When one thinks of the words “strong” and “brave,” what comes to mind? Batman? Superman? Can someone be brave by standing up to a bully or someone dealing with loneliness? In “Let it go,” there is a female who is dealing with loneliness and an inner conflict. The song shows how she is being strong by not letting it get into her mind.. In “Mean,” someone is getting bullied but that person wants it to end. Their being brave by standing up to the bully and showing th at they don’t control them. Taylor Swift, the author who wrote “Mean” and EMANUEL KIRIAKOU, KRISTEN ANDERSON-LOPEZ, ROBERT LOPEZ, the authors who wrote “Let it Go” really show how strength and bravery and take form in many different ways. In the song Let it Go, the author compares
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The author uses a lot of figurative language to show what the bullying felt like. Swift uses words like “words like knives” and “like nails on a chalkboard” to shows the words she has to deal and that they hurt a lot. Let it Go deals with loneliness instead an outer conflict. In the text it states, “But the cycle ends right now, 'cause you can't lead me down that road.” The words “ends right now” and “can’t lead me down that road” show she refuses to deal with bullying. Another quote is, “Someday I'll be living in a big ole city/And all you're ever gonna be is mean/Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me/And all you're ever gonna be is mean.” This shows that instead of dreaming of her bully bullying her all day she dreams of a day when she won’t get bullied. She is still strong enough and brave enough to still dream. Swift really shows how it feels to be brave and stand up to a bully.
Let it Go is a song about strength while Mean is more about having the bravery to stand up to a bully. The authors use figurative language to show the speaker’s feelings are more than feelings, it’s an inspirational power that pushes the speakers to fight. In Let it Go, the author is saying she won’t let her fears get to her. In Mean, the author is getting bullied but still is dreaming about a day when she won’t get bullied anymore. In the real world, there's no Superman or Batman, but there’s still people
The author uses a lot of figurative language to show what the bullying felt like. Swift uses words like “words like knives” and “like nails on a chalkboard” to shows the words she has to deal and that they hurt a lot. Let it Go deals with loneliness instead an outer conflict. In the text it states, “But the cycle ends right now, 'cause you can't lead me down that road.” The words “ends right now” and “can’t lead me down that road” show she refuses to deal with bullying. Another quote is, “Someday I'll be living in a big ole city/And all you're ever gonna be is mean/Someday I'll be big enough so you can't hit me/And all you're ever gonna be is mean.” This shows that instead of dreaming of her bully bullying her all day she dreams of a day when she won’t get bullied. She is still strong enough and brave enough to still dream. Swift really shows how it feels to be brave and stand up to a bully.
Let it Go is a song about strength while Mean is more about having the bravery to stand up to a bully. The authors use figurative language to show the speaker’s feelings are more than feelings, it’s an inspirational power that pushes the speakers to fight. In Let it Go, the author is saying she won’t let her fears get to her. In Mean, the author is getting bullied but still is dreaming about a day when she won’t get bullied anymore. In the real world, there's no Superman or Batman, but there’s still people