Summary Of The Poem 'Into The Great Wide Open'

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Imagine graduating and moving to Hollywood with many struggles to make it big in the music industry. This is what happens in the song “Into The Great Wide Open” by Tom Petty with a character named Eddie. After high school Eddie went to Hollywood to start in the music business. ”Into The Great Wide Open” Is a narrative poem that tells the story of a young rockstar, using a shifting tone in a realistic form.
The poem “Into The Great Wide Open” tells about a character named Eddie going through stardom in hollywood. It all started when Eddie finished highschool and got a tattoo making his way to stardom he met a girl with a tattoo aswell. They both moved in together and Eddie got himself a job as a bouncer at a nightclub. She then taught him some chords on the guitar. Eddie continued his music career and was making his way to fame until he sustained that money and fame was better than living life as a musician and being serious about his job. This story describes the story about Eddie and his music career.
Not only does the song involve Eddies rough start to being famous, but Tom Petty also involves a shifting tone throughout the story about Eddie, Tom Petty uses a lot of tones like an optimistic tone. Eddie showed to be a very optimistic kind of person as the story continued. He started with a girlfriend, a paying job, lots of money, …show more content…

This song is believable because a lot of the things that happened to Eddie could happen to a person in the real world. Most people could or could not find a girl right when they get to hollywood but it could happen. Also, meeting a girl with a tattoo is possible as well as getting a job as a bouncer at a nightclub in Hollywood. Some of these events could or could not appear to be true to happen to one person all in the same time but it could happen if you are with the right people at the right place and

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