Essay Number 5

Winter:

An Essay on the Beatles Song “Here Comes the Sun,” a Quote from A Tale of Two Cities, and My Life

Gaelen Frink

9th Grade English

November 8, 2011

    Do you ever hear a song that you  remember the words to, and start singing along?  A song I know the words to is “Here Comes the Sun” by The Beatles. This song with its profound meanings and ideas can be related to a quote in A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness," and the song can be related to instances in my life. “Here Comes the Sun” might sound like a song without complexity, but “Here Comes the Sun” is not simple because the song has deep connections to current events, and to a line from A Tale of Two Cities, the book that was written a little while after the French revolution.

It is a time for coldness, it is a time for warmth, this literary technique of antithesis started off A Tale of Two Cities with this line, “It was the season of light, it was the season of darkness.” The song “Here Comes the Sun,” by The Beatles can be related to a quote from the first paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities. The quote is “it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness.” “Here Comes the Sun” can be related to the quote from A Tale of Two Cities through how long the sun or the season of light will be seen until the “season of darkness.” Another way to relate the quote from A Tale of Two Cities is to a line from the song. “It's been a long cold lonely winter,” this line relates and restates to the quote by Charles Dickens because the time between the two seasons is probably lengthy. In the song, there is a line, “I feel that ice is slowly melting,” this line relates to the quote by Dickens. The relationship between the song and the quote is in the change; the change probably occurred gradually between the “season of light” and the “season of darkness.” In the end, the song “Here Comes the Sun” and the quote “it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness” by Charles Dickens relate to one another in many ways.

    We sang “Here Comes the Sun” last year for the spring arts program, so we have a connection to this song, the song I still know all the words and claps to. Other than singing “Here Comes the Sun” at spring arts, I can relate the lyrics to my life in a few ways. The first way I can relate to the lyrics is through this line; “It feels like years since it's been here,” this line means that it has been awhile since I have done something. This could entail that I have forgotten all about something, or it could mean that I haven’t done an activity for awhile, such as skiing, lacrosse or sailing. Oftentimes after I have been doing something for awhile I say, “I say it's all right.” It’s all right for a season to end because I accept the end of a season, and with that closure you can change what sport or activity you do. Sometimes at the end of a ski season or the end of a sailing season I am ready for the next sport I do. Lastly, on a serious worldwide note, there is the problem of global warming, a problem that could change our lives if this disrupts ocean current patterns. A line from “Here Comes the Sun” that relates to this problem is, “[the] ice is slowly melting” this line relates pretty literally to the problem of global warming because icebergs and glaciers melt at every instant. However, we are not doing much because people say that glaciers are not really melting. Scientists say that glaciers are melting all the time. “Here Comes the Sun” and my life can connect on serious notes, like the melting of glaciers, however the song can relate on more positive notes, like how sports come and go in my life.
    “Here Comes the Sun” is a simple song, but beneath the cover of simplicity there are some deep meanings. “Here Comes the Sun” can be related to a quote from the first paragraph of A Tale of Two Cities, “it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness.” Furthermore, “Here Comes the Sun” can be related not only to my life, but on a global scale to global warming. “Here comes the Sun” to me is a classic song, it can be related to many topics, and it is enjoyable to listen to.
Self Assessment:

1.      In my essays, I am still trying to work on making sure my writing tools enhance the writing.

2.      A strong point I see in this essay is my use of appositives.

3.      A weak point that I see in my writing is probably awkward sentences and unclear sentences.

4.      On Essay 5, I would give myself an B-.