Song Essay

It may not be a number one song, but it still makes you open your eyes to society. The song "Crazy" was made by a band called Simple Plan. It's not that popular, but it's still a good song and poem.
Firstly, this song sounds very good. One reason it's good is because of the repetition. The song repeats the line, "is everybody going crazy?" They repeat this to show that they don't understand how people can be so uncaring. Another reason the song sounds good is because it uses rhyme. They use rhyme to make the song sound better and catchier. The rhyme scheme is AA BB CC etc. That's why the song sounds good.
Secondly, the song brings clear images to mind. One place there's good imagery is in the first verse. It talks about how young girls take diet pills to lose weight. They don't understand why they would die to be on TV. There's also good imagery in the last verse. It says that they see kids starving in the streets. They think that makes life unfair. The imagery in this song is very neegative towards life and people.
Lastly, the song makes you have a new perspective on society. One simile in the song is in the second verse. The line compares parents to enemies. They make this comparison to show how parents are acting. Parents aren't supposed to be like enemies, the should be caring. The other simile compares childhood to World War III. Childhood should be fun, and not anything like a war zone. They use the similes to show how bad life is. The song shows how money is more important than anything to people, and that greed is why the world is messed up.
In conclusion, this song is a good song and poem because it has the three elements of a good poem. It uses repetition and rhyme to sound good. It gives people clear images, so the imagery is good. It makes you think of life in a different way. This shows the true reality of life, and how messed up it really is.

Five Paragraph Essay - Animal Farm

Ms. Melville

Period: 3

It may have been written decades ago, but it still applies to society today. George Orwell wrote Animal Farm in the setting of England. The year was 1945. He wrote Animal Farm as a satire to compare the animals to Joeseph Stalin and the citizens of Russia. In Animal Farm, the way characters respond to stories has a strong connection to their ability to survive.

Squealer was a master of the story. The animals believed all of his lies about the Commandments. He added many things to the list of Commandments, such as "no animal shall sleep in a bed", and changed it to "no animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets." When the animals became suspicious of the changes, Squealer convinced them that the changes had been there from the beginning. Another thing Squealer lied about was the windmill. When it was built up, a storm knocked it down in the middle of the night. When everyone woke up, Squealer blamed Snowball for its destruction. Lastly, Squealer lied about where Boxer went when he died. He told the animals that Boxer died in a hospital. In reality, Boxer was sold to a horse slaughterer. This an example of how being a master of the story gets you somewhere in life because you act like a leader.

Secondly, Boxer would be an example of the story mastering him. For example, when Squealer said Snowball knocked down the windmill, he didn't question it. He believed that Snowball did it when Squealer said so. When Squealer or Napoleon told him what to do, he did it, for his motto was, "Napoleon is always right!" Also, Squealer altered the Commandments. He believed all the changes when he said they had been there. He didn't question them. Finally, Napoleon started communicating with the humans. Boxer believed everything they said about the humans. He would like them when Napoleon did, and hate them when Napoleon did. In life, if you are a follower and let the story master you, you'll end up like Boxer did - working until death. 

Lastly, Benjamin was a master of the story. Squealer told him that Boxer had died. He knew he was lying, but he didn't say anything. He knew Squealer was lying because he read the truck that took Boxer away which read, "Horse Slaughterer". Snowball and Napoleon debated about the windmill. Benjamin didn't believe either of their stories. So, he remained neutral throughout the entire thing. Squealer altered the Commandments a lot. He was suspicious of the changed, unlike the other animals. He was one of the few animals that could read, so that's why he never believed Squealer. If you are not a follower, have you're own ideas, and know when people are trying to fool you, then you will survive in the end, just as Benjamin did.

In conclusion, the animals' ability to survive has a lot to do with the way they react to stories. Squealer and Benjamin ended up living in the end because they mastered the stories. Boxer died because he was a follower and let the story master him. This story was just like Russia at this time, those who followed died, and those who didn't lived. So in life, when you believe everything that is said, you don't end up the best way you should.