Essay about Analysis of Song How to Save A Life by The Fray

He goes into depth about hoping for something to happen, anything. He expresses himself of what was going through him excitedly for example the author says, “So I sat there calmly in the hot, crowded church, waiting for Jesus to come to me.” (182) He describes his situation attempting to make some sort of relationship with God. He creates an anxious tone in order to demonstrate just how important having a connection was valuable to him. Why having a connection to God was important at that time is because before the big revival was over they called the kids to convert them. When it was time to bring his spiritual needs, he was told by his aunt “when you were saved you saw a light, and something happened to you inside! And Jesus came into your life! …I believed her.” (182) The author may employ pathos through his emotional language. This rhetorical appeal is often used to emphasize his emotional response towards how he feels about being “saved.” The outpouring of his emotions towards getting “saved” was a big concern that he was trying to achieve. He implicated how not only was he expected to be touched by the presence of God, but every other kid his age. This is how the writer was discussing about him being open about the idea of being “saved.”

Richard Blanco is a Cuban- American poet who was given the oppurunity to write an inaugaration poem for Barack Obama's second swearing-in. He wrote a poem titled "One Today" that praised the good and unique things about the United States and also the everyday people who's daily routines help to make America the proud country that it is.

Evanescence is an American rock band known for song, Bring Me to Life. Bring Me to Life is a song about being lost and in a state of depression until you find that one person to break you out of that sad state. This song was inspired by the lead singer’s, Amy Lee’s, husband. She says that when she first met her husband that he could somehow see inside of her and bring her to life when at the time she was going though a hard time (Edwards, Evanescence’s Amy Lee: how we made Bring Me to Life).

He argues towards the sinners to express the way he feels about them and what he'll do to

So he is saying he will never forget all the death that he was witness to. In the next passage he says he will never forget the faces of the children. Again he is referring to death and he will especially never forget the forget the children who died. Then he contrasts this awfulness with the thought of a beautiful blue sky. This could also symbolize the souls of the children going to heaven. Then he states that the flames consumed his faith forever meaning he is starting to lose faith in his God because of all the horrific things he is seeing. Again he is referring to night and again bringing up the theme of darkness and horror. It is also stated that what he is seeing is depriving him of his will to live. The next section again states his lose of faith and how these events have crushed his dreams. Coming back to when he said he no longer had a desire to live he is saying that if he were to live forever or as long as God he would not want to because of how these memories would haunt him forever. He is saying that eternal life to him would be a punishment and a curse that he wishes not to

In the novel, As I Lay Dying, by William Faulkner, two characters ,Darl and Jewel Bundren, each cope with their mother’s death and deal with their isolation from their family by expressing their feelings in deeply emotional behavior. Darl, the second eldest sibling out of five, questions his existence because of his isolation and the lack of love he received from his mother growing up. Jewel, on the other hand, was his mother’s favorite of all five of her children. Jewel was the bastard son of Addie Bundren and the minister she had an affair with, Whitfeld. Due to the violent situation by which he was conceived, Jewel expresses all of his actions, including love, through violence and hatred. Both Darl and Jewel Bundren, convey their

This song has many literary devices such as metaphors, refrain, imageries, and much more. In the song, refrain, has a very common usage here. The song title, are usually the last words in the chorus, which is “how to save a life”. One of the metaphors in “How to Save a Life”,

The poem Suicide Note, written by Janice Mirikitani (1987), talks about a young lady, who has studied in an Asian-American female college. The lady, unfortunately, committed suicide by jumping through her dormitory’s window. She left behind a note, citing reasons that led to her actions. After a critical analysis of the note, her parents were held responsible for her actions; they were pressurizing her to perform better in her exams. The poem, thus, describes the real feelings and the emotions of this young lady, who believes that committing suicide is the only option left to please her parents and to escape the enormous pressure placed on her. The persona uses voice in the poem to bring our attention to the sufferings she was going through, and that led to the devastating event. Voice in poetry is the strong words of a line, stanza or a page that creates a relationship between the audience and the persona. Voice can, therefore, be categorized as imagery, patterns of sounds created, rhythm, tone, and diction (Gahern 166). The following is a description of how the voice in Mirikitani’s suicide note helps the reader understand the persona’s reasoning.

He also is showing repetition of “ask me” within the first stanza which emphasizes he is not scared to answer any questions that has to do with his life. While William Stafford reflects

walk away, it is better to be alive than to risk it. The fourth verse in my opinion talks about the

‘No matter gay, straight, or bi, I was born to survive’. In the words of lady GaGa herself it doesn’t matter who you marry, what your gender is or what’s you race you just need to accept others and yourself. Lady GaGa’s song ‘Born this Way’ informs others about self-acceptance in her new album ‘Born this way’. This song is about people abusing others and reflecting badly on them self because of their race, gender and choice in who they marry. Lady GaGa expresses her thoughts about people’s issues to say it doesn’t matter who you are because you were born that way.

In Bloom by Nirvana is an inspirational song that swayed the culture that goes along with modern teenage life along with inspiring teenage rebellion through it’s use of ironic imagery. This song swayed and inspired the culture that goes along with modern teenage life through its use of lyrical metaphors and the message conveyed. This song swayed and inspired the culture that goes along with modern teenage life through its use of lyrical metaphors. An example of how its use of lyrical metaphors to sway and inspire the culture is: We can have some more, Nature is a whore, Bruises on the fruit, Tender age in bloom. This stanza sways the culture because it takes a look on what it is like to be a teenager and what they feel like going through puberty.

“Hey Jude” is a song by the English rock band The Beatles and was written by Paul McCartney. It was first released in August 1968 under The Beatles label ‘Apple Records’. Hey Jude runs for 7mins and 11secs and at the time of release was the longest single to top the British charts.

What is the meaning of life? Well known Greek philosphers such as Socrates and Plato believed that our purpose in this life was to gain knowledge in preparation for the next life. Other Philosophers such as Epicurus believed that pleasure is the main goal in life. After giving these ideas lots of thought, I have come to my own conclusion that the true meaning of life is far more complex than either of these; far too complex for any human to fully comprehend. In fact these two different philosophies are only part of the grand picture. If it were that easy for men to figure out our lives wouldn't be so messed up now. The meaning of life revolves around many different things. I

The abstract idea of life cannot be explained by such simple ideas as being animated, breathing, or speaking. Ordinary machines in this century can perform all of these basic functions. The quandary with defining death is not as abstract and elusive as that of life. The problem of defining life and death has plagued philosophers and the religious bodies for thousands of years for one reason; each philosophy or religion has tried to define the meaning of life and death from only their certain perspective. The seemingly appropriate approach to this problem would be to understand the ideas presented in various philosophies and religions and through this knowledge create a new definition for each idea of life