Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Springsteen

In the song “The River,” Bruce Springsteen uses the symbols and archetypes of struggle, youth, and responsibility to express the theme of change and maturity. Springsteen explains, “That night we went down to the river and into the river we'd dive oh down to the river we did ride”, which suggests that this fond memory he has of being a child without a care in the world should be treasured. Some decisions he made at a young age changed the way he now looks at the simple things: “Now all them things that seemed so important well mister they vanished right into the air.” In Ariadne’s Clue, by Anthony Stevens, he proclaims that both sides of a conflict can be fixed by “bringing the two sides together” (pg. 279), much like what Springsteen talks about his is song.

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