Striving In Nobody's Perfect By Hannah Montana

Nobody’s Perfect by Hannah Montana expresses the topic of striving. Striving is when someone makes great efforts to achieve something. The song starts by describing how everyone fails and messes up, but the most important thing to do is learn from your mistakes and try harder. The quote “Everybody makes mistakes, everyone has those days” (Montana 1) explains that everyone makes mistakes every once in awhile and has bad days. You are not the only person who ever fails so the best thing to do is move forward. The speaker also says: “If I'm not doin' too well/Why be so hard on myself?” (Montana 2). These specific lyrics show that when you make a mistake, you should not stress yourself and take it so hard. Instead, you should look at it in a way
of pushing yourself to do better. Also, by saying “No way to know for sure/I'll figure out a cure/I'm patchin' up the holes” (Montana 2), Hannah explains that even if you make a mistake, you can figure out a way to fix it and have a positive outcome. Repetition is used throughout the whole song when Hannah says “Nobody’s Perfect”. Hannah Montana is repetitive with this phrase because she is trying to show that the underlying message of the song is that no one is perfect and you have to overcome your mistakes. This also relates to the topic of the song because you have to strive to overcome the mistakes you have made. Another literary element used in the song Nobody’s Perfect is hyperbole. A hyperbole is used when Hannah says “Sometimes I work a scheme/But then it flips on me/Doesn't turn out how I planned/get stuck in quicksand” (Montana 4). This is a hyperbole because the singer is exaggerating when she says that her plan didn't work out like she thought it would and she's caught in a sticky situation. She uses the expression “get stuck in quicksand” to relate to the complicated situation. Although, being stuck in quicksand is much worse than the situation she may be going through. The theme is fully explained within the last lyrics of the song. Hannah tells the audience that you should never give up and to strive for perfection.