The Last Song

The applauding behavior of today’s youth has reached epidemic proportions. Their lack of self-respect is reflected in not only by the way they dress, it’s also shown by the way they treat others. Aggressive behavior is shown throughout social media, music and everyday life. Entertainment today contributes to the fact that today’s youth are vulgar, rude, and rebellious and disrespect authority. Parents trying to be friends with their children, instead of being parents is a huge contributing factor. Lack of strong parenting skills add to the cause of this belligerent behavior. Therefore, in writing, I shall endeavor to find the answer using both pros and cons of the subject. Behavior Education Manners & Etiquette Parenting Behavior: In viewing the behavior of youth today, one can readily see the lack of self-respect in several ways. Namely, the way they dress. Jeans worn down below their bottom, showing more underwear than necessary, who cares if they wear boxer briefs or tighty-whities. Their clothing appears to be as if it has not been washed for a while, torn, dirty t-shirts with crude words written across their chest. Furthermore, clothes are getting more provocative, they show more skin and it’s sending the wrong message. According to Tracy Stanciel, of Chicago Now, the parents are responsible for the way their daughters dress due to the fact, they allow them to. Parents buy the clothes and therefore, they should be aware of what the girls re…

Song lyrics are used as a form of communication. Lyrics tell stories, express emotion, share ideas and create images to extract responses from the listeners. This is done by the use of many descriptive and literary techniques they set the tone and atmosphere of a song. Structure and rhythm is also a contributing factor to creating the mood, and having an impact on the listener’s emotions, I will be exploring these techniques in the lyrics of the song “East” by Sleeping At Last, discussing the…

My first song is by Agust D called “The Last”, I think this song is more based to be a hardship song. The reason why I think this song is a hardship song is because he talks about how before he debuted, he suffered from depression, social anxiety, and did not have much self confidence. Agust D states this in verse 1 ,”On the other side of the famous idol rapper, Stands my weak self, Depression, OCD Around the age of 18, I developed social anxiety”. Later on,using a metaphor in verse 4 he states…

Last Christmas Literary Device Last Christmas by the Beatles is a song about heartbreak and regret. I think that Last Christmas is a song that tells us to be careful who we give our love to and only to give it when you are sure you love each other. This song features a variety of literary devices such as repetition, metaphors, and imagery. The first literary device used is repetition. Repetition is an important part of any song because it provides rhyme, structure, and is usually the chorus of…

Self-harm is where someone cuts themselves or hurts them self in any way. Why do people do this? Is there any way they can stop themselves from doing this? This is a problem in today’s society because lots of people are cutting themselves or committing suicide because of bullies saying mean things to them and it’s just wrong we don’t need people all over the world committing suicide or self-harming. The song “The Last Night” written by Skillet tells the audience about self-harm and a girl coming…

claims that the Song of Song is a marker and by product of ancient biblical communal and theological identity with core values that upholds sexual purity and emphasizes the essentiality of desire within covenant love relationship. This paper suggests that Song is an anthology of love songs that emerged from the oral tradition; revised and refined over a period of centuries from 10th to 4th century B.C.E through a medium technology analogous to the shared internet; and edited and recasted in its…

The novel The Last Song written by Nicholas Sparks takes place in North Carolina, where Ronnie and her brother Jonah are staying with their dad Steve, who left their family three years ago. Nicholas Sparks demonstrates the theme of forgiveness throughout the novel, making it a reoccurring theme. Forgiveness is shown through four main characters Ronnie, Jonah, Steve and Will. Ronnie Miller is a teenager girl who has not spoken to her father since he left three years ago. When Ronnie gets sent to…

Eminem phase. It all started when I was babysitting one night and 8 mile, a movie loosely based on the life of Marshal Mather’s better known as Eminem, came on (don’t worry, the kids were already sound asleep). I loved the movie and the music in it so much that I started researching Eminem’s life. I mean the man is a lyrical genius how can you not become slightly obsessed with him at some point in your life. I started listening to his music. I bought all of his albums. Every last one. And out of…

In “Song of Soloman”, Morrison tells a remarkable story reflecting the absence of a father figure in African American homes. Instead of looking at the absence of the black man in a blackm family, she depicts this men not as traitors or deserters, but as strong, exploratory spirits providing a solid foundation for their children, even if his absence affects them. Morrison introduces the imagery of flight, using this to capture a vast foreshadowing to the family’s changing aspects of “Song of…

The group of musicians and song I have chosen is Black Eyed Peas featuring Justin Timberlake: Where is the Love (United States, c. 2003 ). The genre of this phenomenal song is in the hip-hop category. In existence, there are two versions of this song—the first one was release in 2003 and the second version which featured other musicians was released in 2016. I am focusing on the first version because I find the philosophical statements that truthfully depict the path human beings on the Earth is…