Theme conclusion

     With each song that I analyzed there was a common theme between them that they all shared. That theme is the idea of being able to overcome struggles and leave the past behind. Whether the struggles are everyday things or huge issues these six songs that I chose address and give the message of continuing on with your head up through the stress and sadness. Although each of the songs have their own twist on the theme they still hold true to it. In both of the songs "I hope you dance" and "the climb" we see the use of a mountain to describe struggles that are an inevitable future encounter in everyone's life. The songs, however, have different ways of telling people to just get through them and never give up. One ("I hope you dance") the speaker says to never be scared of what struggles lay ahead for you, while in "the climb" the message is very similar but focuses more on the struggles at hand. These two were the only songs with such a close connection within the theme. Yet all of the songs describe the way of getting over things and furthering one's life by staying strong and not letting a rough day or event get to them. A unique way that the song "Breakaway" pursued the message was that, even though the speaker never really mentioned a time in their life when they were facing hardships, they believed that they had the power and strength to emerge from their young life and turn themselves into something successful by just getting through whatever they experienced in their hometown. The song "let it be" made use of biblical allusions in order to convey the message of keeping your faith strong and using that to fuel the strength in order to get over issues. Through the use of repetition and strong similes the song "carry on" provides the background of what happened and why the speaker was in the hard situation and with the repeating of the line "carry on" he enforced the fact that even if you go through some horrible experience you need to continue on and think of the positive things that will come to you in the future. The song "shake it out" is a very deep song that has so much meaning and depth that allows for the song to be interpreted and allowed to be heard when you feel sad or depressed and need to keep your hopes up. The theme of staying positive and strong in order to get through times in which you may think you won't recover, is used in many songs to allow the audience to feel like they aren't alone in their situations.