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interesting to the writer. And since there is relationship between literature and society and biography, the writer thinks that it is important to make a further analysis about life
portrayal from song lyric. Those become the main reason for choosing this thesis as entitled “ Family Life Portrayal Viewed From Eminem’s Selected Lyrics”.
I.2 The Statement Of The Analysis
In writing lyric, a song writer is inspired by what he feels, sees and hears. Eminem as a song writer and a singer in writing his lyric is influenced by anything
happens in his life, his feeling, and his thought, especially in his family life. Eminem is a son, a husband and a father. His family life, which is the interaction and relationship
between he and the other family members can be the inspiration for him to write the lyrics.
To analyze how his family influences his lyric writing and how his family life portrayed in his lyric, there are some questions that are needed to lead the writer to
explain and solve the problem. The questions that are relevant to the problems are: a. How is Eminem and his father relationship reflected in Evil Deeds?
b. How is Eminem and his mother relationship reflected in Cleaning Out My Closet? c. How is Eminem and his wife relationship reflected in Kim and Jealousy Woes?
d. How is Eminem and his daughter relationship reflected in Mockingbird and When Im Gone?
1.3 The Objective Of The Analysis
The writer has some objectives in writing this thesis. They are as following: 1. To describe how Eminem and his father relationship as reflected in Evil
Patar Simbolon : Family Life Portrayal Viewed From Eminem’s Selected Lyrics, 2009. USU Repository © 2009
Deeds. 2. To describe how Eminem and his mother as reflected in Cleaning Out My
Closet. 3. To describe how Eminem and his wife as reflected in Kim and Jealousy
Woes. 4. To describe how Eminem and his daughter relationship as reflected in
When Im Gone and Mockingbird.
I.4 The Scope Of The Analysis
There will be a lot of discussions about Eminem’s social life. Avoiding too wide analysis, it is necessary to make a clear limitation of the kind of life that will be analyzed.
The focus of the analysis will be limited only about his family life. Since family still has wide range, the scope will be focused only on Eminem’s relationship with the family
member, which analyzes his relationship with his father, his mother, his wife, and his relationship with his only daughter.
Considering that Eminem has hundreds lyrics, it is important to select the song lyrics that reflect or portray Eminem’s relationship with his family. The lyrics that have
biographical elements that are relevant to the problems are Evil Deeds, Cleaning Out My Closet, Kim, Jealousy Woes, When Im Gone and Mockingbird. The analysis will show
and prove the influence of his family in writing lyrics, and describe the relationship in a family through the lyrics.
I.5 The Significances Of The Analysis
