Gender Roles In Ben J. Pierce's Little Game
Little Game was written and sung by Ben J. Pierce in 2014, protesting against gender roles in society. Gender roles, being an issue of the past, still affects daily life today. Pierce uses poetic Techniques that affect the viewer or listener to convey his views on gender roles.
The beginning of the first line of the song addresses how the public (focussing mostly on young adolescents) are played like “pawns”. The pawn, as a piece, is of little significance, symbolising adolescents’ lack of power. Due to society’s stereotyping, pressure is laid upon both the genders. ‘Play us like pawns’ has the use of a simile that achieves a strong beginning to the song. This then progresses to the ending of the first line. Young adolescents are “relentlessly
The beginning of the first line of the song addresses how the public (focussing mostly on young adolescents) are played like “pawns”. The pawn, as a piece, is of little significance, symbolising adolescents’ lack of power. Due to society’s stereotyping, pressure is laid upon both the genders. ‘Play us like pawns’ has the use of a simile that achieves a strong beginning to the song. This then progresses to the ending of the first line. Young adolescents are “relentlessly