Ride Tyler Joseph Analysis

From what we are told, we can obviously tell that Joseph has a very difficult life as it is, “What can a crippled, speechless boy do, asked Joseph…” Nolan is telling us that Joseph thinks of himself in a negative manner. But while he may look in himself in a negative way, he is still optimistic, explaining

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

There are thousands of stories in the Bible, but one stands out in particular; the story of Joseph. The Hebrew meaning of the name Joseph is “may Jehovah add, give increase.”1 Through the life of Joseph we see God add meaning and purpose to his life, just as God adds meaning and purpose to all our lives. “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”2 Joseph obediently followed God’s plans through trials and tribulations whereas many other figures in the Old Testament faltered in their faith. Joseph, son of Jacob, is the single most important human being in the Old Testament because of his impeccable faith to the one true God and his story of forgiveness that set the stage for God’s chosen people.

Death is something that everyone has to look forward to at some point in life, but one is temporarily alive by this idea of the “American dream” they are handed throughout a lifetime. It is not until many are faced with adversity that life is truly noticed. For the gunner this moment comes when he is “six miles from earth” facing enemies that he wakes up for the first time. He is awake due to this being the first time in his life that he is truly separated from that dream. Jarrell uses the second half of line three to describe this idea of the detachment from the normality of everyday life. Jarrell is saying that everyday life is just a dream and one is a zombie, dazed going through the motions of typical life. What Jarrell is saying here is that Americans are born dead due to the life they are brought up in and since they are dead do not get to experience real life. The ball turret gunner only truly “lives” for a little bit due to the changing consequences of war around him. Last line of the poem describes his actual death and how

But, in contrast, the speaker is a dead WW2 soldier who describes how the job of a ball turret gunner is a death sentence. In “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner,” Jarrell begins the poem with, “From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State, / And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze” (1-2). Jarrell opens the poem by comparing the belly of an American bomber aircraft to that of his mother’s womb. The fact that Jarrell is comparing the belly of an American bomber aircraft to his mother’s womb is quite ironic because he juxtaposes two things where one symbolizes life, and the other symbolizes death. Jarrell continues to convey his theme of death when he describes how the speaker is off the ground and flying. In “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner,” Jarrell writes, “Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life” (3). Jarrell is foreshadowing the death of the speaker in this line. Jarrell knew that once the speaker was off the ground and in the air, the speaker was on a suicide mission. Most ball turret gunners’ lives in WW2 were short lived. Since they were placed under the belly of the bomber aircraft, if the aircraft was shot down, most planes landed on their bellies, and as a result, the ball turret gunners were killed. In the last lines of Jarrell’s poem, “Death of the Ball Turret Gunner,” he states, “I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters. / When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose” (4-5). Jarrell’s views on death highlight that he is against the unnecessary loss of life. Jarrell is protesting that the job of the ball turret gunner should not have been a job because it was almost guaranteed to be a suicide mission. Jarrell emphasizes his philosophy by including the gruesome visual of people washing out the body of the ball turret gunner with a

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His job is to give messages, advice, and death. He is a religious person who is narrow minded. However, I believe that Joseph is not a religious person, but uses religion to maintain and gain more power. Countless of times, Joseph is always mentioning the importance of “deviation from the true image is blasphemy.” (Joseph) to let the public hear what they want to hear. It is an effective strategy because humans listen to people that matches their values. An example of this, would be in any election, adults would vote for the candidate who best provide for their needs and wants. Joseph killing babies, abusing his son, and constantly wanting more laws, is so that he will gain more popularity and trust from the community, perfect for gaining more power with wealth. When Joseph finds out about the new deviations in town. He let his fear develop into him and made an irrational decision to learn about telepathy and to kill those who wields it. Joseph is proven to be narrow minded when he made the decision to invade Waknuk without considering the consequences that it may bring. Filled with rage and ignorance, Waknuk begins invading the Fringes, because of fear, they make haste decisions which result in mistakes. This eventually leads to Joseph’s death and the extinction of Waknuk. Joseph Strorm could've prevented practically everything from happening, if he did not let his fears and emotions control him. Fear can either help you or kill

