.Tuesday, February 26, 2008 ' 7:31 PM Y
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The lyrics of pearl jam's jeremy speak put in many differrnt ways.I think i hjave figured out why the lyrics are so shocking: the have a great rhetorical stratagy.The speaker is the lead singer of pearl jam who once picked on jeremy in school.You can infer this when he says "...clearly i remember picking on the boy.."throughout the song the speaker uses a reflective and remorseful tone. i beleive the speaker is talking to someone who didnt't know what happened to jeremy because he goes into detail of jeremy's home life in order to get the audience to feel what jeremy went through.To sum up the song it is an exterme appeal to the emotions.