“Firework” by Katy Perry is a song for people who feel life’s pressure, and let’s it get to them. This causes them to feel down, and as if they can’t do anything. In “Firework”, Katy Perry uses tools such as similes, and metaphors, to get across how people who struggle with depression tend to feel. The idea of a firework being something powerful, beautiful, and able to leave people in awe. When a person has been pushed down repeatedly by difficulties they face, they can always get back up, because we are resilient. Katy Perry uses her song to talk about how the problems people face on a daily basis add up to be so major, they begin to take a toll on people, making them feel weak, and useless, or like they can’t achieve their goals. It discusses an internal conflict, with the antagonist being lifes hardness, and depression that comes from it. The song uses similes to relate a person and how they potentially feel. They lyrics’ similes create a relatable, touching feeling in the listener. She uses the idea of a “plastic bag drifting through the wind” to ask people if they empathize with the feeling of mindlessly wandering, not knowing what they’re next move is. She then goes on to say you don’t have to feel like “wasted space” because …show more content…
She uses metaphors such as feeling “paper thin”, feeling buried, and feeling like a house of cards about to cave in, to symbolize how depression feels. It causes people to feel weak, buried alive, and as if they want to just fall down, and stay there, because once you’ve been knocked down so many times, it makes you feel as if getting back up isn’t worth it, because you’ll be at a low once again. The most powerful comparison in the song is calling someone a firework, to symbolize their potential, and that they’re strong individuals. The purpose of the song is to make the listener feel empowered and let them know they’re not