Buddy Holly

woman of her time: knitting, cooking, and learning Portuguese, the primary language of Brazil. From her desperate want to mold herself into a perfect wife, one may see that she is not actually the dominant player in her relationships. The men whom Holly Golightly appeared to dominate and manipulate are actually the ones who turn out to be in control. She isn’t changing José to make him a better husband for herself, but she is “caging herself,” the “wild thing” in order to be with him. No matter…

In the many critical essays on Citizen Kane, three different perspectives on its meaning have dominated analytical writing about that film: work that concentrates on the mythic characters of Kane; essays that analyze the kaleidoscopic narrative structure that shapes its story; and writing that offers detailed interpretations of the stylistic compositions in the film, such as its use of deep focus and dramatic editing techniques. With the first two types of analysis as a background, here I will…

Pasco family, and Sharon, helped to influence the matured young man Buddy has developed to be. While the surface appearance of each situation looks convincing, the deeper meaning hiding behind the first impression can be analyzed through the characters’ actions, dialogue, and thoughts. In "The Wiener Man", the man in the Oscar Mayer costume, also known as Mr. Mike Amalfi, is initially displayed as a heroic figure. However, once Buddy…

Ever since I was a kid, I always found a rhythm on things. Whenever I heard the heartbeat from a toy heart that my teacher had in her classroom, in my head I always added an extra beat to it, always turned it into something musical. I always thought it was because I used to watch the Nickelodeon kids show called “The Fresh Beat Band” every single day when I got home from school, so I let slide. I knew that wasn’t the real reason because it didn’t feel like it was, but I never looked deep into my…

influential bands of all time stopped performing in the 1960s. “The day the music died’ is a metaphor for the day that Buddy Holly died in 1959. Buddy Holly was Don Mclean’s hero at the time and an important musical figure, he marked his death as the day music began to die because he was such an influential figure in the music industry. It can be assumed that he’s talking about Buddy Holly because he once explained in an interview that he learned about his death from the newspapers he delivered…

Today in class we viewed an episode from the series of The History of Rock n Roll by Bud Friedgen called Good Rockin’ Tonight. In this film, we watched the short era of the upcoming of rock n roll with all its controversy, crazy fans, and dances. The film starts with a clip of Chuck Berry, the king of Rock, playing Roll Over Beethoven. Chuck Berry once told Carl Perkins that what they were doing with music id what the political leaders were trying to accomplish up in Washington. At the time,…

Elvis Presley. From his onstage performances to his vocal style, no other musical artist could captivate the rockabilly and rock n’ roll scenes like Elvis did. However, other notable artists at the time, such as Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and Buddy Holly, bared similar and different stylistic traits to Elvis in order to appeal to the growing rock n’ roll industry of the late 1950s. Elvis’ “Don’t Be Cruel” can be compared to the above artists in an objective manner in regards to vocals,…

In the short story, “A Christmas Memory”, Buddy and his Cousin had a bond that has a long lasting impact on Buddy as he grew older because his cousin was a childlike, optimistic sixty-something year old who taught him how to appreciate things in life which showed that true friendship has no barrier or boundary like how at school, I don’t have any classes with my friends but we’re still close. To begin, Buddy and his cousin have a strong bond because Buddy’s cousin allowed him to realize how…

the road may rise. Therefore, commuters are in need of automobiles that are reliable and efficient enough to get them to their destination in a timely, careful, and comfortable matter. The two commercial advertisements, “That’s not a Buick” and “Buddy Holly”, presents different car models that, according to the advertisements, are competent enough to give an average commuter everything that is required…

Commies of Russia beat the Republic of America or had their heads in the clouds, due to the sheer volume of drugs being consumed during this time, “A generation lost in space / with no time left to start again.” When the plane that was carrying Buddy Holly and the others went down, “I saw Satan laughing with delight / the day the music died.” This signaled the change from a wholesome family lifestyle to the debauchery of the hippie era, with their free love spirit, and copious amounts of drugs,…