reader is given the first clue‚ save from the title‚ that the poem is written to another person. Upon reading the entire poem‚ we are told that the poem is for Woody Guthrie‚ and in the context of the third line‚ we can piece together than the quest Dylan is embarking on is one that Guthrie had also been on‚ many years before. Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan are both singer-songwriters who played a role in the initial shaping of patriotic folk songs with their use of political‚ social‚
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Edwin Chadwick Poor Law Public health Success failures Able bodied poor should be kept in workhouses. This way‚ only the desperate would ask for relief Commission of enquiry; he was a committed benthamite. Commissioners devised three different questionnaires. Questions were badly phrased‚ were they seeked the response they wanted. He was seen as a tireless investigator who insisted on seeing for himself the effects of poverty and the operation of the poor laws. Chadwick was
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Watching the film “Get Up Stand Up”‚ reminded me of just how important music is. It really can be a powerful voice for a cause or a movement. When I watched Woody Guthrie singing “This Land Is Your Land”‚ it reminded me of the whole debate about immigration today‚ and how this country is everybody’s land. Woody Guthrie‚ was singing back in the 60’s‚ he gave a voice to those who were frustrated with the policies of their government‚ but I could feel the same passion today that they felt. When he sings
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yet coexist in the same hemisphere. Even the Native American culture lives on today like it did even before Europeans were there to call it barbarous(History 146). Around 1945 Woody Guthrie sang “this land is your land‚ this land is my land
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The biography of Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was pretty interesting his ability to create songs‚ novels‚ drawings‚ paintings and poems from everything he contributed is surprising. During his childhood Woody didn’t have a good view on life since he went through so many losses in his personal life. However‚ reading Woody’s life history it seemed to me as if he wore riding a roller coaster. Woody seemed like a type of person who would get tired of what they had and move on quick. He couldn’t stay living
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In a fit of patriotic zeal‚ American folk musician Woody Guthrie famously scrawled the words “this machine kills fascists” onto his acoustic guitar. It marked the beginning of an era where American rock & roll music would infiltrate politics and alter political realities both at home and abroad. Guthrie’s “machine” was a synecdoche for music‚ specifically‚ music’s ability to topple authoritarianism and rattle the political landscape. The epitaph foretold that sometimes a guitar‚ more than even armaments
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However‚ during the Red Scare following WWI‚ state and federal authorities raided the IWW offices and shut down the organization. Folk music was rescued in large part thanks to Woody Guthrie‚ a poor farmers son who left home at sixteen to discover his homeland. Working odd jobs‚ Guthrie made it through the Depression and eventually became a radio personality in Los Angeles‚ reading radical news of KFVD. Within two years‚
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In history‚ words have had a tremendous ability to empower the people to rise up to achieve their desired goals. Often times words have the power to help affect a change in government‚ racism‚ or condition of life. Gandhi was the first to teach us the power of non-violent movements to help attain the goals and desires of the people. He showed us that the power of words could drive Britain‚ one of the most powerful countries‚ to release their rule over India. He helped accomplish this by walking
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ordinary ones. T.S. Eliot’s poem‚ “The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock”‚ spins the tale of an educated man who was trapped by his own insecurities and feelings of inadequacy as he describes his failure to live life. For Langston Hughes and Woody Guthrie‚ their characters are trapped by the color of their skin. In Hughes’ poem‚ “Song for a Dark Girl” he tells of the lynching of a young girl most likely simply because she is a black girl in early twentieth century America‚ a time where race often
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from Anglo-American Folk Music and later evolved into what was known as the blues and continues to influence much of the music that is written to this day. Many artists have had major impacts on the music industry some of which are Bob Dylan‚ Woody Guthrie‚ Pete Seeger‚ Bessie Smith‚ Ma Rainey‚ Muddy Waters and B.B. King. Their individual styles were essential in the evolution of music. By taking a closer look at Anglo-American Folk Music and each of these artists we will be able to understand the
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