This song represents the next key event in the story which is Mike Webster’s famous Hall of Fame induction speech. The speech really caused people to understand how hard or… bad Mike’s life is after his concussions. The song “Bad Day” is about more than just a bad day but a bad amount of time, just like Mike’s life has seemed to be after his NFL days,…
This song gives the story of one young man who through the outbreak of war takes a new path which ultimately leads him to Vietnam fighting for his country. As is “the story of Tom Brennan” the main character experiences a fear of what lies ahead but rather than the clique fear of death and destruction which the character seems reasonably naive to it is rather a fear of the ramifications and aftermaths of an event that changes the young mans life for ever. “And I can still hear Frankie, lying screaming in the…
It is believed to be a song that was used to communicate hidden codes and instructions to runaway slaves. It was a code name for the Big Dipper star formation which points to the Pole Star in to the North. The song and story played an important role in civil rights and revival movements in the 1950s-1960s…
(AGG) The author of “Under The Persimmon Tree” often uses symbolism throughout the book. (BS-1) The author of UTPT uses the stars to give Najmah a superstitious belief, and give her hope and guidance to drive her towards her goals. (BS-2) The stars are used to help Nusrat accept loss, she looks to them for hope and guidance, and they have a religious meaning to her. (BS-3) The author uses changes in the stars to convey events and changes in Najmah’s life. (TS) The stars are used to portray changes in the characters lives, and the author uses them to give the characters hope, guidance, and an important meaning, as well as the ability to deal with loss.…
Many people hold destructive opinions without considering their full implications. Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People" uses characterization, symbolism, and irony to warn people with a nihilistic philosophy of life that their beliefs will inevitably lead to ruin. In this story a young atheist woman is destroyed when she is brought face-to-face with the evil personification of her worldview.…
The song starts out with a strang questioning of reality: “Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, No escape from reality, Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see”. They first two lines are rhetorical questions. They help establish the state of mind needed in order to continue with the song. The third line is a metaphor. It means everything is crashing down on him, and he cannot escape it. It seems to conclude that he is caught between a dream and awakening. The next couple set of lines are being used as transitions into the main part of stanza one, “I’m just a poor boy, I need no sympathy, Because I’m easy come, easy go, Little high, little low, Any way the wind blows, Doesn’t really matter to me, to me”. In the third and fourth line repetition is used in order to keep the lyrics flowing. The boy thinks his life doesn’t matter to anyone, his life is meaningless and the Earth does not care what happens to him. He does not care what happens next, he just wants it over; “any way the wind blows” him, he will go and it “doesn’t really matter” to him anymore. The next three lines show intent to kill by the boy, “Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, Pulled my trigger, now he’s dead”. The boy has finally come to terms of what he has…
He begins the song by saying American men or women “will always stand up and salute” defining their support for our nation(Keith). He didn’t want to just have focus on the national patriotism but relate to his father and the people who serve in our troops. He begins to mention the fact that we do have soldiers who have died for the country but justified it so that we can sleep “in peace” at night(Keith). Toby is clearly a “proud supporter of our army” standing by that our troops are fighting for a reason(Gillespie 9). He continues to tell the story of his father, who lost his right eye in the army, and yet still flew the American flag out in their yard till the day he died. Seeming to be random to add in his song but Keith is telling us to still stand by our nation even if something does go wrong. Of course corresponding to September 11, Keith calls the nation to act on after we have been “fallin’ under attack”(Keith). For us to tell the intruders that were going to “lit up your world”(Keith). To act “like the fourth of July,” when we take action. Him choosing these concrete words of a certain national independence holiday enfaces that he wants us to act like our “our fathers and forefathers did” to get the independence we live in…
This song is about being able to achieve what you want to do and having the strength to do so. He is talking about the “Eye of the tiger” meaning he has to face his fears and accomplish this fight that he is involved in. This relates to Things Fall Apart because, in chapter 5 of the book, Okonkwo and his village gather around…
of The panther Huey P. Newton and his murder. The main reference of the song is how America…
The lyrics from this song tell the sad story of the wars faced by this country. “Maybe they’d be happy for a while, but, February made me shiver with every paper I’d deliver. Bad news on the doorstep; I couldn’t take one more step.” The tragic past of the many soldiers lost to wars fought with other nations shows the dark side of how our country got to where it is today. Many good people lost their lives fighting for the freedom of this country, and for the American Dream. Even though the American Dream is a great one, it comes at a high…
Prejudice and discrimination are found across the entire world. For example, my dad once showed me the song, “Strange fruit”, it sounds like a silly name but actually leads up to gruesome metaphor about lynching in the South. The song lyrics describe the dead bodies so well that they almost make me sick. They describe the look of the hanging corpses with“The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth”. The song ends in silence after the singer refers back to the fruit metaphor with “Here is a strange and bitter fruit”. The ending haunts the listener and brings them back to think about the violence that resulted from prejudice. The subjects in to kill To Kill A Mockingbird perfectly describe the violence resulting from prejudice. In To Kill a Mockingbird,…
In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird the author, Harper Lee, conveys a theme that in life the good and innocent people may be the ones who are most often persecuted. Though the symbolism of the mockingbird, and the characterization of Boo Radley; Harper Lee reveals her theme.…
Toby Keith is one of the best country singers of his generation and many would say one of the greatest of all time. Toby Keith has many notable awards some being, Entertainer of the Year, Album of the Year, Top Male Vocalist and also Video of the Year. This list keeps going on as he has won many of these awards in consecutive years. Keith started in 1993 and is still currently releasing songs today. One of Toby Keith’s song “American Ride” was released in October of 2009, this was his nineteenth number one single released. It has a deeper meaning then some of his other songs. He lists off politically oriented issues in the USA and where we were in 2009 as a nation and how we are slowly moving away from what used to be, but he also still claims how much he loves America. He uses many different unique styles in this song such as ethos, pathos, logos, and also kairos. Not only does he use these different tactics but he also does some things his own way. His own style is still as affective as any other.…
The song “Amerin which, George W. Bush was the president of America at that point. It’s very likely that American Idiot is the metaphor for president Bush.…
The meaning of this song is very simple. It a prayer to Mother Mary,who is the mother of Jesus.…
