Viva la Vida

Eventually the lessons stopped, my parents put less stress on my practice, and music started to slowly slip out of my life. A few months later my best friend introduced to me a song which, little did I know, would change my entire perception on music; “Viva La Vida”.…

Coldplay’s song “Viva la Vida” tells the tale of a man who had power but now he “sleep[s] alone” and “sweep[s] the streets [he] used to own” because he lost that power (Source C). After losing power, his future looks bleak. He hoped for a good future, and, had he been successful…

Biblical Allusions “Viva La Vida” alludes to a parable given by Jesus about a fool who built his house on sand and a man who built his house on rock. The song says “And I discovered that my castles stand. Upon pillars of salt, pillars of sand” because in the Bible the fool did not listen to Jesus and built his house on sand and it fell when rain came unlike the man’s house built on rock (salt). Pillars of salt is also a reference to Genesis 19:26, in which Lot’s wife was told if she looked back…

after death. In Love’s Philosophy, Shelley uses personification and metaphor to express love; In Ozymandias, Shelley demonstrate the idea of after death; The theme that fighting for life is still appearing in modern artistic forms, for instance, Viva La Vida. The dominant English movement during eighteenth century is Romanticism, which lead to literary rebellion at early nineteenth century Europe. As one of the pioneers who want to rebuilt a new form of Romanticism, Shelley’s work is filled with…

The Keyboard I view society as a collection of musical compositions, each individual’s actions portray their story; tales of determination, education, and success. How I came upon this idea is somewhat unorthodox, and it all started my sophomore year when I took it upon myself to achieve a long-standing goal of mine and learn the piano. My first obstacle was a lack of piano to play, and after my parents made it clear that we were not purchasing a Steinway & Sons Grand piano, I turned…

The song, “Viva la Vida”, by the British band Coldplay represents the beginning of the story, Anthem, by Ayn Rand and protagonist Equality 7-2521’s hopes to become a Scholar and the misery he faces with being chosen as a Street Sweeper. In the song, Equality says that everyone is else is equal besides “we, Equality 7-2521, who were born with a curse” (20). By aspiring to become a Scholar when he is fifteen, this future rebel desires to break his sui generis curse and start a new life. He…

College Research Paper As Martin Luther King Jr. stated “Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education.”(Luther) The three things I took most into consideration when choosing my two colleges were money, courses offered and available jobs after. My background information includes sports as in basketball, softball and track. I am involved in Pay It Forward , and have volunteered at Clear Creek and Eckert Technical Services. The first thing I took into consideration was money,…

Email: The Primary Genre for the Church Worship Team Introduction Understanding the genre of the worship team email is critical to diagnosing the forms of communication used in the discourse community of the church worship team. Without a firm conceptualization of this intercommunication methodology, it is nearly impossible to see how members converse in this community. Consequently, the understanding of email is crucial to healthy correspondence within church worship teams. Earlier studies in…

Some of their music, such as singles on the album Viva La Vida, are more rock based and not quite as quiet and simple, but Yellow is still a good representation overall. The song starts off with a thirty-second instrumental intro. It starts off very soft and slow and around halfway through the tempo speeds…

Sodom and Gomorrah Summary: Sodom and Gomorrah are two exceptionally evil cities. God sends angels to see just how evil the city of sodom is. The angels enter the city and are taken home by a man named Lot. That night the evil people of Sodom beat on Lot door and demanded he send out the angels to them. The angels go out and strike everyone blind. The next morning the angels convince Lot, with his wife and two daughters, to flee the city. God then destroys both Sodom and Gomorrah with fire and…