Analyzing Kesha's Song 'This Is Me'

Imagine, step out the front door and people stare. You keep walking all around you gasps. Whispers, people saying your ugly, brute, grotesque. This is Me, a song featured on the soundtrack of the Greatest Showman by Kesha describes the challenges of adaptation. In the movie,a man in New York broke the boundaries of modern circus by adding in deformed talent such as knife toss, rope acrobatics, and juggling. In the movie the character were bullied when they looked different from others. In middle school, I was insecure about being different but many obstacles helped me discover who I am. This is Me reminded me the most.

In the song This is Me a lyric mentioned “When the sharpest words wanna cut me down” (Kesha). This personification represents the way people treated these special people which isn’t ok because people are people. I remember thought my middle school experience people constantly harassing me. From gay to retarded I’ve heard it all, and it has at times “cut me down.” Therefore making this lyric relevant to my middle school experience. Another aspect that this lyric brings is sharp words. …show more content…
No matter what we do, what we like to do, or what we are going through, we are all individuals with souls and feelings. Our individualism is what makes us who we are. For such a great gift we shouldn’t apologize for being ourselves we should embrace it. Us being individual is great, being shunned for it is a very wicked thing to do. When people judge in middle school instead of being insecure we should be ourselves no matter what they say. Loud and proud! Doesn’t matter the look of someone or their body weight they are all people. In the past from my experience shunning someone can lead to; friendships broken people being depressed or worse suicidal thoughts. This is why it is important to be ourselves no matter what people say especially in middle school as I have