Looking then at the song “for him.” readers/listeners can find some differences that make it seemingly impossible to claim that these two written works are so similar. For one, the two unnamed boys in this song don’t seem to have been able to show the world that they love each other - “And not everyone sees, we got this crazy chemistry, between us.” - but perhaps have tried. Readers/listeners aren’t exactly sure what has happened in these boys’ pasts, which is another notable difference. As with all songs, “for him.” tells a story. The only thing is, it doesn’t go into a whole backstory. It’s open for interpretation. This is a wonderous thing about songs, and it definitely sets them apart from novels. Readers know everything important about …show more content…
This song also delivers a slightly different message about love. “Forget all the shooting stars and all the silver moons.” is a line that gives off a different impression of how the unnamed boys in this song feel about other things. This line gives the readers/listeners the impression that the boys only care about each other and themselves, and their life together. They can forget everything else, even if it is amazing, rare, and/or beautiful (such as the shooting stars). As previously mentioned, Ari and Dante seem to love everything amazing, rare, or beautiful: not just each other. While the main idea of love is still there, the fine tuned messages are a bit different. Another memorable fact that appears in “for him.” is how these unnamed boys act. As readers of Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe know, those main characters are “nice boys”. It’s the opposite, so it seems, with the boys from the song. “We try staying up late, but we both are light weights, yeah we get off our face, too easy, and we take jokes way too far.” Readers/listeners can tell from these lyrics that the boys from this song like to try to do things society often considers “bad”, such as getting drunk or high or taking jokes (way) too