Unfair treatments have occurred too numerous to count no matter it is related to racism, social differences or gender discrimination. In the song “Fortunate Son” created by John Fogerty, who is the lead singer and the guitarist in the Creedence Clearwater Revival, the songwriter uses first person point of view to depict a man who is unfortunate comparing to other people mentioned in the song. Metaphor, imagery and repetition are used to describe unequal treatment. Metaphor is used throughout the song to illustrate the gap between those people and the speaker himself. Metaphor is used to describe something by referring something different but has the same quality. In the lines: “some folks are born made to wave the flag/Ooh, they are red white and blue.” (ll,1-2). Metaphor is used to highlight this group of people who have innate …show more content…
advantages comparing to those who are from middle or lower class families. Red, white and blue represent the flag of United State of America, which explains further benefits that those folks have. Those fortunate sons are born to wake the American flag which expresses their future is predicted to be no worries, full of benefits and privileges because the flag is with them which stand for government, who wield the power, will be their protector for them no matter what happens. In this way, the speaker expresses his discontent on the political perspective. Moreover, “folks are born silver spoon in hand…” (l, 7). Another group of people also possess advantages that are from rich families. Silver Spoon, metaphorically, represents wealth. Therefore, those who are born with riches have been predicted to live with wealth for their entire life with no concerns, like starvation, homeless and so on. By indicting the wealth, the speaker, once again, claims the gigantic gap between riches and the common folks on the financial perspective. Then, “some folks inherit star spangled eyes.” (l, 14). “Star spangled eyes” literally means the most shining eyes. This tells that people who have the spangled eyes can be described as leaders in this country because only those who can play a role in a certain field can be regarded as the shining star. Also, it can be said that the spangled eyes represent the country’s decision-maker, the one who is giving the command because “they send you down to war” (l, 15). “Inherit” stand for those folks are enjoying special treat, no need to go to the war along with commanding other to fight for their country. This also tells that these well-treated people have the rights that others do not possess. Throughout three examples above, it can be proved that the treatment to normal people is unfair in different perspectives. Imagery is used to describe the gigantic difference between normal people and those who possess privilege. “Hail to the chief” (l, 3) is the official presidential anthem of the United States of America. When it is played, in this case, representing that people will be drafted and fight for their country because “they point cannon at you” (l, 4). It seems natural that people are recruited into army and go to war, but “at you” sound like you are the one who is aimed to fight, and there is no excuse, whoever is chosen has to obey the command. However, there are always some folks who are “senator’s son” (l, 5), can avoid this war because of their family background. Moreover, it is every citizen’s duty to pay tax, but “when the taxman comes to the door, the house looks like a rummage sale.” (ll, 9, 10). Strong image is showing that only them, who are wealthy, are not willing to pay the tax for their country. Instead, those rich people are using rummage sale as an excuse to hide that factual thought. When the soldiers go to the war, there are numerous soldiers being sent to the front line to assist. Soldiers are asking that “how much should we give? / They only answer ‘More! More! More!’” (ll, 16, 17). In order to win the war, soldiers even spend their life to fight for their country. However, from the government perspective, they seem to ignore the feelings from the soldiers, who are ordinary people. Also, government is greedy to draft men to fight for the war. Therefore, imagery is used to express the unfair treatment to those unprivileged citizens. Repetition is used to highlight the voice from ordinary people when they get unequal treatment.
“Some folks are born, made to wake the flag; some folks are born, silver spoon in hand; some folks inherit star spangled eyes” (ll, 1,7 14). Folks are repeated to indicate that these different groups of people possess privileges than others. This describes the gap between different classes of families. “It ain’t me, it ain’t me…” (ll,5, 6, 11, 12, 18,19,20). This phrase has been repeated six times in the short song, which emphasizes the role of this phrase. This is what the speaker, the one who is unprivileged, desires to declare to the audience and the public, which enable common people to notice the gap between those first class families and themselves. “More! More! More!” (l, 17). This describes what government’s attitude for dispatching soldiers, which indicates that the leaders appear to neglect the life of soldiers. Obviously, soldiers devote their lives to the war, but they are regarded as fighting machine; their lives are not respected by the government. By using the repetitions, the inequalities are expressed by those ordinary
people. Metaphor, imagery and repetition are used to describe the unfair treatment causing to the unprivileged citizens. By using this, Fogerty depicts how normal people are suffered at a certain background, which tells people that there should be voice from citizens when unfair treatments happened.
