Tom Petty's 'Into The Great Wide Open'

Into The Great Wide Open How would someone feel if the dreams they had were beginning to go somewhere, then suddenly crumble all the way back down to square one? This is a question that a man named Eddie found the answer to when his fame turned him into a 'one hit wonder' the moment that things were turning up lucky. Eddie, a young man who just finished high school, who moved to Hollywood with dreams of becoming a star, he got a tattoo along with a girlfriend and a place to stay. While trying to start small by working at a nightclub as a bouncer, his girlfriend taught him a few chords on the guitar, then he was noticed, as he got an agent along with a roadie,Bart, he made a record, that was sadly his last, after being fired by his A&R man, Eddie’s fame quickly faded into nothing. Tom Petty’s narrative poem,’Into the Great Wide Open’, tells the story of a man named Eddie, with dreams of becoming a rock star, using a shifting tone. Along with the story being told in a realistic fashion. “Into The Great Wide Open” details the rise and fall of Eddie’s stardom. Eddie a high school graduate, goes

As Eddie moves to Hollywood, he becomes very lucky during the beginning. As it may seem to be impossible, it can happen to others as well, but not everyone has good luck. As we can see today some people whom they never heard of suddenly become famous very quickly. Even if they are so called ‘one hit wonders’, the very fame that makes them stand out can and most likely corrupt them,whether innocent or not. Which is very common for today’s generation, as the influence that they give others, the people affected could change a person’s judgement for the good or for the worse. For instance the very lust for fame would spread like a wildfire in a dense forest. This shows that even the luckiest of people have bad luck at times, no matter if it’s alright or