A Meaningful Song

                    I Decide~Lindsay Lohan

SONG!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDwA7SXsJ28

Don't think that you can tell me what to think

I'm the one who knows what's good for me

And I'm stating my independence

Gonna take the road I'm gonna take

And I'm gonna make my own mistakes

It's my life

I decide

I decide how I live

I decide who I love

Choice is mine

And no one gets to make my mind up

I decide

I decide where I go

What I need

Who I know

I'm the one who's runnin' my life

I decide

I decide

Don't think you're ever gonna hold me down

Couldn't do it then can't do it now

I'm kickin' down all the fences

I'm gonna do it all and do too much

And if I mess the whole thing up

It's my ride

I decide

I decide how I live

I decide who I love

Choice is mine

And no one gets to make my mind up

I decide

I decide where I go

Where I sleep

Who I know

I'm the one who's runnin' my life

I decide

I decide

I'm taking my own chances

And I'm finding my own answers

I'm only answering to me

And that's the way it's gonna be

I decide

Oh yeah

I decide

I decide

As soon as I heard this song, I took it to heart and thought of A Doll's House. It connects to the play because the girl in the song is taking a stand in her life. It could possibly deal with any experience but she is telling this certain person that she does not want to be pushed around any longer. She wants to make her own decisions and she does not care what the consequences are going to be. I agree with this completely because you SHOULD be making mistakes because it is YOUR own life. One specific issue that is present in the play specifially and in the song is the idea that women want certain things in a relationship. Nora thought she was in love with Torvald, but she ended up just wanting her independence all along. She was sick of not living her own life becasue she was not able to enjoy simple pleasures including eating macaroons and swearing just because Torvald did not approve of it. He treated her like a child, not an equal. He constantly "played her like a puppet" and when she left, readers might have thought of her as a coward. Her children were left with Torvald and she stated she would never return. Honestly, I was shocked by this decision, but then when I considered the consistent struggles and stress, I understood her act to leave. I thought it was interesting how Torvald kind of denied doing anything wrong when she explained how she was feeling. She basically would not take no for an answer and she was determind to turn her ways of living around: "I'm taking my own chances. And I'm finding my own answers. I'm only answering to me. And that's the way it's gonna be."