Let It Be

An Analysis of False Originality in “Don’t Let Me Down” by The Chain Smokers Released on February 5, 2016 from Columbia records, the song “Don’t let me down” by Andrew Taggart and Alex Pall, otherwise known as the DJ duo the Chain-Smokers, incorporates a stylized beat and lyrics through the singing styles of soloist Daya, that embodies the key aesthetic of a commercial success in todays popular music industry. In establishing itself on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for over six months, the…

Never Let Me Go is a sci-fi movie about humans advances in science. Humans can live up to 200 years, as they created clones as they are predestined “organ donors.” Though that sounds like an astounding advancement in science, we see the perspective of these medical advances through those of the clones. Though sci-fi, the movie details on real life problems about the dehumanization of science and how one’s life can be left out in the pursuit scientific efforts for others to live through all…

did not become a real huge problem until the 1900’s. The poems “I Hear America Singing” and “Let America Be America Again” are similar, because they are both taking a look at America. In the poem “ I Hear America Singing,” it states,”I hear America singing the various carols I hear.” Whitman is discussing America singing because they are very jubilant and prideful about their jobs. The poem “Let America Be America Again” informs us that, “ it was never America to me.’’ These two quotes…

childhood innocence. Two authors, Robin Bernstein and Erica Meiners discuss this topic and provide an explanation and situations in which race was a key factor in determining the life stage and innocence of an individual. Bernstein published an article, “Let Black Kids Just be Kids”, about the innocence of kids based on race and the different perspectives on children throughout the years. Meiners published a book, “For the Children? Protecting Innocence in a Carceral State”, focusing on the idea…

Nothing more’s “Let ‘em Burn” is song about the truth of the matter that we need to start over because our world is clearly chaotic and mess up. The song has a deep and sensible summary, and some interesting connotations, and plus the tone has to be discussed as well. The summary is something really straight forward. The speaker is a person sick and tired of the people of this world. The speaker knows that the best thing to do about this is to wipe on the face of the earth or quote “Let ‘em…

In “Let It Snow”, David Sedaris retells a seemingly innocent story of being in fifth grade and having a week off from school because of snow days. On the fifth snow day, Sedaris’ mother has a breakdown and ends up kicking Sedaris and his siblings out of the house so she can have time to herself. Sedaris and his siblings take the opportunity to go sledding and after returning a few hours later, realize their mother is still refusing to let them inside. As day turns to night, panic sets in and the…

Levy spends the first half of his essay discussing how Never Let Me Go is a Bildungsroman. After proving this, he goes on to say that “Human rights law and Bildungsroman narrate a process that blunts the dangerous spontaneity of the individual, compelling them to integrate peacefully into the fabric of the social order” which is what Kathy does (Levy, 4). To rebel would hurt society, and since Kathy and her friends have been raised by society, it does not make sense that they would want to…

that which is different before ever actually attempting to understand not only what those differences are, but also recognizing how these differences could be a benefit to society. In the novels Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro, each author presents the reader with figures that society deems different,…

Captains of Industry were people who became extremely rich during the industrial revolution. For example, Milton Hershey became wealthy for selling his caramels and chocolates, then later used his wealth to benefit others. Similarly, in the passage “Let There Be Light” by Tom Fitzpatrick, Andrew Carnegie is described as hardworking, ambitious, and selfless. To begin, Carnegie is hardworking. For example, when Fitzpatrick is describing Carnegie’s early life, he shares with the reader, “Andrew…

only on the surface level. His “love song” is an attempt he makes at the beginning of the poem to court a woman with an eloquent and charming façade; “Let us go then, you and I,” he says, inviting her on a walk down a suspicious city street. However, what begins…