Sunday, October 26, 2014



And the greatest of these is love...I mean pride...


Enjoy ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJZ_k1rQN90

In this advertisement for the new Hardees Texas BBQ Brisket Thickburger we see a woman who shows more skin than clothing. She has a light gold tan, and her hair is loose. Her skin seems moist, and soft to the touch. She is a gorgeous, hot, mysterious, southern bombshell, and her... uh never mind. She is in a barn. Inside the barn there is a large truck with a Texas license plate, giving away that this takes place in Texas. There is a song playing in the background which is about Texas, The woman begins to wash the giant truck, and she eats her burger while doing so. After a few seconds, Paris Hilton enters the scene and partakes in consuming the burger with her. This continues until the end.

The two deadly sins used in this commercial are lust, and gluttony. These sins are used to assist this commercial, as it is made to persuade viewers to go to Hardees. In Much of our culture in the United states, where this advertisement would be relevant, a hamburger alone is a very appealing image. However when you spice things up with an attractive woman showing much of her body off to perverted men across America, this drastically increases the power the ad has on its viewers. Now with a body like that I highly doubt the woman in the commercial eats carbs. She adds a sex appeal to eating at Hardees, a lot of men might not necessarily be inclined to go out and buy this burger immediately, but they might stick around for the entire commercial. The next time they are starving after a long day of sitting they might remember that Hardees exists because the thought of this hot Texas blonde never left their head.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Blog Post #3

Can't bury these tales: Canterbury Tales & Jane Eyre


Question 1:

Throughout the entirety of the work, Bronte is very descriptive and portrays a very advanced vocabulary. The entirety of the passage seems to carry a positive tone, and the narrator seems at least content, except in paragraphs 11 and 12. There is a sharp contrast of the mood of the vocabulary she uses as opposed to other parts of the writing. This shift in emotion compels the reader to feel the true intensity of the situation Jane is going through. The scene shifts from a "delicious addition of a thin scrape of butter" to  "...painful anxiety, expecting every moment to see its dark orb turn on me a glance of repugnance and contempt" (Bronte). The transition here emphasizes, and exaggerates the darker feelings portrayed by the author as paragraphs 11 and 12 are quite the opposite as the rest of the text. 

Thank You, get well soon.