Imagine getting out of high school and going to Hollywood to produce music This is what happens in “Into The Great Wide Open.” by Tom Petty. In this poem Eddie goes to Hollywood in pursuit of having a music career, he met a girl with a tattoo. A narrative poem written by Tom Petty “Into The Great Wide Open” tells a story about Eddie using a shifting tone, and in an unrealistic fashion. “Into The Great Wide Open” tells the life of a young boy named Eddie chasing his dreams. Eddie finishes high school and moves to Hollywood right after, he finds a girlfriend. Eddie gets a tattoo and moves into a place him and his girlfriend can afford together. He starts to play the guitar and he gets a job at a nightclub. Eddie would write from the heart.
