Song Analysis: 100 Years By Five For Fighting

In this essay I aim to discuss the different views of each side of this argument and then later conclude as to whether personality is stable or changing across the lifespan.

Change in our lives is a part of living. Without change we would no be here today living as successfully as we are. People don?t always see changes in their life as for the best, but usually when people see through the

As young people progress through the adolescent stage they begin to view the world and themselves very differently than as they did a few years earlier. They become more intellectual. In the later stages of adolescence young people become less concerned about their appearance and social acceptance and more concerned about worldly issues and "who they really are." From the required text I have learned that by late adolescence, most teenagers think of themselves in terms of enduring traits, beliefs, personal philosophy, and moral standards. As they get older, children and adolescents define themselves less and less by what they look like and more and more by what they believe or feel (Child and Adolescent Behavior, pg. 196).

Young people don’t maintain the same personality, feelings and views throughout their life. At some point in their life, which very often starts during adolescence, they start looking for their true identity. The transition into becoming a more mature person may be very exciting and very uncertain at the same time. It is a process that involves many changes shaped by the family, friends, environment, community and culture. Young people become more independent, dream of living their life the way they always wanted to, they explore the world, look for new possibilities. At the same time they still ponder their personal identity, are vulnerable and easily influenced by others. They take on new responsibilities, face new challenges and make mistakes.

Change is inevitable. It could be in a person’s looks, personality, beliefs or way of thinking. Changes can be categorized under two main types. Changes that take place in nature we have little or no control over. We cannot, for instance, switch the time of tides, which anyway, wait for no one.

This is a time where there will be an urge to become closer to peers and become more social with people outside of the usual. This is also a time when notable changes in attitude may be seen. Burnett and Blakemore found that teenagers will are more susceptible to peer pressure, but they also become more resilient to it, especially between the ages of 14 and 18. Teens become more self aware of their ability to refuse peer pressure and make decisions for themselves. Through learning to reject certain people and behaviors, there is also a period of learning who enhances one’s personality. This learning stage brings attention to self-identity and group identity. People usually find a difference in the actions that they would do alone when compared to when peers are involved; this is also called Social Psychology, which is the understanding of individuals behavior in social situations (McLeod). Attitudes and emotions may become impacted by who is interacting with a person and there may be a willingness to do things that originally wouldn’t happen. The difference in personality and interactions is to prepare people for when they leave the stage of adolescence- Hopefully, humans emerge capable of socializing with others and communicating emotions- Even as the human brain continues to socially develop (Blakemore

Dobbs explains coming-of-age by describing the scientific background to maturing. … After teens are introduced to other people’s perspectives, their views can be modified or altered: “At some level and at sometimes (and it’s the parent’s to spot when), the teen recognizes that the parent can offer certain kernels of wisdom -- knowledge valued not because it comes from parental authority but because it comes from the parent’s own struggles to learn how the world turns” (Dobbs). Learning other people’s outlooks will extend a teenagers perspective on many different aspects, especially parents because even though teens will not admit it, they respect their parents more than anyone else in the world. Also, once teens realize that there have been people who have been in the same situations they are in, they can worry less about the present and focus on the future. Putting two heads together can lead to great accomplishments; that is why teens look toward their peers for helpful advice about success: teens gravitate toward peers for another, more powerful reasons: to invest in the future rather than the past” (Dobbs). Friends can also have a great impact on the way they make their decisions. The main point is that friends change each other’s opinions all the time. These new opinions that each friend gains can

In a world where teens are exposed to all the messages shown in media, there is a developing self-conscious to change oneself for the people around them. Unquestionably, we have all taken a look at ourselves and thought about changing something. Wanting to gain popularity and likeability, just the fear of being pointed out and being different somehow turns people away from being themselves. However, changing oneself must first be evaluated and thought through in order to have its benefits.

Life changes. That is a proven fact. Life is not what it was twenty years ago. When life changes it is one of those things that sometimes you don’t have any control over, how fast it moves, or how slow. In St.Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves

But the things around you change the older you get and that's just

The piece of art I chose is is a song that I listened to a lot as a kid and still listen to today. The melodies and instruments transcend the lyrics. However , the lyrics hold so much more. I lived on a fire station as a kid when this song came out. Actually it was a tape in 1985. I thought because of the association with my dad being gone on fires all the time, that this song “The Working Hour,” related to him and his need to be away working on fires all the time. As an adult, I still feel those feelings as I did when I was 7 yrs old, however now I am the one working. I do the same job, and the working hour means something more to me now then it did when I was a kid waiting for my father to return from fires. This was a time when work to

Teenagers – they may become self-conscious due to their body changing and need reassurance while becoming an adult. They may face some emotional changes or feeling that may be difficult for them to understand or control getting them to shift between childish and adult behaviour and needs. They become independence and gaining it may make them distance and become closer to peers. They start to think for themselves and have their own opinions on things that parents/ others may not agree with. Strong friendships are begin to

The song 99 revolution was written by a latter- day punk rock band that hit the scene formation back in 1987. 99 revolution was on the band album Tre that was released from September to December of 2012.The song was based of Political Frustration and the working class. This song was also part of a political comedy called the Campaign. The comedy was based on two Politian’s vying for a seat in congress. The song 99 percenters goes all the way from cops, firefighters, nurses, teachers and a lot of people from the working class. In one part of the song the band asked the question how the working stiff became so obsolete. Meaning a person who works for a living. A wage earner of some sort. The song is also based on how the 1 percent should be taxed

As the power of a song resides completely in its lyrics, it is no longer surprising that music can be healing, inspiring, or even motivating. After introducing this insight to my life, it became very rare for me to listen to any Imagine Dragons’ song without it leaving an impact on my life and my perspectives. Imagine Dragons is a rock band whose music tends to address both personal and social issues. It’s Time, one of their biggest hits and most influential songs, was written by the band’s lead singer Dan Reynolds during a difficult time in his life. “ I was not very happy with who I was, I guess, and I wanted to make some changes” says the singer in an interview with Purevolume , in which he addresses It’s Time as a poem he wrote to express

As the “self” expands we put together the different reactions making us a unique individual. Every individual has a different way of thinking and therefore they make their own choices about certain situations. Going through different life changes, means the “self” is expected to change to accommodate the life stage we find our selves in. The way we perceived things when