Lily Allen

I first discovered Lily Allen when I heard her debut single, “Smile”, which quickly led me to Lily Allen's first album, 'Alright Still'. I found it at Barnes and Noble soon after and purchased it without a second thought. 'Alright Still' was released in mid-summer 2006, selling over 2.5 million copies. Lily's humblest beginnings all started on myspace, where she hosted her music, and even allowed users to download her works. I will say right away that this album is definitely a keeper and sits faithfully

Hard Out Here by Lily Allen is a song which seeks to unveil the harsh truths about gender roles in both the music industry, and in real life. In her song, Lily Allen points out and stands against these expectations of women, most of which are frequently overlooked as being extremely detrimental to not only the people in the entertainment industries, but to our very own societies. The song Hard Out Here receives its name from the context of the lyrics. The lyrics that make up this popular hit ring

Ben Haggerty, more familiarly known by his stage name Macklemore, frequently addresses today’s issues in his music. With his Billboard hit “Same Love,” he strived to make marriage equality more understandable to the mainstream audiences. In his most recent track, “White Privilege II,” he talks about his involvement in the Black Lives Matter movement and the perspectives of others concerning it. Last summer, shortly after his child’s birth, Haggerty released one of the most personal and heartfelt

In today’s society fear is the cause of most violence. Fear is motivated in a lot of ways from TV to face on face interaction. Society should learn to overcome fear and be moti-vated by desire to be seen as free and equal. In this essay I’m going to give examples of cases where fear played a big role that caused problems. To enlighten the negatives and positives that fear has to show. When there is violence there is always an explanation to what happen. The explanation mostly is fear started from

Every individual during some point in their life has experienced a bad day or perhaps a rough patch. The feeling of an overwhelming sensation of hopelessness can be without a doubt exhausting. For several individuals, the aid from family and loved ones is necessary when trying to recover. However, for Amy Winehouse, it seems as if every inner-struggle the star had brewing inside was swept under the rug by her mother and father. It is evident that ignoring mental health issues will never have a positive

Fear as the Dominant Theme. Every single person in this world fears something, and there is magnificent amount of different types of fear that people know of. Each type of fear has a different name. For example, fear of change is called metathesiophobia, and fear of darkness is called Achluophobia. Fear can be not only a phobia but in a novel it can be represented as theme. One of the examples of a novel that has a lot of fear in it is The Chrysalids by John Wyndham which took place in the future

“I’ve always been afraid of Arthur. Now I get to be afraid of Erik and Arthur.” (Bloor 42) In the novel Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the message the reader gains is that fear gives others power. In the beginning of Tangerine, Paul would never tell his parents what Erik was doing because he was afraid of getting hurt. While Erik and Arthur were laughing about Mike’s death, Paul is looking for his mom too see what they are doing, but “She saw none of this. She heard none of this.” (52) Paul wants his

Christopher Reeve once said, “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Heroes don’t always have to be superheros or superhuman, but they are regular individuals who share the same characteristics. These characteristics help define who or what a hero really is because it shows through their actions. The true characteristics of a hero are to persevere through life obstacles and challenges, to be selfless and help others, but not

Lindsay Roach BYU Independent Study ENGL 057 13 November 2017 What is Courage?    Nelson Mandela once said, “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” Courage can be witnessed in various forms, but ultimately courage has the same basis within each construct of the word. Whether overcoming a difficult task or doing something positive for the greater good, courage complies with overcoming

In literature, the theme of a story is very important because it allows the reader to be able to connect all parts of the story together and even apply what was learned from it to their real life. Theme is the unifying generalization about life stated or implied in the story by either the author or by one of the characters. In Nadine Gordimer’s short story, “Once Upon a Time” we read about a woman who is frightened by a sound in her house which causes her imagination to spiral into fear. This immense