Reading Response Analysis ('Moments' by Emerson Drive)

I chose this song because, in my opinion, it has a good thesis that backs up the song lyrics and it gives you a positive feeling. Basically, the song is telling us to always keep our faith and stay strong no matter what. It encourages people to

When the song came out in 2015, I was in the midst of graduating and truly coming to terms with the person I am. Going through this period of self-realization, the lyrics “You can't rush your healing/Darkness has its teachings/Love is never leaving/You can't rush your healing” (II. 19-22) really went to show me that the hard times I was going through were placed in my way as learning experiences. Listening to the mellow tunes of this song had such powerful repercussion on my mood as well. Not only the content of the words, reassuring me that everything will pass, but the actual vibrations of sound forced me into a meditative/healing state of

This theme is brought through the song by showing multiple literary devices. Such as “I'm the one at sail, I’m the master of my sea”. This metaphor shows the realization and empowerment that oneself can give in a depressing situation. This simile “Falling like ashes to the ground, Hoping my feelings they would drown” compares his feeling of sadness and depression to ashes, and wanting them to drown and vanish, from his life. This line, “All the hate that you’ve heard has turned your spirit to a dove” explains how all of the hate that he has experienced and gone through has turned his feelings around, and decided to look on the bright side of things. Personally I think this is a great

This song is a great representation of my friend situation this year. At the beginning of this year, my friend group that was very tight and supportive, split up. Our group got in a fight about including everyone, and ended up splitting in half. This was hard to go through, especially

The message behind this song and music video is one that everyone can relate too. More than likely, we have all lost someone in our life who we truly loved and cared for. Understanding, coping and accepting death would be so much easier if "Heaven wasn't so far away". We all wish we could go see the person we have lost due to death, but as we know once they are gone, they are gone. The message of this song definitely has an uplifting, subliminal message.

First, the song shows what love can actually do to you as a whole. It can make you feel like you lost a piece of yourself

I would recommend this song to practically everyone, especially the ones that are going through hard times and think that they are alone. Everything has an end: good and bad

So many emotions run through someone’s body and the slightest thing can trigger their psychological mind and make them finally break down.” (Hometownlife.com) Many teenagers especially in the high school and college years are trying to find out where they fit in. Sometimes they are not allowed too. That’s what starts leading to these kinds of problems. Another quote in the same article that stood out as significant was “Alone, shocked, responsible, angry, abandoned, ashamed, worried, guilty: so many feelings one can feel when they lose someone to suicide.” (Hometownlife.com) The book really helps connect with the social issue, because even though Singer helped others. He wasn’t able to help himself. After his best friend died, he couldn’t find a purpose to live. Teens who are face this should seek help. Keeping it all in makes matters worst. The most important take away from the book and the articles is; life isn’t what you get it’s what you make out of

When asking all of my fellow peers to take in and read over this song, it seemed to me that the main reoccurring idea was that of the narrators’ unwillingness to just accept his thoughts, because now he no longer had those materialistic distractions of his “radio.” He now, has to deal with this newfound reality face to face. For the most part, this interpretation that everyone had constructed was in fact, somewhat correct. I will now give my own insight into this song simply through the lyrics.

The chorus of the song is “I can see clearly now the rain is gone, I can see all obstacles in my way. Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind, It's gonna be a bright bright sun shiny day”. The song connects with me because it states what I want to say in a metaphoric way. Obviously in my case, clouds have not left, but the sadness has, I too can see the obstacles I am going to come across and I know that I can accomplish. He sings about the dark clouds no longer around, allowing him to see clearly, hence the name of the song. In my case the dark clouds are a metaphor for the people and problems that have caused my pain. It has finally appeared to me that it is in fact time to have multiple bright sun shiny

Aguilera song is not really about being sad or depression. Her music video and effective use of ethos, pathos, and logo are to help us realize the importance of people around us, especially family. What happens if one day the people we love mot go away? You might live your life thinking about a way that you could had done something more for them. Main thing about the song is that you should cherish every moment you have with your family. Without them, you would not be who you are today. Family is the best and most precious gift in our lives, and it is important to embrace it every

I know how much that hurts, but if you need a friend then please just say the word.” Another lyric that supports it is, “Now don't lose your fight, kid, it only takes a little push to pull on through, with so much left to do you'll be missing out, and we'll be missing you.” I chose this song because every time I hear it, I instantly connect to it. It makes me feel like whatever I felt was wrong, no longer matters because I have someone somewhere rooting for me. It also proved to me that life is a crazy ride, but if I can push through whatever I am dealing, it will all be worth it. I believe that this song would easily connect to every teenager because every teenager has something they are working through. Almost every teenager has that feeling where they don’t know where they are heading in life and like they are lost somewhere along the pathway from childhood to adulthood. This song is a clear example of song that teenagers can easily connect to because it helps you learn that someone is there for you and that everyone has a hard time, but keep on fighting because in the end it will all be worth

I felt like I didn’t have many friends and this lyric shows what I was going through. It shows that life doesn’t always have amazing experiences and life isn’t always going to be perfect. I fell into a very dark place and didn’t want to show anyone this because I wanted to look “perfect”. This lyric really showed what happened in my

Reader-response theory identifies the reader as an affective agent who imparts real exist-ence and life to the work, completing its meaning through interpretation. Reader- response criti-cism argues that literature should be viewed as art in which each reader creates his or her own-most likely unique, text-related performance. I am using Wolfgang Iser and Stanley Fish’s takes on Reader Response for my study.

This very slow song, so in my opinion I think it reinforces a sense of bittersweet, because even though she mentions how she wants to be remembered for the good things that she did she also mentions death and regrets in her song.