Dark Eyes Literary Devices

The plot elements in Dark Eyes by William Richter can be demonstrated through many songs. In the exposition the main characters are introduced after a death has occurred. The lyrics “All I know is you held the door/, You'll be mine and I'll be yours/, All I know since yesterday is everything has changed” in the song “Everything has Changed” symbolizes the introduction of the main character Wally and her street family Ella, Tevin, and Jake in New York City who used to consider Sophie as part of their family. Then, when Sophie ends up dead, the lyrics “All I knew this morning when I woke, Is I know something now, know something now I didn't before” (“Everything has Changed”) help portray the introduction of more main characters. Atley Greer, the detective on the case, goes to Claire Stoneman’s house on a morning to tell her that Wally is dead. Claire says that it is Sophie who is dead not Wally. This causes the street family, cop, and Wally’s mom, Claire, to become connected in an investigation that leads to Wally doing an investigation of her own …show more content…
The lyrics “You held me down but I got up” (“Roar”) show that Wally faced many challenges in the final battle of her journey. Her father Klesko and her brother Tiger show up and try to kill her and Claire who is with her, but she fights back and survives. As the battle continues Claire is recognized by Klesko as Wally and Tiger’s mother. This causes both Wally and Tiger to fight Klesko to keep him from killing their mother which is represented in the lyrics “I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter Dancing through the fire ‘Cause I am a champion And you’re gonna hear me roar” (“Roar”). The lyrics also show that Wally is going to fight and take back everything that was taken from her, especially after Klesko kills Claire, and Tiger has to run away because the police have showed