Quinci's REHUGO

Quinci Woods

Mr. Soeth

English 3 AP

February 9, 2011

REHUGO: Analysis- Universal Truths

A. “One day our generation is going to rule the population, so we keep on waiting on the world to change.” –“Waiting On the World to Change” by John Mayer, who is a Grammy Winner, rock, soul, pop singer/songwriter, and music producer.

“A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.” – George Moore, who was an Irish novelist, poet, short-story writer and a dramatist.

B. Mayer’s song, “Waiting On the World to Change” gives the interpretation of how our generation is waiting for things to change in the world. He gives negative annotations of the community’s lack of faith in government. The community of our generation is just sitting back and watching the government take control of the world. The young community wanting to change the world is anticipation yet the government still proceeds to do things that are right for them, not for the nation. There’s a helpless tone of waiting and watching but also an optimistic beat to Mayer’s song. Our generation feels powerless since we can’t talk as loud as the media and the government, but Mayer gives a call to action and a hopeful statement at the end of his song saying that maybe one day, our generations will over power the government.

In Moore’s quote about family, he says that people travel everywhere in searches of that something they need but all they really need is whom they live with. Going off to far places is a realization of what family really is. People go all over the world, but at the end of the day, family will always be the comfort feeling of satisfaction. Going off to places to explore and to find who they really are can be a temporary want and need but home is where the heart is.

C. In Mayer’s quote about our generation and community has relevance today by how much the government really does not communicate effectively to the community. Most people are satisfied with the choices the government makes, but more than over a half of America are not. Our generation has so many bright ideas for the world but the government barely has anything new to help the world live with hope, more despair. Our generation is still waiting for our turn to rule population.

The relevance of Moore’s quote to modern day would be most high school graduates go off to college and leave their families behind. Some go to experience the college life and pursue their futures and others go to runaway from their hometowns. But after a few weeks or months, the feeling of missing how their mothers use to cook their favorite meal or how their father use to help them with their math homework starts to kick in. The familiarity of a family could bring anyone back home.

Citation:

John Mayer. "Waiting On the World" Continuum. Columbia, 2008.

"Great Inspirational Quotes" great-inspirational-quotes.com. Web. 09 Feb. 2012