The Mood In 'Shake It Out' By Florence + The Machine

In life, everyone has their ups and downs and some may lead to distress. In “We Were Liars” it explains one of the toughest challenges to face. Death. In the book, the readers don’t find out that “the Liars” are dead until the end because, Cadence was hallucinating that they were still there. Cadence was desperate for help. She was lost. In “We Were Liars”, Emily Lockhart uses techniques such as flashbacks, metaphors and symbolism in order to explore Cadence in despair.

Clair says, “daddy-said-so,” in the second paragraph. The puerile tone is evident when Clair uses “Daddy”. It shows how the author is playful and childish. This adds to the characterizing of memories in a happy way. “My box of private things,” is an excellent example of her restrained tone. The author is trying to be reserve and private in the third paragraph. The restrained helps capture the youthful mood of the story. It does this by not going into depth, which makes the story seem like a child is telling it. “I kept it in my cigar box as a sort of momento of good time,” is another example of Clair’s tone. The tone Clair uses is melancholy, she uses this tone to describe how things have changed, and is feeling a bit remorse. The melancholy makes the author seem less innocent, by discussing how she doesn't want things to change. The different tones throughout each paragraph contributes to the characterizing of memories. The tone also helps display the coming of age part of the passage. In the beginning of the childhood children are happy and innocent, so Clair uses a puerile tone. While growing up children become more private, and the author emphasizes this with a restrained tone. During the time when children are becoming older they experience sadness, and lose some of their innocence, so Maxine Clair uses a melancholy tone. Additionally the different tones contribute

In the beginning of the story the mood was sad, mysterious and sympathetic this is because Mrs. shears dog was killed and Christopher really loved that dog. Haddon shows this on [page 3], “I pulled the fork out of the dog and lifted him into my arms and hugging him” This shows how much Christopher loves the dog and creates a turning point in the story. During the middle of the novel the author creates a mysterious worrying and has suspense because Christopher discovers letters from his mom after her death. This can be seen when Haddon writes ‘’Then I stopped reading the letter because I felt sick mother had not had a heart attack ,mother had not died mother had been alive all this time’’.’’ And father lied about it’’[page 112]. creates a turning point in the story because Christopher is baffled and his father reveals many secrets to him creating suspense mystery and worry towards Christopher and how he will react. Finally the mood during the end of the book was very hopeful because his relationship with his father is gradually improving also Christopher finds his mother. Haddon illustrates this on [page 220] ‘’and I called the dog sandy and father brought him a collar and a lead I was allowed to take him on walks to the shop and back’’ This shows how Christopher’s trust in his father is getting better and how he is slowly rebuilding his family relationship’s. Haddon uses mood

The tone is the overall mood and feelings the text exemplifies. Stephen King uses different tones throughout the book to convey all of the different situations. As Juds face is completely out of order, “He told us only the bad, he said after a moment. Only the bad are the good. God knows” (King 259).

In the climax of the movie, Cady shows high levels of aggression in terms of manipulating and spying on the “Plastics” which leads to her experiencing low peer acceptance resulting in peer rejection. This was shown when she lied and manipulated both Janis and the “Plastics” resulting in the loss of her friends Janis and Damian and also being rejected by the “Plastics” especially Regina. The fighting and manipulation gets out of control when the “burn book”, which is a book that includes cruel and fabricated rumors about students and teachers of the school, is found. Near the end of the film, Cady begins to feel empathy toward her classmates because she had observed and participated in peer rejection. She tries to amend her relationships by apologizing and taking responsibility for her

Beloved is a historical fiction book that indirectly depicts the life of Margaret Garner, a young mother during the mid 19th century who was arrested for murdering one of her children after having escaped slavery in order to prevent them from being returned and enslaved by the slave owner. This gory act was induced by the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which gave the authorization to slave owners to return escaped slaves to their plantations. Sethe, representing Garner in the book, murdered her two-year-old daughter, who left unnamed. While the story revolves around the powerful, yet traumatic life of a former slave, the author of Beloved, Toni Morrison, uses different literary techniques, such as personification and metaphor, and a literary

