Mel Gibson

The electric guitar is the culmination of thousands of years of history and great effort to enhance the music that we know and love today. It has changed the way we use it in music in our recordings and live performances and still is a dominant instrument in many music genres. To really understand this particular instrument, one must understand its: definition, history, construction, uses, and prevalence/impact in music. To know what an electric guitar is, one must understand just what a guitar…

“Thank you”. She replied “Well let me show you something”. She came back from her bedroom with a worn guitar case, she popped open the brass latches and opened it. My heart melted as soon as I saw what was inside. It was my grandfather’s old 1974 Gibson Les Paul. I immediately said “I can’t take that”. She replied “No take it, I promised your dad once you were good enough you could have it”. This was probably one of the best days of my life. Not because I had gotten a really nice guitar, but the…

The intent of the pledge is to challenge supermodel standards and promote self-love by using non-retouched photographs of models of all body types and sizes. This form of advertising appeals to the masses. When a company advertises using a more relatable figure, it increases the likelihood that women will consider buying the product. Consumers have the choice to support companies who promote positive body images and will make that choice when need be. For example, Tyra Banks is one of the most…

States existence their standards of beauty were similar to much of western Europe. The United states didn’t establish their own terms of beauty until the late 1800s when the female archetype of the “Gibson girl” had been established. The Gibson girl was an illustration created by Charles Dana Gibson who believed these…

Narrative Essay Growing up I never really appreciated the sound of music. I had never thought of it in the way I do now. Not up until the summer of 2001; my oldest sister, of the two, would always drive around in our hometown playing her favorite alternative rock tracks. It was calming driving the backshore, with the waves crashing into the rocks. It was like I was at peace sitting in the backseat of her jeep, just watching the ocean; I could feel myself hearing Stone Temple Pilots. At that…

In 2004 Gibson released The Passion of the Christ. The movie was Mel Gibson’s portrayal of Jesus’s trial and crucifixion. The movie utilizes all four canonical gospel accounts of the Passion story, but also includes many details that are not written in any of the four gospels. For example…

Most of literary critics agreed that Hamlet is one of the most well-known plays by William Shakespeare that has adapted into movies with different version. And one of those versions was directed by Franco Zeferelli in 1990 which focused on the Freudian sexual tension between mother and son. In my opinion, this movie focused on Hamlet’s psychological issue (Oedipus complex). The movie itself was interesting even though some of the dialogue quiet difficult to understand since it used the English…

across the world or in Michelangelo’s “Pieta.” In The Passion of the Christ, the Da Vinci Code, and the Life of Brian, each director and author is trying to transmit a message about Jesus to the audience that they think is important. In my opinion, Mel Gibson’s The Passion of…

just focus on the cardinal virtues instead, such as trying to be a decent person. We have no means of promoting any religion or ethnicity. Neither I nor Trey has any affiliation with religion. The allusion to Hitler by the imitation of Cartman and Mel Gibson’s obsession with torture served to emphasize the consequences of zealotry. As Stan states in the episode, “No, dude, if you wanna be Christian, that's cool, but, you should follow what Jesus taught instead of how he got killed. Focusing on…

hidden qualities of character. War is necessary due to its ability to keep a check on societal values. The drastic effects of war on an individual are shown through the movies Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg and Hacksaw Ridge by Mel Gibson. Spielberg and Gibson focus on the reality of war rather than a Hollywood version. War takes sacrifice, courage, selflessness, and many other characteristics to survive both mentally and physically. Heroism is a quality that is apparent in many…