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Literary Analysis Of Ross Capicchioni By Joyner Lucas

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The song “Ross Capicchioni” by Joyner Lucas can be a prime example of a literary piece because of its plot, multi perspectives, and tone throughout the song. Manipulating words so that it could fit into different rhyming schemes to set a specific tone has added a dramatic and poetic effect on literary writings. A good plot is one of, if not the most critical part of a literary piece because it keeps a reader, viewer or listener interested in the piece. Lastly, the multi perspectives of the piece makes it literary because of the ability to imagine and “bring to life” both points of views are rare in writings, songs and poems.
Ross Capicchioni is based on a true story, which is about a 10th grade transfer student (Ross Capicchioni) that is greeted and welcomed by another student at his high school. While Ross was enjoying his time at school and building his friendship with one of his peers, the so called “friend” was plotting to kill Ross but could not find a good time to do it. The song finally gets to a point where Ross is offered a car by his uncle and is asked by his “friend” to be dropped off on a side of town that is known to be gang affiliated. Regardless of the countless signs Ross notice’s, he refuses to follow his gut but he continues to help his “friend”. When they arrived at the destination Ross is stripped out of the car and is shot with a shot gun 3 times (chest, head, and arm). Once he realizes that he has been shot and tries to fight through the pain, the writer switches perspective from the victim to the perpetrator. When the Joyner starts to rap, he first sets the tone of the song. “Woke up at 7, my day seemed more than I prayed for, Got dressed to head out and ride to school on my skateboard” while the line seems to be very basic to others, Joyner tells the listener this to give a sense of innocents to the character throughout the story. Right after Joyner shows innocents of the high school kid, he follows the two lines with “New kid in class I sat alone takin' notes while the hoodlums were makin' jokes at the clothes that my momma paid for”. By now Joyner has also told us what type of neighborhood and kids that the innocent kid is dealing with in his school. Using the term “hoodlums” tells

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