1. Jared Leto and 30 Seconds to Mars By: Matthew Chiffolo
This Is War

2. Lyrics
A warning to the people The good and the evil This is war To the soldier, the civillian The martyr, the victim This is war It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie The moment to live and the moment to die The moment to fight, the moment to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight To the right, to the left We will fight to the death To the Edge of the Earth It's a brave new world from the last to the first To the right, to the left We will fight to the death To the Edge of the Earth It's a brave new world, It's a brave new world A warning to the prophet To the liar, to the honest This is war To the leader, the pariah, the victim, the Messiah

3. Lyrics continued
This Is War It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie The moment to live and the moment to die The moment to fight, the moment to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight To the right, to the left We will fight to the death To the Edge of the Earth It's a brave new world from the last to the first To the right, to the left We will fight to the death To the Edge of the Earth It's a brave new world, It's a brave new world, It's a brave new world I do believe in the light Raise your hands into the sky The fight is done The war is won Lift your hands toward the sun Toward the sun, toward the sun, toward the sun The war is won To the right, to the left We will fight to the death To the Edge of the Earth It's a brave new world from the last to the first To the right, to the left We will fight to the death To the Edge of the Earth It's a brave new world, It's a brave new world, It's a brave new world A brave new world, the war is won, the war is won, a brave new world

4. Citations

5. Biography
Jared Leto was born December 26, 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana. Leto at first had an interest in painting and attended a University of Arts in Philadelphia. He then lost interest and got in interest in acting. In 1992 he moved to L.A. to go after his music career, while accepting acting roles given to him. Jared started 30 Seconds to Mars with his brother Shannon in Jared is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for 30 Seconds to Mars. He also is the songwriter, while his brother is the band’s drummer. The band started out their journey by opening for other bands. Eventually they started their first tour, Forever Night Never Day, in March To this day they have had top hit albums such as, A Beautiful Lie and This Is War (Jared Leto Online).
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6. Repitition
“This is war” Jared Leto repeats this phrase many times. I think the meaning behind the phrase is that the song explains what it is like for a soldier in a war and when he says “This is war” he is saying that this is what war is like and what comes from war.
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7. Anaphora “It’s a brave new world”
I think the meaning behind this phrase is to emphasis what happens after a war. After every war the world is different, it’s a new world.
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8. Historical “The moment to live and the moment to die”
When becoming the soldier you always have a 50% chance to live or to die, but either way, in my opinion, you will always be remembered.
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9. Rhyme “It’s the moment of truth and the moment to lie”
“The moment to live and the moment to die”
Jared Leto uses rhyme here to draw the listeners attention. I think the meaning behind this is to explain what the life of a soldier is, “Moment to live and the moment to die”.
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10. Historical “We will fight to the death”
Soldier will fight to the death with no fear. It is part of being a soldier and part of their “code”. “I am prepared to give my life in their defense.” That is one the direct quotes from their code.
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11. Historical “To the Edge of the Earth”
This quote is very historical because at one point people did think that the earth was flat. Thanks to Christopher Columbus’s journey he proved that the Earth was round and that it had no edge.
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12. Metaphor “To the Edge of the Earth”
I think Leto put this in to make connection toward the historical reference of the believe of a flat earth.
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13. Historical “The pariah”
Pariah is someone of the lower class. People were called pariahs if they were poor, had low caste or no caste at all, lower class. This term was used in parts of India where caste systems were used.
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14. Theme “The good and the evil”
I think this is the theme of the song because the song is about the good and bad about a soldier’s life and how the soldiers have to fight for what they want.
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15. Historical “It's a brave new world from the last to the first”
I thought this was historical because it makes you think about how the world was a billion years ago compared to now and how much has changed. Also what will come to the future and what will change.
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16. Historical “The war is won”
Throughout the years of all the fighting and all the wars, we have always won. Wars like WWI, WWII, etc. After all the fighting we come out of top. This is historical because it shows we have won like we always have.
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