Brought to Their Strengths

Author's Note: This is a Character Development essay on Justin Bieber. 

Justin Bieber was born with a phenomenal talent, but he lived in a small town where he wasn’t recognized.  Soon with the help of his family he created a YouTube account and started uploading videos of himself singing. Justin and his mom thought only a few family members and friends would view the video, but within one night there were one million views.  One of the viewers happened to be a music manager, who later guided him into the music industry.  Throughout the titanic change in his life a few smaller changes were made. 

For one, his lyrics in his first album, My World I were about his "baby", with the appeal of  crushing.  When he wrote the album he was only thirteen years old.  On the complete opposite hand, the lyrics in his Believe Album are about his girlfriend.  He has grown up.  He is now nineteen and if he hadn't made this change he would have lost older fans.  His younger fans think music is music, he didn't lose any of those fans.  To people like me, every lyric he voices places my heart in a new place in my chest or creates a new beat.  Along with his lyrics his voice has additionally changed.  Before his voice was more soprano and now it is drastically differed.  It has grown much lower.  The adjustment in his lyrics, he could help but, his voice changing wasn’t something he could prevent from happening. He has made some drastic changes all because, he just wants to be him. I went to his concert on October 21st, at the Bradley Center and during the performance he made it clear to each and every fan out there, he just wanted to be him. 

Justin Bieber reminds me of Katniss Everdeen, the main character in the trilogy, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, which is a vastly popular book.  When you are reading the book a ritual starts to develop, continual pages being turned.  In the beginning of the Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen is a normal citizen of District 12.  Her one goal in life was to keep Prim alive through the simplest things, starvation to, the most difficult things, their father’s death.  Prim is an emotional wreck and the Hunger Games strike her nerve because, Prim is chosen as tribute and Katniss has no other choice, but to volunteer.  Her survival during the 74^th annual Hunger Games is vital to Prim.  Justin Bieber may have lost his competition but, even they still went in the same direction and became the people on top of the world.  She stays strong with the strength within her she never knew she had, through the dragging and tough experience, which crowns her, a victor.  Her goal transforms into something greater, destroying the capitol and with her mindset she persuaded the districts to boycott the Capitol.  Throughout both of their journeys they learned how to persuade people with ease.  She set her mind to it and she made it happen, just like Justin Bieber.  He set his mind to sharing his god given talents with the world and he made it happen.

A few smaller changes have been made throughout the titanic alter in his life.  Justin Bieber and Katniss Everdeen were brought to their strengths through competitions.  Both make big decisions, for the better of others.  Helping us become stronger and to have more believe in ourselves and the world.