What About Bob?

A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol is about a man named Ebenezer Scrooge. All he cares about is himself, money, and personal gain. By the end of the story he happy, he was also generous and cared about other people not just himself. In the beginning before this all started Scrooge was mean and cold hearted. He didn't care about anyone else except himself. Scrooge lives in a dark and gloomy house, it is dark and gloomy because he doesn’t pay for electric. When The Portly men asked Scrooge for…

All Along the Watchtower is one of Jimi Hendrix’s most popular songs, a song he didn’t write himself. Originally the song was written and released by Bob Dylan in 1967 on his John Wesley Harding album, then given to Hendrix by Dylan’s publicist and released as a part of the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s third and final album called Electric Ladyland. (All Along the Watchtower, n.d.) The Hendrix version (released 6 months after Dylan’s original recording) became a top 20 single in 1968 and ranked…

In an interview commenting on his trip, Harrison said, "I had this lingering thought that just stayed with me after that and this thought was 'the yogis of the Himalayas '" (George Harrison). He had never thought about them before or anything related to it. That thought lingered with him until 1965 when David Crosby introduced Harrison to Indian classical music and a man named Ravi Shankar. Shankar was an Indian musician and a master sitar player. Harrison picked…

Besides the fact they were all good songwriters apart, when Lennon met McCartney, they were the start of a song writing movement in the industry that changed how people saw artists and song writers – because for once they were one and the same. I think what made their songs so innovated for the time, was how they mixed opinions and sounds through their separate lives, and came together to write music that combined classical values with non-traditional looks and sounds. Though they always had…

similar chord within the greater American audience, installing within them an understanding which transcends the past and applies to the present onward. All the President's Men revolves around the scandal at Watergate, following Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on their quest to discover who was really behind the entire ordeal. After the mysterious break-in at the National Democratic Committee, these two young reporters quickly become obsessed…

Scrooge the city, the spirit takes him to the house of Scrooge’s loyal clerk, Bob Cratchit. The Cratchit family, as a result of Scrooge’s meager pay, lives in a tiny home with their large family, including their youngest son who is confined to crutches. They share a meal together and talk happily together, and then drink and give toasts, all the time being glad and grateful for what they have. During their toasts, Bob even raises a toast to Scrooge, to the dismay of his entire family. Scrooge’s…

young boy. Seeing how miserable he was makes him start thinking about his own actions and how they affect others. “ ‘The school is not quite deserted,’ said the Ghost. ‘a solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still’... ‘Nothing. There was a boy singing a Christmas carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that's all.’ “ This is the first time in the…

Scrooge, the main protagonist, doesn't appreciate Christmas; 'bah humbug' and 'A squeezing, wrenching, gasping, clutching, covetous, old sinner'. ( First quote shows his hatred towards Christmas, the other shows his personality). Where as, if we take Bob Cratchit, the clerk working for Scrooge, he enjoys and appreciates Christmas and the festive season very much. Starting on the basis of the entirety of the Cratchit family; they are poor- not a rarity in the Victorian era; 'dressed out but…

Gardner it explains how this lady got a job with MIT and come to find out she lied about her resume and how…

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…