Can't Help Falling in Love

most likely changed a lot of people’s minds- gum equals romance. Extra took this level of an emotional love story farther by using Elvis Presley’s classic “Can't Help Falling in Love” sung by Haley Reinhart which might have you wiping tears away by the end. This ridiculously adorable commercial tells a story of two high school sweethearts who end up getting engaged by the end of the ad. The love story starts out as a cliché of a simple act of sharing a piece of gum. Sarah offers Juan a piece of…

only was she my Great Grandmother, but she was my friend and second mother, she took care of me for almost my whole life. When I was younger, I took for granted so many things we did together and now I wish I had been so much more great full. But I can't change the past. That's something Dorrie taught me. She would always say "It's over and done with, so come give me a hug." Something else Dorrie taught me, or in this case showed me recently is about what happens to peoples…

“You could love someone, you could pick the right person, you could give your life to them, and you could. Still. Get. Hurt.” –Leah Konen. The Romantics by Konen herself falls under the romance genre. In this story the author develops the claim of the hardships falling in love has, but the wonderful things that come of it as well. This book tells a story of a teenage boy, Gael, finding his path in love. Gael is relatively reserved considering the fact that his parents abruptly split, leaving…

keeping their responsibility to themselves attuned to their inner values, or the values of someone they love. It’s a difficult choice, for a person to risk conflict between a loved one and have them not be accepting of who they are, or to neglect what they might really desire. This is the conflict between a responsibility to oneself and the responsibility to others. In the short stories Snow Falling On Cedars and The Lather a girl and boy face this issue. In The Lather a boy imagines his future…

The Portrayal of Love in Steven Schutzman’s The Bank Robbery Love is arguably one of the most complex feelings in the world. In the Greek language, there are four words for love; agape, storgē, phili and eros. The Japanese language has three words to illustrate love. Both languages use these different words to explain a different type of love and its effects. In modern English, the world love is used for various depths of admiration. In Stephens Schutzman’s “The Bank Robbery”, love is portrayed…

young people falling in love. As the romance goes on everyone who watches cannot but help fall in love with the story itself. The commercial has over twenty-one million views, which goes to show that the romance story is seen and loved by many. The product of the gum is shown throughout the story and makes the gum indelible for the viewers and buyers. Overall, the Extra commercial…

& Juan, directed by Pete Riski does that. The company implements emotional appeal to pull the audience in and use teens that can relate to what is happening. The beginning of the commercial takes places at a high school. The song “Can 't Help Falling In Love” by Haley Reinhart, is playing in the background. Both Sarah and Juan being the main characters of the commercial, are with their group of friends. They both look at each other and she then gets shy and looks away. Then, they see each…

developed the theme by Mare trusting Maven and falling in love with him.Mare Barrow was feeling safe and that he could protect her and she could protect him, she felt like if they ever need someone to lean on, it would be them. Mare was slowly falling in love with Maven she thought she knew him but she didn’t once she found out she regretted everything, she wanted to go back she wanted to marry Cal, not Maven. On page 339, ”It breaks against me, memories falling into place. I should've known,…

Everyone in their lifetime have experienced love, whether it is family love, friendship love, romantic love, or conceptual love. In the poem, "Most Like an Arch This Marriage" by John Ciardi defines love through showing commitment, trust, and respect to built a healthy and strong relationship for one another. Love is everlasting and unconditionally satisfying to be with a person or thing you cherish deeply. We all search for love, we are all dedicated to find what completes our lonely hearts in…

This commercial incorporated the love story of Sara and Juan with their product. That same week the video went out, it went viral and received over 7 million YouTube views and 78 million Facebook views. Extra gum persuades their audience to purchase their product in many tactics. The main tactic Extra gum uses to persuade their audience and reel them in is through pathos and the many emotions it comes with. Nonetheless, viewers can’t get enough of the romance and love in which the commercial…