The song hints that he is negatively affected by verbal assaults said in “Your words cut deeper than a knife”. He describes about how he is relying on someone to put him out of his misery when he says “Now I need someone to breathe me back to life.” The writer starts the second verse with “ Got a feeling that i’m going under, but I know that i’d make it out alive,” which says that he is sort of living on the edge. He is barely is feeling really empty and sad about the

Oh I've had so many days of pain. Have you ever been as sad as I am, Lord I'm asking if anything will change. I can see the future that were heading, I would say it's better not to tell. If it's anything like this in heaven, maybe I'll be better off in hell." This song hits home because I'm in my interlude.

Some of the things that are mentioned in this song, for example; “We can worry ‘bout tomorrow but what you say we live instead.” That line

"You have your mother's eyes" or "that smile is just like your dad's." Sayings we've all heard, but not for one Bradford County man.

Next, "I Felt a Funeral in My Brain" creates an illusion of a mind becoming unstable by describing the speaker's irrationality. The speaker's irrationality is represented in the third stanza and fourth stanza. It is evident that the speaker is beginning to hear voices, which is why she states "And then I heard them lift a Box" (line 9). The voices that the speaker is hearing are beginning to take over her mind as she expresses "And creak across my Soul," which gives the reader's the illusion of the speaker losing all control. All the problems that the speaker is experiencing as a result of her mental stability are beginning to take their toll, which is evident through the statement "Boots of Lead, again, Then Space - began to toll" (line 11-12). The speaker has now fallen into a state of irrationality, and her mind has suffered enough, and consequently thoughts of suicide plague the speaker. The statement "As all the Heavens were a Bell" represents the speaker's feelings that her mind has a chance of being at peace again if she ends her existing insanity, and she must therefore act upon her suicide thoughts (line 13). The speaker is trying to convince herself to follow through with her thoughts of suicide, as clearly indicated in her statement "Wrecked, solitary, here-." The speaker

The track “Brighter Than the Sun” is new song. The song is about expressing what it feels like to be a youth in America and trying to fit in with a society of people who just “wanna go faster, faster, faster, until you burnout.” The song is cynical towards corporation’s absolute power, yet the song is catchy with a fast beat. The line of “were not driving, were just hitching a ride,” is repeated in the chorus to show how people are just going with the rapid pace of life which questioning authority or companies. Then the protest song shifts to be very direct at the end “the whole world now we can barely service, were not driving were just hitching a ride.” The track is heavy yet energetic that drives the song at a fast speed which encompasses the punky vocals which is similar to the duo’s past songs of “Locked in a Cage” and “Bands” from their last EP

One of the inherent conflicts in the story of Joseph is the tension between Joseph and his brothers. The tension between them is caused by both Jacob and Joseph. First, Jacob shows favoritism toward Joseph, because he is the son of his favorite wife Rachel. Second, Joseph brings back bad reports when he is out pasturing with his brothers. However, what truly increased the hatred and jealousy was the Joseph’s dreams. The author notes that when Joseph recounts the dreams, “they hated him even more (Gen. 37:8).” Their jealousy for Joseph is strong enough that they are willing to murder him. However, they decide to instead sell him into slavery, and convince Jacob that he was killed.

Joseph then found himself here in jail wrongfully accused of doing something he had no intent on ever doing. He woke up in a great startle he finally had seen it, he had seen the darkness of his life, but bigger yet he had seen how positive things still had become, out of the most despicable times. He could also see how his heavenly father is a majestic, powerful heavenly father has even been with him in the darkness. He also began to see how all he had done was to the glory of God and he became reminded of how powerful his father was in those situations and how he was able to make it through on the very extravagance of his heavenly father. So he thought to himself how could this time in this cave be any different, my father's light can never be covered up, even if I am under hundreds of feet of cold damp, dark cobble stone, for God that is nothing but a thin piece of paper to shine his light through. My God is almighty and I know he has a plan for me even if it is for me to sit in this cave for