pop song. “Reggae music is…

“There are many things money can’t buy you such as: manners, morals, respect, character, common sense, trust, patience, class, integrity, and love. ” Both the film and the play of the story, A Christmas Carol, are very great pieces of work. It’s about a stingy man who doesn’t understand the meaning of love, family, and the holidays. These two versions of the stories are very analogous with all the characters, plot and setting, yet, still has some very distinct diversities. On Christmas Eve, in…

While scanning through the radio, one might hear samples of songs by Florida Georgia Line, Eminem, Bob Marley, and Led Zeppelin in quick succession. Not surprisingly, we are able to easily identify what type of radio station we are listening to after only a few seconds (just enough time for a few lyrics and chords to be played). To help provide deeper insight as to why this is possible, Jennifer C. Lena extensively studied the idea of musical genres as a way to help organize and understand…

Compare and contrast essay for A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is a very, famous story. It is written, in different languages, in different fonts, and in different places around the world. A novel this classic, can't be passed up for hollywood film directors. So over the years, many Films about the christmas carol have been made. And most of the time the film is a little different. Here are my opinions about the movie, and the Novel. Some of the biggest similarities i saw through the…

One of the generalities about the band is that we are ambitious towards reaching goals yet lackadaisical towards giving the necessary work. We hope to have a productive rehearsal, yet talk for most of its duration. People, thinking they are leaders, yell for everyone to “help the pit!” yet do not help them themselves. As a band, we expect others to accomplish our goals for us. We assume that someone else is going to play loud enough to cover for our own lack of sound. We assume that the effort…

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan, born Robert Zimmerman in Duluth, Minnesota, is a famous rock and roll singer and song writer. He is well known for having reinvented himself and his music several times though out his life. He started his career as a traditional folk singer and songwriter in the early 60’s. Early on in his career, he incorporated rock into his music, which created a new genre of folk rock. He was known for singing about serious moral related issues, especially political ones though out his…

In the book The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien we have been introduced to a character named Bilbo. Bilbo was like any other Hobbit he was wimpy and perfect. Example of being perfect on pg 15 a poem appears and towards the end it said cracked plates is what Bilbo baggins hates. The poem also goes through more examples of what Bilbo doesn’t like when the dwarfs left his house a mess for him to clean up. On pg 123 it shows how he is wimpy because he wakes up wanting to be at home for brushing his teeth…