In Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford, symbolism is present in the form of the Oscar Holden record. In the book, we learn that Jazz means something special to both Henry and Keiko. Near the beginning of the book, Henry is at a record shop looking for a specific record, “the holy grail of Seattle’s jazz recordings” (Ford 35), the Oscar Holden record. Calling the record a “holy grail” (Ford 35) reveals that this record means something special to Henry, but the meaning will not be revealed until later in the story. When Henry first buys the record as a child with Keiko, it is immediately special to him because it is the song that Oscar Holden played specifically for Henry and Keiko (Ford 113).
While old fashioned in wording, it holds a very modern theme of love being for anyone, transcending boundaries and surpassing obstacles to come to fruition. This was also the most popular song to come from “Very Good Eddie” it’s innocently romantic lyrics and catchy melody propelling it into the public
He is very passionate about his wife and gets butterflies in his stomach because he loves her so much. When the band is playing this song you year the love and the softness in their voices and it helps show how love should really be. I chose this song to relate to Pattyn because when she was in Nevada at her aunts she found the love of her life named Ethan. They spent every moment they could with each other and that made Pattyn feel loved, which she had not felt in a long period. Every free moment they had they spent it together which helped Pattyn realize she is a person, and she deserves to be treated as one.
The book The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford executes symbolism in the story by showing how Oscar Holden’s record is the basis for Henry and Keiko's friendship. Henry and Keiko’s friendship was forbidden because he was Chinese-American and she was Japanese-American. The record was very special to Henry and Keiko because it was dedicated to them since both of them had a love for jazz music. The record symbolizes their relationship because it is how they bonded and became friends. The record shows the memories they both share.
Some of the lyrics include, “ Always a loveable, cute face, in tears or smiling, it says lies.” This represents how well the woman takes care of White Dog by feeding him and keeping him healthy, but in reality, it is all just a facade. White Dog “trusted” the woman, yet, she betrays him. This song also represents the betrayal. The instrumental part of the song adds drama and suspense to the mood.
Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong is a story told by Rat Kiley about a girl named Mary Anne arriving in Vietnam. The chapter begins with Tim listening to Rat’s story as a distraction. Rat begins to explain the story of how Mark Fossie got his girlfriend into Vietnam with a long and expensive process.
The lyrics symbolize how she loved her boyfriend more than he loved her. Swift provides pride in the relationship, while her boyfriend remains unwilling to. She continues to demonstrate the red flag by using apostrophe by singing to the audience, “he’s gonna say it’s love.” (Swift 2021) to directly singing to her ex-boyfriend, “...you never called it what it was…,” (Swift 2021) criticizing him out for never taking the relationship seriously and sincerely as she did. Throughout her song, Swift uses rhetorical appeals of pathos to invoke the emotions she felt through her relationship with her ex-boyfriend and allow listeners to relate to her.
Young wrote this song about his 1948 Buick. This love song describes all of the hardships and good memories Young had with his car. Not only does Young love his audience, but he also loves the privileges he was able to receive. The privilege in this case was the Buick. Another love song he wrote was “Only Love can Break your Heart”.
One of my favorite lyrics of the song was. “The sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams. Some enchanted evening When you find your true love, When you feel her call you Across a crowded room, Then fly to her side, And make her your own For all through your life you May dream all alone.” The song in general is a beautiful song that talks about love.
The imagery used in the passage on page 185 uses symbolism to describe Sethe’s hawk like character traits. This imagery alludes the reader to consider how aggressive and protective Sethe is over her kin. Sethe has two moments that closely relate to a hawk: killing her daughter to protect her from slavery and protecting her kids from everything. The first key resemblance between a hawk and Sethe is Sethe killing her daughter to protect her from slavery.
The lyrics illuminate his communication with himself by using the lines “why’d she go.” Through reflecting on the pretenses of the actions of his significant other, he can prevent this from happening in future relationships and apply it to other aspects of his life. Understanding what/why something is “wrong” or inappropriate to say can all social awareness and emotional intelligence to grow. Allowing him to not only become more successful in romantic relationships but all types of relationships. Writing/recording this song provides audiences with the opportunity to relate as well as learn from McCartney’s mistakes.
Beyond its role in the greater context of the plot, the song itself plays around with JFKDSLFJSDKLFJ. Lyrically, the song is quite bland. In particular, its imagery is clichéd: wedding bells, birds, roses, etc. However, this makes sense for someone who has fell in love for the first time. In addition, the repetition of the line “Till there was you” creates a lyrical base to which the previous line, referring to not being able to appreciate symbols of live, can return.
In this song, the speaker is portrayed as a man who is hurting from his past relationship and so he tries to figure out what made things change and where they went wrong. Throughout the song the speaker reflects on how he was feeling while they were still together and now that they are apart. The song was written as a message to the antagonist, the woman that the speaker loved, and now, is no longer with; he wants answers and he wants her to know how he feels and just how much she hurt him. The speaker lets us know that the pain he is feeling from this broken love of theirs is internal by stating, “To hear that tears me up inside and to see you cuts me like a knife” (Poison).
In “A Song for You”, the speaker is the person that is in love. He is telling the person that he is in love with how he feels. However, it appears that she has been hurt by the man. This is seen where he says, “I treated you unkindly but the world
She, in fact, refers to her lover as the prince, and as for herself, she is the princess. To add, Swift comforts her lover through song as she sings, “... we’ll make it out of this mess.” In this metaphor, it is eminent that Swift is declaring the
