Why
Rascal Flatts
Why, is a song by Rascal Flatts about suicide. The song is written in the perspective of a man in a disturbed state after experiencing a loved one's suicidal death. He did not know if he could have performed any specific act that would have prevented the death. After reading the lyrics of this song, you could easily tie its content with Larry from The Last Rung of the Ladder. The reasoning for this direct correlation is because Larry was also in the same position as the narrator of the song. In the story, Larry feels he is responsible for Kitty's death for he never made time to go and visit Kitty while she was clearly going down the wrong road of mental alignment. Same with the man in the song, as he felt he could have said something in order to save the suicide attempter.
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For initial clarification, it is important to know that the song Why does not exactly represent Larry and Kitty.
It is simply an example in daily life that has some sort of relation with The Last Rung on the Ladder. One example in the song where Larry was thought of was when the song put forth as follows, "A troubled soul, God only knows what went wrong and why you would leave the stage in the middle of a song." This is an example of symbolism where Flatts uses a song to represent the suicider/ Kitty's life. In this case, the narrator feels close to depression. His outlook on life has completely changed. The question asked was one of pure regret. By the same token, Larry's feelings toward Kitty's death were the same. He feels extreme regret for he believes it was his fault for the death. Both the song and the story have the same view on the
death. Another example that stood out in the song was when the song portrayed, "A golden sun is shining on my face, through tangled thoughts I hear a mockingbird sing." In this scenario, Flatts is proving a point saying he does not know how to react to this sudden death. In Larry's case, he lays on his bed unable to take the scene out of his head. He cannot comprehend what had just occurred. Both the song and the story are about suicide. While they might not be similar in every way, the core meaning of both were akin. Larry and Flatt were in the same position in the sense that they had both had just lost a loved one. Their feelings to this occurrence were also similar. Eventually, relating Larry and the song Why is a great technique to understanding the deeper feelings of the main character.
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