Quotes From The Song 'Into The Great Wide Open'

Eddie steals a purse from an elderly lady. Manny was given a second chance by the black man. “In that instant of trying to call out to Eddie everything changed. It was like I’d seen my own fate.” (210) Manny said this because he realized that he is on the completely wrong path in life. Manny realizes that Eddie is starting to pick up character traits like his father and Manny cannot turn out to be like his own dad. Manny knows that he does not want to throw away his life so he turns it around because he knows what the outcome will be if he does not change.

Eddie’s journey begins with a passion to read books and write poems. When Eddie first opened up about this to his girlfriend Lupe, “then [she] told [him he] should be a writer” (Johnson 76). Lupe is the root of his love for literature. However, he cannot let his reputation - which

Turning against the world of drugs and violence, Eddie vows to take the straight and narrow path, even if it means struggling at temporary manual labor jobs. So when he takes a landscaping job for a white man across town thinking that god had finally heard him, the man's truck is stolen from the front of Eddie's apartment causing yet another problem to add on. He hid for hours and days drinking because he really liked his job with the white man and was afraid of what might happen to him. Although getting the truck stolen from him kinda seems like a big deal, it is not because that sort of thing happens daily in the streets of fresno that he lived by, it was almost like that was something normal to him. So when his aunt gets home she reminds him yet another time that his cousin died only this time a gun came with the tortillas she would try and persuade him with the avenge the death of her son.

Eddie was born in Washington D.C, the son of two immigrants, making him a second generation immigrant. This effects his self-identity because he is different. He grew up in a different culture than most kids. This came apparent to him early on. Eddie’s food at lunch was different than the “average” lunch. He had food that was traditional to his culture, but it did not smell good. The other kids made fun of Eddie, “It was embarrassing, so I asked Mom to start packing me some white people food.” He was aware that he came from a different background than most kids, and that is was because of his parents being first generation immigrants, making him second.

Through Eddies school experience got off to a rough start with many fights and comments about his parents and their Asian culture. He never took comments against him very well, he fought back many times with physical violence. He had to change schools many times through his adolescence because

In order to reinforce or focus the attention of the audience on this particular theme, I would focus on the kiss that Eddie forces on Rodolfo. Rather than Eddie pushing himself onto Rodolfo, I think it would express more if Eddie pulled Rodolfo into his arms and dipped him as he forces Rodolfo to kiss him, only to drop him on the ground when he is

His second stop is where he meets his commanding officer of his world war II platoon. Eddie remembers being held captive along with his captain and four others. He also was the one responsible for coming up with a plan for them to escape. After they did that the captain told them to burn the place they were held captive but eddie ran back because he thought he saw a young girl, but a bullet was shot and hit him right in the knee. He learned the importance of sacrifice from the captain who then says that that it was him who shot eddie. He says that he had to sacrifice his knee in order to save his life. The captain then reveals that he died because he stepped on a landmine getting Eddie to safety, meaning he also made sacrifice.One his way out he advises Eddie to let go of his anger. The third stop is where he sees a vision of his father. He had flashbacks of the abuse he suffered from the hands of his father when he was drunk.then he meets Ruby who’s husband is the founder of Ruby Pier which was named after her. She offers him a new way to look at his father’s death. Eddie believed that his father died because he made a decision while drunk to jump into the freezing water and caught pneumonia, but really he was trying to save his friend mickey’s life. Mickey tried to kill himself after Eddie’s father caught him assaulting

Who feels scared when she faces bears, upset when she misses her family while away at the mill, accomplished when she saves Bridged

Eddie was born into a broken home without a strong father figure in Harlem on one of the worst streets in the town. There were already so many people judging him because of his race and where he was brought up. For a short time, Eddie chose to fulfill a more meaningful future instead of dwelling on his race, but ultimately, he decided to let the stereotypes of his race define him. As time went on at Exeter, Eddie learned firsthand what others thought of him and his race he quickly learned that “[w]hen you’re black, and you’re in a white prep school, control is the paramount thing in your life. You have to be in control - you can’t give anything away, especially how you are really feeling” (Anson 205).

As Jim Morrison said “The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask.” He was the lead singer in the rock band The Doors. He was talking about how when a person puts on a mask, either real or figurative, they become someone or something that they are not. Jim Morrison was a performer, a singer, and was most likely talking about going on stage and being transformed by the bright lights and the crowds. Such is the case in The Lord of the Flies by William Golding, when Jack was called upon to become a leader, he put on a mask of his own. In The Lord of the Flies, Golding uses Jack and his band of savages to show that when man

The future was wide open for Eddie for the good or for the bad. Eddies fall from fame could be compared to modern day Britney spears. Brittany fell into a downward spiral and today she is making a slow comeback to the spotlight. She is regaining popularity she considered famous

Imagine moving to Hollywood after high school, becoming a bouncer at a famous club and hitting the chart as a popular musician! This is what happened to Eddie in Tom Petty’s song “Into the Great Wide Open”. Eddie moved to Hollywood after graduating high school. He has dreams of making it big, and want to pursue a career in the music industry. He does this by obtaining a tattoo, and meeting a girl who teaches him how to play guitar. “Into the great wide open” is a narrative poem by Tom Petty. The narrator the story tale of the life of a Rockstar, using a changing tone, in a realistic fashion.

As Eddie tunnels deeper into substance abuse, he begins to turn emotionally listless (or should I say flaccid). The music fades in the mix, and sounds of snorting and moaning are brought up, taking the audience into

While he was in heaven, Eddie meet the Captain. The Captain explained that he was the one that shot Eddie in the leg. He did this, to save Eddie’s life. The Captain was waiting until Eddie’s passing to ask for forgiveness.

Eddies first lesson is given to him by the Blue Man. The Blue Man says "We all have different perspectives on things; and there is no such thing as a random act; we are all interconnected." The relevance participates in this novel by things tend to happen, you can't change whats already been done. In my personal life, I learned this lesson when one of my friend's died. Death is something you can't prevent but wish you could. You can only mourn and let the pain in your heart slowly fade away.