Eulogy For Make You Feel My Love
Make You Feel My Love - Adele
The eulogy is concluded with the song Make You Feel My Love by Adele Adkins. This song describes an endless and permanent love that comes at the price of sacrifice. Particularly Adele sings, “I’d go hungry; I’d go black and blue, and I’d go crawling down the avenue. No, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do to make you feel my love” (Adele). She also mentions, “make your dreams come true, nothing that I wouldn’t do. Go to the ends of the Earth for you, to make you feel my love” (Adele). Onward, Adele’s song has a strong connection to Baba because he’s made numerous sacrifices throughout his life for the benefit of others, as these sacrifices were how Baba expressed his love. This is exemplified by how Baba always offers
Hassan extravagant birthday presents even though “Hassan’s too modest to actually suggest a present. So every winter Baba picked something out himself. He bought him a Japanese toy truck one year, an electric locomotive and train track one year. The previous year, Baba surprised Hassan with a leather cowboy hat just like the one Clint Eastwood wore” (Hosseini 50). Most notably, Baba offers Hassan a life-changing gift of a lip surgery to fix his harelip. Baba does this because he is happily and openly willing to offer his money for anyone in need of it. Furthermore, Baba sacrifices his comfortable and successful life in Kabul to live in America so that Amir can have a better future. These two sacrificed are all done out of love for Baba’s sons. Additionally, Baba funded the creation of an orphanage in Kabul. Despite his initial motives of building this orphanage to rid his guilt for not being able to father Hassan, he still nobly acted upon this guilt by fixing his mistakes in a way that brings good into the world. He donates his money for the benefit of other innocent children. Then, Baba offers his life in order to save a random woman from being raped by a Russian guard when he is travelling with Amir. Altogether, Adele’s song preaches the depths of selfless love, and this is a virtue that Baba grows to learn and practice on his son through displays of kindness expressed via sacrifices. Thus, this song perfectly aligns with Baba’s life as that is exactly what is being celebrated in his eulogy ceremony. Moreover, Adele’s song is quite slow paced as she sings with great passion and emotion. This helps set the mood for Baba’s funeral and eulogy because the song’s slow pace really allows the audience to truly listen to Adele’s lyrics so that her message of selfless love is easily and effectively communicated to her listeners. Overall, Adele’s lyrics, vocals, and the pace are tremendously fitting for the eulogy’s video as individuals are provided with the perfect chance to reminisce the depths of Baba’s love. Works Cited
Adele. Adele19. XL Recordings, 2008. MP3.
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Print.
The eulogy is concluded with the song Make You Feel My Love by Adele Adkins. This song describes an endless and permanent love that comes at the price of sacrifice. Particularly Adele sings, “I’d go hungry; I’d go black and blue, and I’d go crawling down the avenue. No, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do to make you feel my love” (Adele). She also mentions, “make your dreams come true, nothing that I wouldn’t do. Go to the ends of the Earth for you, to make you feel my love” (Adele). Onward, Adele’s song has a strong connection to Baba because he’s made numerous sacrifices throughout his life for the benefit of others, as these sacrifices were how Baba expressed his love. This is exemplified by how Baba always offers
Hassan extravagant birthday presents even though “Hassan’s too modest to actually suggest a present. So every winter Baba picked something out himself. He bought him a Japanese toy truck one year, an electric locomotive and train track one year. The previous year, Baba surprised Hassan with a leather cowboy hat just like the one Clint Eastwood wore” (Hosseini 50). Most notably, Baba offers Hassan a life-changing gift of a lip surgery to fix his harelip. Baba does this because he is happily and openly willing to offer his money for anyone in need of it. Furthermore, Baba sacrifices his comfortable and successful life in Kabul to live in America so that Amir can have a better future. These two sacrificed are all done out of love for Baba’s sons. Additionally, Baba funded the creation of an orphanage in Kabul. Despite his initial motives of building this orphanage to rid his guilt for not being able to father Hassan, he still nobly acted upon this guilt by fixing his mistakes in a way that brings good into the world. He donates his money for the benefit of other innocent children. Then, Baba offers his life in order to save a random woman from being raped by a Russian guard when he is travelling with Amir. Altogether, Adele’s song preaches the depths of selfless love, and this is a virtue that Baba grows to learn and practice on his son through displays of kindness expressed via sacrifices. Thus, this song perfectly aligns with Baba’s life as that is exactly what is being celebrated in his eulogy ceremony. Moreover, Adele’s song is quite slow paced as she sings with great passion and emotion. This helps set the mood for Baba’s funeral and eulogy because the song’s slow pace really allows the audience to truly listen to Adele’s lyrics so that her message of selfless love is easily and effectively communicated to her listeners. Overall, Adele’s lyrics, vocals, and the pace are tremendously fitting for the eulogy’s video as individuals are provided with the perfect chance to reminisce the depths of Baba’s love. Works Cited
Adele. Adele19. XL Recordings, 2008. MP3.
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014. Print.