Everybody has different challenges to face throughout his or her lifetime. Many people suffer from chronic diseases such as asthma, arthritis, or lung disease. Others suffer from clinical depression or extreme cases of anxiety. Despite the challenges one may go through the pursuit of happiness and the desire to find joy in the journey is the ultimate goal. The music video “Color Green,” by New Politics uses pathos, imagery, exaggeration, similes and paradoxes to effectively illustrate that through endurance we can be happy while struggling.
Pathos is used in “Color Green,” to effectively cause the viewer to feel sympathy for anyone that has issues with Colorblindness. Around 300 million people are diagnosed with colorblindness. The …show more content…
The world seems as if it has zero flaws. This could mean that although life can be hard and dark, there is hope for the future. Our feelings of darkness and nothingness seem to disappear as the color scheme changes. We better understand how color can immensely affect our lives.
In the lyrics of the song “Color Green,” New Politics creatively uses paradoxes, exaggeration, and similes to provide more emphasis and meaning. One line that I thought to be a paradox was when they sing, “Color green, color green, the grass is red from all the cherry trees.” I believe this to be a paradox because grass is usually the color green, and then it says that it’s red from all the cherry trees. The grass isn’t actually red from the cherry trees, but instead it is probably completely covered in cherries causing it to appear red. These lyrics could be referring to the way we view life. Some may see the grass as being red, and others may see it as being green with red cherries dotting the ground. The line “I’d die for you a million times,” is an exaggeration used to possibly emphasize the determination of someone to never give up on another person who may be struggling. An example of a simile is, “Will I embrace the
Pathos is used in “Color Green,” to effectively cause the viewer to feel sympathy for anyone that has issues with Colorblindness. Around 300 million people are diagnosed with colorblindness. The …show more content…
The world seems as if it has zero flaws. This could mean that although life can be hard and dark, there is hope for the future. Our feelings of darkness and nothingness seem to disappear as the color scheme changes. We better understand how color can immensely affect our lives.
In the lyrics of the song “Color Green,” New Politics creatively uses paradoxes, exaggeration, and similes to provide more emphasis and meaning. One line that I thought to be a paradox was when they sing, “Color green, color green, the grass is red from all the cherry trees.” I believe this to be a paradox because grass is usually the color green, and then it says that it’s red from all the cherry trees. The grass isn’t actually red from the cherry trees, but instead it is probably completely covered in cherries causing it to appear red. These lyrics could be referring to the way we view life. Some may see the grass as being red, and others may see it as being green with red cherries dotting the ground. The line “I’d die for you a million times,” is an exaggeration used to possibly emphasize the determination of someone to never give up on another person who may be struggling. An example of a simile is, “Will I embrace the