Imagine living on the side of the street begging for the necessities to just make it by. This is how 15% of the American population live every day, some maybe for years. They have learned how to take the little things they have and turn them into something. Fortunately, not all people of the United States know how this feels, this is a good thing since we do not want this to continue to happen. About 60% of Americans have a home and are not on the streets asking for money and a place to stay at for the night. These citizens that have homes usually have valuables that homeless Americans do not, for example a house. The wealthy usually take their home for granted, since it has such great value, and look after themselves making the house “presentably”
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Gary Soto and Greg Holden are both two different types of writers, one enjoys writing stories and the other enjoys writing songs. Even though, songs are not as long as stories they can still have an influential message. In the short story "Barbie" by Gary Soto, during the holidays, a young girl wants a real Barbie doll, her rich uncle “bought her the worst kind of doll, an imitation Barbie.” She does not like this Barbie and does not treat her like she would treat the real Barbie. During the holidays the next year, her uncle had brought his fiancé, they had given her the real Barbie doll that she has dreamt of. Toward the end of the story, she starts to realize that the doll was not much different from the one she had got the year before that. Veronicas point of view on the of the barbies has changed, she becomes aware to not take things for granted and treat them the same. This story connects the to song “Hold on Tight” by Greg Holden. He sings about how he does not take things in life for granted even though he may have more than what other have. Similar themes can be found in different ways, character change and mood are the two different strategies out of …show more content…
He writes, “Don't take your life for granted. Why don't you hold on tight? To what you've been handed, cause you just don't know how long you will have it” Greg Holden uses lines 36-39 to set the tone of realization that life is more than what one think. In the song, Holden exhibits that life is more than what most people see. He also makes noticeable that life has greater meaning to different people. Artist Greg Holden keeps his song in first person, since it is about how he does not take his life for granted. Throughout the whole song the mood stays the same, to better prove his point. In the melady, the strategy that was used was mood. Mood is when the reader feel something throughout lyrics. “I've been trying to explain how it's all gonna go I don't take my life for granted I've been waking up tight day after day hope is taking it's time to go my way but I don't take my life for granted I'm gonna hold on tight to what I've been handed(3-13).” Greg Holden has a very good point, life is something that has lots of value. Greg Holden uses the mood of the song to show the thought, do not take your life for
Gary Soto and Greg Holden are both two different types of writers, one enjoys writing stories and the other enjoys writing songs. Even though, songs are not as long as stories they can still have an influential message. In the short story "Barbie" by Gary Soto, during the holidays, a young girl wants a real Barbie doll, her rich uncle “bought her the worst kind of doll, an imitation Barbie.” She does not like this Barbie and does not treat her like she would treat the real Barbie. During the holidays the next year, her uncle had brought his fiancé, they had given her the real Barbie doll that she has dreamt of. Toward the end of the story, she starts to realize that the doll was not much different from the one she had got the year before that. Veronicas point of view on the of the barbies has changed, she becomes aware to not take things for granted and treat them the same. This story connects the to song “Hold on Tight” by Greg Holden. He sings about how he does not take things in life for granted even though he may have more than what other have. Similar themes can be found in different ways, character change and mood are the two different strategies out of …show more content…
He writes, “Don't take your life for granted. Why don't you hold on tight? To what you've been handed, cause you just don't know how long you will have it” Greg Holden uses lines 36-39 to set the tone of realization that life is more than what one think. In the song, Holden exhibits that life is more than what most people see. He also makes noticeable that life has greater meaning to different people. Artist Greg Holden keeps his song in first person, since it is about how he does not take his life for granted. Throughout the whole song the mood stays the same, to better prove his point. In the melady, the strategy that was used was mood. Mood is when the reader feel something throughout lyrics. “I've been trying to explain how it's all gonna go I don't take my life for granted I've been waking up tight day after day hope is taking it's time to go my way but I don't take my life for granted I'm gonna hold on tight to what I've been handed(3-13).” Greg Holden has a very good point, life is something that has lots of value. Greg Holden uses the mood of the song to show the thought, do not take your life for