Tom Petty's 'Into The Great Wide Open'

“The future was wide open.” This quote is from the narrative poem “Into the Great Wide Open.”Tom Petty’s “Into the Great Wide Open,”tells a story with Eddie’s life as a rockstar it varies with its tone, and has realistic details.
Tom Petty’s “into the Great Wide Open,” is a narrative poem that tells us about the rise and fall of a boy named Eddie. There was a kid named Eddie ,he graduated high school and moved to California. While he was there he met a girl, she had a tattoo. She told eddie to get a tattoo. Eddie eventually moved in with this mysterious girl. He also got a job as a bouncer at a nightclub. His girl even taught him to play guitar and it became his hobby. He became so good at playing guitar that he made a record and became famous.

He got an agent and a roadie named Bart. He became too big headed and stopped making music. The A&R man said to Eddie “i’m not hearing a single.”
Not only did Tom Petty tell a story of Eddie, he also used different tones throughout the poem. Throughout this poem the tone changes. In the beginning Eddie was just a teenager with a dream. He graduated high school and moved out of his parents house, he moved to hollywood. He met a girl and he was happy. He also made a record and became famous. Eddie got an apartment with this girl we say to be his girlfriend. Toward the end of the poem Eddie got arrogant, the A&R man told him he was fired and he was becoming like all the people these days pushy and mean.
The last thing Tom petty did was he used realistic details throughout his poem. This poem has realistic details throughout it, Eddie graduated high school. After he graduated high school he moved out of his parents house. He moved to Hollywood, and he met a girl, she had a tattoo. She made Eddie get a tattoo. They moved in together. Eddie got a job as a bouncer. His girl friend taught him how to play guitar then he got a job as a rockstar.
Realistic details, varies in tone, tells a story about Eddie and his life as a rockstar,all in Tom Petty’s “Into the Great Wide Open.” The life of Eddie is compared to the life of Britney Spears, she went to hollywood to become famous,after a while she got too caught up in her famous life that she shaved her head. Britney has been trying to fix her life ever since her downfall.