Selena Gomez’s “Round and Round” has some elements that fit well with the story’s depiction of humanity’s need for affection. Both the song and the story illustrate that it is human nature to crave love and affection no matter what happens. Gomez tells her lover: “Boy, I need you here with me” or else she will die. In the song, Gomez represents love as an essential component of life. Likewise, Jane believes that happiness is to be “loved by your fellow creatures” (250). Humans also have a covetous desire for happiness. These depictions argue that happiness is only achieved by getting affection from loved ones, therefore humans will always seek affection. Furthermore, Gomez tries to “push [her] feelings to the side,” but the lover brings them back and she adds, “I’m falling hard for you.” Even though the guy lies to her, she cannot stop loving
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Similarly, Jane did not want to love Rochester, but when she sees him the feeling of love “spontaneously revived, great and strong!”(177). No matter how many lies Rochester tells Jane, she still loves him and yearns to be loved by him. Rochester tries to commit bigamy, yet she still returns to him in end. Jane cannot bear “to be solitary and hated” because she left him. (69) They go around in circles before their need for affection finally pulls them back together. Ultimately, Bronte displays, humanities search for affection as an overpowering emotion that has the power to control their action.
The book’s thread of isolation and wandering parallel’s the theme of Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” Both present the idea that lacking affection from others leads to wandering ad isolation. Day sings, “I walk alone.” There is no one in his life that he can
Similarly, Jane did not want to love Rochester, but when she sees him the feeling of love “spontaneously revived, great and strong!”(177). No matter how many lies Rochester tells Jane, she still loves him and yearns to be loved by him. Rochester tries to commit bigamy, yet she still returns to him in end. Jane cannot bear “to be solitary and hated” because she left him. (69) They go around in circles before their need for affection finally pulls them back together. Ultimately, Bronte displays, humanities search for affection as an overpowering emotion that has the power to control their action.
The book’s thread of isolation and wandering parallel’s the theme of Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” Both present the idea that lacking affection from others leads to wandering ad isolation. Day sings, “I walk alone.” There is no one in his life that he can