The immensely popular song "American Pie"‚ written by Don McLean‚ describes the "day the music died"‚ and the decline of society in the following decade. This date‚ specifically February 3rd 1959‚ is marked by the deaths of influential musicians Buddy Holly‚ Ritchie Valens‚ and J.P. Richardson. McLean wrote the song to describe his feelings towards the deaths‚ and to describe the history of American music up to the date "American Pie" was written‚ using symbolism to describe events without directly
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"Cutting Girls Down to Size" We’ve all heard the the argument that magazines‚ television‚ movies‚ and advertisements are causing girls to feel more and more insecure about their physical appearance. Many of us have seen the statistics and studies‚ the ones that say things like "40 to 80 percent of fourth-grade girls are dieting" and "one-third of twelve- to thirteen-year-old girls are actively trying to lose weight by dieting‚ vomiting‚ using laxatives‚ or taking diet pills" (Kilbourne 261). In
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Guilt is being responsible for some act that you have done which is bad or considered lower than your own moral standards. Gary Soto revives his childhood sin of stealing a pie from the local market by using literary devices such as imagery‚ diction‚ and religious contrasting. He parallels his holy upbringing with his heinous sin and uses imagery to bring his guilt to life. Soto’s use of diction and imagery assists him to arouse the reader’s sense of guilt‚ which is an emotion most people
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is “American Pie?” During the early to 1970s to modern times songwriters such Don McLean has released nearly 40 gold and platinum records. Of all McLean’s music his most memorable album would be American Pie. In the American Pie album McLean wrote his most famous song “American Pie” which he dedicated it to one of his greatest influences Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly was a particular influence on Don McLean and was one of the biggest explanations why he decided to write “American Pie.” This legendary
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Pow! Right smack in my forehead crushing my skull. The metal baseball bat knocked in my skull. It was a warm sunny day in the middle of the summer. Joey‚ my brother‚ was hitting tennis balls over my house. Little 10 year old me was playing in the yard and my brother purposely pushed me far away so he wouldn’t hit me. Oh how I was a stupid little kid. I was intrigued by what he was doing so I started wandering over to like how not knowing little kids do. As I approached my brother he was so focused
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In the autumn of 1971 Don McLean’s elegiac American Pie entered the collective consciousness‚ and over thirty years later remains one of the most discussed‚ dissected and debated songs that popular music has ever produced. A cultural event at the peak of its popularity in 1972‚ it reached the top of the Billboard 100 charts in a matter of weeks‚ selling more than 3 million copies. By identifying this great success it illustrates that it was no ordinary song. With its boldness‚ originality and it
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Soto’s autobiographical narrative‚ he steals a pie from a German market‚ and then feels guilty about the whole incident. Gary Soto recreates the experience of his guilty six year-old self with the use of religious imagery and language‚ the description of his paranoia that everyone knows‚ and the use of the fact that he attempts to escape his guilt‚ but is haunted and unable to escape it. Soto uses religious imagery to relive the time when he stole the pie. Gary Soto “[knows] enough about hell to stop
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Literary Analysis on Gary Soto’s "The Pie" Prominent American authors such as Mark Twain‚ Jonathan Edwards‚ and Nathan Hawthorne extensively emphasize in their works the role guilt plays in a person’s conscience and society. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Twain builds up the plot by thoroughly describing the guilt Huck feels after he helps Jim‚ the slave‚ to run away. As a young boy‚ Huck disregards the society’s values and chooses his own path‚ whether it be right or wrong
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Enemy Pie was a very good book about a boy who is planning on having a wonderful summer. Everything is going right for him so far until one boy‚ Jeremy Ross‚ moved into town. Jeremy Ross had quickly become the boy’s worst enemy ever. He treated Jeremy poorly‚ like an enemy. The boy asked his father for advice about what to do with enemies. Because his father had experiences with enemies as a child‚ knew a how to get rid of them. His father’s ways of getting rid of enemies was called "Enemy Pie”. This
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