This novel is well known for many things, but possibly the most well-noted is its rites-of-passage portrayal and throughout many phrases and paragraphs can be extracted that add to this. At the beginning of the book, it is clear that Jim has been well-protected from the outside world by his parents and knows fairly little of it, as any 11 year-old would. On the second page in Ballard writes: “like all children, Jim was intrigued by alcohol but vaguely disapproved of it,” the fact that Jim was ‘intrigued’ by alcohol exhibits that he was curious of it, it was something he had never really understood. This highlights his youthfulness and innocence. A page after this, it is clear he has great interest in childish things: “Yang enjoyed impressing his eleven-year-old passenger with tall tales of film stunts and trick effects.” Young children, generally, enjoy stories told with great exaggeration and ‘tall tales’ implies that these stories were only partly true, most likely exaggerated to please and ‘impress’ Jim.
Anthony is clever and loves to write stories. Some day he hopes to become a novelist. He also has a great faith in God. He makes some very poignant remarks pertaining to his neighborhood and life in general. For example, one day Kozol and Anthony are discussing if anyone in the neighborhood is truly happy and Kozol pints out that some of the children seem cheerful playing in the school playgrounds.
Choppy execution and obvious breathing into the microphone give authenticity to the underground, homebrew style that Lil B has become famous (or infamous) for. Rhyming in every bar is not the standard for Lil B, which could be off putting for traditionalist Hip Hop fans. Complex themes being expressed with an arguably simple style create a cohesiveness that can be easily appreciated by a thorough listener. Freedom from forms of mental slavery like racism, stereotypes, and homophobia is the only recognizable theme occurring in all tracks excluding the overall positive message the album tries convey. To be "Based" according to Lil B himself is to be "Positive and Free" and his musical works have these themes dispersed throughout them.
Generally, love stories follow a specific pattern; the characters meet, they fall in love and they live happy ever after. Dagberto Gilb’s short story “Love in L.A.” by no means follows this specific pattern, however most real life love stories do not follow this pattern either. The stereo typicality and description of the characters as well as the setting, are what make the realism in the story stem through. Rarely do we see a handsome, well-mannered man with his white horse and shinning armour. Usually we find a dishonest, self-absorbed “player”.
Malcom X did not have the same lifestyle that Martin had the ability to grow up with. As a child he watched his house get burned down by the Klu Klux Klan which filled him with anger and hate towards white people. His father was killed by white supremacists and his mom, in shock from the murder, had to be put into a mental institution which left Malcom living with all family friends. He went to school but felt like the school pet because he was the only black student. He dropped out of school and later started doing drugs which landed him
In other ways, people think it is nice to listen to. Dave Matthew’s Band uses music to explain positive and negative events that happen everyday around the world. “Funny the Way It Is” by Dave Matthews Band portrays imagery and dramatic irony to display the idea that the world is “funny the way it is” “Lying in the park on a beautiful day/ sunshine in the grass, and the children play/ Siren’s passing, fire engine red/someone’s house is burning down on a day like this” (Matthew lines 1-4). This first verse from “Funny the Way It Is” begins the argument that Dave Matthews makes on how strange the world works. This lyric displays how a perfect day to one person might be the worse day of someone else life.
Later on in the novel, Piggy is one of the very few boys who are not savages. He didn’t become a savage because he didn’t believe in it or feared it like the other boys. His scientific approach was clearly one of the best. Simon has changing opinions on the beast. At first, he thinks that there could be a beast, but because he is shy, doesn’t fully admit that.
This shows that even though you may grow up in a rough part of the world, that there are still very gifted and intelligent people wherever you go; Jay Z is a prime example of this. 2) How did he surprise/disappoint you? I was surprised by the environment that Jay Z was surrounded by in Marcy. By his descriptions in chapter 1 of the book, it sounded like a very rough place to live at the time. There was gang violence as well as drugs being distributed around where Jay Z was from.
Everyone is a phony, in one way or another; this is the basic theme in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. The protagonist is a high school boy named Holden Caulfield. He is a deep thinker, but tends to be incredibly judgmental without looking at his own faults in comparison. He is the one who introduces the concept of phoniness.
Very little "jamming" was put into it and the themes in the lyrics were more morbid and serious as ever before. Some Devil is more about giving Matthews a platform to showcase his singer and songwriter side, by releasing serious and straightforward tunes with a slower beat. The album causes many to ask themselves, could there be an outstanding poet lurking behind Americas favorite "frat" boy band? One of the songs on this album, "Gravedigger" might stand out to one who has listened to the band before. Instead of