Student Essay People in the world today hate others for many reasons.
Hate is a strong word but it is closely associated to prejudice.
To me, prejudice is hate. They do this subconsciously so that they protect themselves against emotional stress and having to figure out how things they don t want to know about themselves. In the first verse the song talks about a girl who is considered to be ugly. Jewel questions the motives and reasons for hating her. She's an ugly girl, she doesn't pose a threat.