"Jeremy"

In Pearl Jam’s music video “Jeremy”, a young boy is shown being taunted by classmates at school, running through a forest, and screaming at his parents at a dinner table. The tone of this video is sad, possibly sorrow. It makes the audience have sympathy for the character. And that is where the tone is supposed to be projected, into the pathos category. Jeremy is the only character that actually moves throughout the video. Shots of words such as "problem", "peer", "harmless", "bored", and "child" frequently appear onscreen. Also, the phrase Genesis 3:6 appears, which references the creation of sin, specifically Eve eating from the tree of knowledge and giving some of the fruit to Adam. Jeremy is later shown staring at the camera while wrapped in a US flag, surrounded by fire. The final scene of the video shows Jeremy walking into class, tossing a crumpled up late slip to the teacher and standing before his classmates. He reaches down and draws back his arm as he takes a gun out of his pocket. The gun does not actually appear onscreen, but Jeremy's shoulder visibly drops from its weight. The video cuts to an extreme close-up of Jeremy's face as he closes his eyes. After a flash of light the screen turns black. The next shot is a view classroom, showing Jeremy's blood, spattered on classmates, all completely still, stricken with horror.