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Unbound The Wild Ride Analysis

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The song, “Unbound (The wild ride)” by Avenged Sevenfold refers to Holden’s life and how he does not know what he wants to do with it. For example, Holden got kicked out of all of the schools he has gone to and all of his grades except english he failed. When talking about Holden’s classes, Mr. Spencer mentioned, “Five. And how many are you failing in?” Holden replied, “ Four.”(Salinger 10). Holden was failing everything except English and showed that Holden only liked literature and how he does not care if he passes or fails any classes. Liking one subject is a good thing, but failing the rest is very bad. In the song by Avenged Sevenfold, you could tell they were feeling lost and confused in life because they say, “This ride that takes me

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