The Coming of Age Narrative in You’re On Your Own, Kid

<p>Angela finally introduces Uncle Jerry to a pivotal track 5 from Taylor Swift’s discography—You’re On Your Own, Kid. They discuss the real life events that could have inspired the song and Uncle Jerry talks about other pieces of pop culture that tell a similar story.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Works Cited:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/education/glossary/anaphora"><u>Anaphora</u></a></p><p><a href="https://poemanalysis.com/diction/colloquial-diction/"><u>Colloquial diction</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/dramatic-irony"><u>Dramatic irony</u></a></p><p><a href="https://writers.com/what-is-free-indirect-discourse"><u>Free indirect discourse</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/verbal-irony"><u>Verbal irony</u></a></p><p><a href="https://literarydevices.net/auditory-imagery/"><u>Auditory imagery</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/metonymy"><u>Metonymy</u></a></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/446dLUw"><u>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain – Aff link</u></a></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/4v5f9S8"><u>The Divine Comedy – Dante Alighieri – Aff link</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45099/sonnet-73-that-time-of-year-thou-mayst-in-me-behold"><u>Sonnet 73 – William Shakespeare</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057115/"><u>The Great Escape (1963)</u></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%27l_Abner"><u>Li&#39;l Abner</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/parataxis"><u>Parataxis</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxjTC0bmKls"><u>Father and Son – Cat Stevens</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/780120046829787/posts/906635044178286/"><u>Keep a-Goin’ – Frank L. Stanton</u></a> </p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fnP9Eoffzj1LWvQWstsaL5K1Q2eXiSoJUvNRaqcUpEY/edit?usp=sharing"><u>The Swiftie and The Scholar Grading Matrix</u></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow Us:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheSwiftieandTheScholar"><u>Patreon</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@swiftieandscholarpod"><u>⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@swiftieandscholarpod"><u>⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/swiftieandscholarpod/"><u>⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.threads.com/@swiftieandscholarpod"><u>Threads</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/angelawyattmcdow"><u>⁠Angela’s Instagram⁠</u></a></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/drunclejerry/"><u>Uncle Jerry’s Instagram</u></a><br></p>