"Don't You Want Me" by The Human League ; What is the subject matter of the song? Cite evidence to support. What is the difference in the two sides of the story? Cite evidence to support. With whom do you side and why? Cite evidence to explain your answer.
The subject matter of this song is a break up of a relationship of five years. The boy thinks that the girl needs him. He says, “I can put you back down [to a bar waitress]” and “I picked you out, I shook you up, and turned you around turned you into someone new.” These both show that the boy believe that without him the girl would still be working as a waitress, and not what she is today. The girl, on the other hand, does not feel this way. She believes that “[she] would find a much better place with or without [the boy].” She believes that even without the boy she could have reached the level of success that she has reached. She is ending the relationship with the boy because “[she] thinks it’s time [she] lived [her] life on [her] own.
I am on the girl’s side of the argument. Some people believe that a girl needs to be with a guy in order to reach success. This girl believes in herself; therefore she is able to maintain the status she has reached, and continue to climb higher, with or without the boy. The boy believes that she needs him to be successful. This is simply not true. With the right attitude the girl can achieve almost any social status she wants.
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