Wednesday, April 14, 2010
The Lion King and Life
Yesterday in class we were assigned to find a song or poem relating to the teenage years. It was a splendid assignment because I got to sit around for a couple of hours and just listen to music. After about 45 minutes of listening to my ipod on shuffle, I Just Can't Wait to Be King from the lion king started playing. I realized that it did have a lot to do with the teenage years. It explains that all teenagers seem to want is to be an adult. The Lyrics talk about wanting to be King, in other words, wanting to grow up. This got me thinking about how we don't usually cherish the life we are living. Simba doesn't appreciate anything that his family does for him. He only looks to the future. If you haven't guessed it by now Lion King is my favorite movie of all time. The first reason I loved it was the music. I found all of the songs addicting. As I grew up I began to understand that tons of life lessons could be taken from the Lion King. It would take way to long to explain them all. I will leave it up to you to discover them for yourselves. If you haven't seen Lion King, your life is not complete. If you have, I encourage you to watch it again and bask in the magnificence that is The LION KING.
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I also think that something else that this song brings besides the want to grow up is the idea that teenagers have that they are "king" or at least could be. I think that there's a sense of ownership and entitlement that comes along with the teenage years, or at least completely justified actions. We do what we feel like, because we think of ourselves as perfectly wise and knowledgeable. We see the world around us as our oyster, and the only thing holding us back is our parents/age. We feel like if only we could be on our own, when we finally escape the clutches of dependency, that's when we'll be able to own the world.
ReplyDeleteThe song also expresses a good commentary on what I think a lot of us teenagers would do when given power-use it for attention ( "I'm gonna be the main event like no king was before") or using our position to do whatever we feel like with justification ( "No one saying do this, no one saying be there...")
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