The tone and mood of Bohemian Rhapsody varies throughout the song. It begins with a slow and pitiful chorus that only murmuringly hints of the possible explosion later. Mercury¡¯s first verse gradually builds ¨C it is interesting to note the emphasis he gives to the word ¡°Mama¡± not only in this verse but also throughout the song. Despite the addition of various

In this song, the singer meditates on the melancholy of predecessors,

The tone is yet another area that should be examined when trying to fully understand a song. In the olden days, the tone is the attitude towards the lyrics. One tone is assertive because when Demi Lovato singings “Cause this is my ground/and I am dangerous/and they can get out/But it is all about me tonight” (Lovato 23-26), she wants people to feel assertive of the skin they are in and the life they have. Another tone is candid because people have to be able to be candid about them. The lyrics have a candid tone when Demi Lovato sings, “So you say I am complicated/that I must be outta my mind/but they have had me underrated/rated, rated” (Lovato 14-16). The International Encyclopedia of Depression states, “Depression in childhood, compared

This creates an darker and gloomy mood compared to the other tracks. Sadness could be another word to describe how the music flows throughout the piece. The composer

The tone of this song is uplifting because it lets other people know that have self-esteem issues that they are beautiful just the way they are and that they shouldn’t try to change based on other people’s opinion. The tone has a major impact on the song’s theme because it describes how a girl tries to beautiful. The author’s personal background affects the message because she has friends and relatives who were teased based on their appearance. The reader needs to understand about the culture of the characters in the song in order to “get” a clear meaning is that the girl starves herself and tries very hard to create an image that everyone would appreciate. The relevance the time period has on the message of the song is that everyone has a

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.

Bad Day by Daniel Poster has been a song that has influenced my life since I can remember. It is really the first song that i remember hearing from my child hood. Every time it came on the radio me and my mom blasted it. The song goes through the motion in a third person narrative of someone having a bad day. I remembered during my childhood when I was having a bad day I would blast this song and it would make me in a better mood. It really begin the foundation of music for me. This song spoke volumes to me and it would instantly change my mood when I heard it. Now when I hear it I instantly am drawn to memories of me and my mother blasting it. It takes me back to my child hood in a way. I remember my favorite lines from the song was, “You're taking one down. You sing a sad song just to turn it around.” Its ironic, but sometimes listening to sad music will brighten my mood. I related a lot with that verse and the rest of the song. This is why Bad Day by Daniel Poster is part of my attention collection project.

In a survey study most people stated that their investment in music derives from its ability to convey emotions(Gebauer, Kringelbach and Vuust 2012.) Studies have implied that music can elicit basic emotions such as happiness (Gebauer, Kringelbach and Vuust 2012.) Music with a fast tempo and major mode are considered and reacted to as happy music, while music with slow tempo and minor mode are deemed sad(Gebauer, Kringelbach and Vuust 2012.) This effect was shown through fMRI imaging while listening to different genres of music and participant questionnaires (Gebauer, Kringelbach and Vuust 2012.) A study conducted by Greasly and Lamont was able to show that there are two broad types of listeners; less engaged and more engaged(Greasley

Let Her Go, by Passenger contains many poetic devices. The theme of this song is losing a love and not realizing what you had or how much you actually appreciated the people you had in your life, until they are gone. The tone of this song was slow and steady, to make a stronger impact on the emotional lyrics. In this song, there was a lot of repetition, such as the words “let her go” and the lines “only need the light when it’s burning low”, “only miss the sun when it starts to snow” and “only know you love her when you let her go” are repeated five times throughout this song. The line “only miss the sun when it starts to snow” is also an example of alliteration, for it repeated the consonant sound of “s”, which made the lyrics flow more smoothly.