Give The Love Around Analysis

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The song "Give the Love Around" by The Script displays numerous sociological concept in the context of its lyrics. The song expresses the needs to spread the love around to stop or lessen the continuum of negative things from generation to the next in a family institution. Instead of circulating negative things in the cycle the song encourages love in its place. In the beginning of the song where he says, "evil comes from the top and it spreads right round", it refers to Karl Marx 's economic structure, where the upper-class have control over the working class. The idea of "base and superstructure", and the conflict presenting between the bourgeoisie (upper-class) and the proletariat (working class). "Evil comes from the top" mean that the lower-class sometimes are being mistreated or exploited by the higher class. Many are working long hours yet they are earning minimum wage for their labor. The song implies that due to the mistreating behavior of the upper-class it can lead to the result where the presence of crime, domestic violence, and deviance are common and at large. The next few verses of the song talk about the family and the role of the individual …show more content…

In the song, it stated that "life has a funny way of going in a ring", the ring is a symbol that represents a promise of the eternity of marriage. Despite this meaning, the song uses the ring as a symbol of the continuity of the behavior and values. For example, if an individual grew up in a lower-class society, they are prone to remain in that manner of lifestyle unless they have a strive to improve their standard of living. The situation that most common in the era we live in is teen pregnancy. If a mother of a child was a teen mother, the child is likely to become a teen mom herself because the daughter lack a male figure to perceive a proper education regarding social

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