Child abuse is something that can be considerably harmful on a child and among these forms of child abuse comes the issue of child neglect, child neglect can cause children to become socially challenged, angry and even abusive themselves. The song Jeremy by Pearl Jam talks about this form of abuse and tells a story of child neglect and its affects on a boy named Jeremy and his experience with neglect. "King Jeremy the wicked...Ruled his world".

The first stanza of the song is imagery of a boy at home drawing a picture of him standing on top of a mountain on a nice day. The boy appears to have accomplished something good. "At home...drawing pictures...of mountaintops...with him on

Child neglect can also cause a child to become a social outcast, it will force a child to believe that no one cares about him and cause him to live in "a bubble" away from the outside world " King Jeremy the wicked...ruled his world". Jeremy reacted to his neglect by becoming quiet. The chorus is a repetition of the understatement "Jeremy spoke in class today" this refers to how quiet Jeremy was and that him speaking in class was something that was uncommon. This is great piece of understatement because it doesn't actually state what Jeremy spoke about that day; it leaves it to the reader's thoughts.

What Jeremy was drawing was not the typical "sunny day" drawing, he was drawing what he wanted to do to all the people that have picked on him and ignored him. He wanted to "rule his world". Child

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Approximate Word count = 538
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)