The verses each deliver a message of equality and the chorus is repeated with the intention of the audience considering their input towards reconciliation. The chorus is repeated 3 times, which is usually done to reinforce the central idea within a song. There are two separate verses, one that starts with the words “black fella white fella” and the other, which starts with “all the people of different races”. This format is repeated to help emphasise the idea that equality is important, regardless of your skin colour. The text structure is ordered in a way that tells a story about equal opportunity, and the way it is formatted is important in communicating this
Upton Sinclair, the author of The Jungle, wrote this novel to unveil the atrocious working conditions and the contaminated meat in meat-packing workhouses. It was pathos that enabled his book to horrify hundreds of people and to encourage them to take a stand against these meat-packing companies. To obtain the awareness of people, he incorporated a descriptive style to his writing. Ample amounts of imagery, including active verbs, abstract and tangible nouns, and precise adjectives compelled readers to be appalled. Durham, the leading Chicago meat packer, was illustrated, “having piles of meat... handfuls of dried dung of rats...rivers of hot blood, and carloads of moist flesh, and soap caldrons, craters of hell.” ( Sinclair 139). His description
Repetition is used many times in this song, especially when it states the phrase ‘ You better listen to your tribal voice’, ‘So you better get up and fight for your rights’ and ‘say c’mon, c’mon stand up for your rights’. These phrases mean a lot the writer Yothu Yindi, so by repeating them many times it means that he is trying to get you feel the same angry and fearless emotion he is, so you can take a stand and speak for what you think is wrong. Personification is also used many times to show that not just the writer wants you to feel this way but other matters are as well. Personification used in this song includes ‘the whisper of the morning light saying get up and meet the day’ and ‘walking of a rainbow dawn’ which gives human characteristics to other states of matter. Sometimes not all phrases are stated clearly that is why symbolism is used to add a different effect to people’s writing to make it more interesting and intriguing. It states in the song Tribal Voice ‘All the people in
Mothers always want the best for their daughters, it’s a given feeling for a mother. Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mom is written in her perspective as the mother. In The Joy Luck Club, Amy tan writes the novel through her eyes as the daughter of the relationship. Both passages portray the harsh emotions between the mother and her daughter. These emotions are caused by the mother pressuring her daughter to achieve expectations. The two excerpts have similar stressful tones but Amy Tan’s novel is much more intense and displays a uglier relationship.
After reviewing this week’s episodes of serial, and given our topic, I found that the Rhetorical Appeals are directly linked to the court cases. These Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Pathos, and Logos), are used throughout both cases. From Jay’s case, it’s clear that Pathos and Ethos are two main elements supporting his defense. However in Adnan’s case, Logos was the prevalent appeal when defending his innocence.
Hosseini’s purpose of writing the Kite Runner was to teach the readers the different ethnic groups in Afghanistan. The main character, Amir, is a Pashtun and Pashtuns are Sunni Muslims, then there are Hazara’s that the Pashtuns do not get along with. Hazara’s are not welcomed by the Pashtuns because they are different social classes.
In the novel Song Yet Sung by McBride’s has suggested that once limitation is placed on an individual, such as race and gender, Individuals then face hindrance to the privileges and access to the American dream. McBride’s idea of limitation is prominent during the time of slavery for African Americans, as these same limitations are present during the twenty first century.
The song was written to motivate young men to join the army, idealizing soldiers as patriotic “son[s] of liberty” who would make their fathers, girlfriends, and country proud. The US soldiers are shown as the liberators of
Time after time it seems like people have tried to depict what our society true and often hidden image represents. One artist, Lauryn Hill, executed this topic exquisitely in her song “Mystery of Iniquity” produced in 2002. In this song she incorporates several verses from the bible n her lyrics to relate the underlying corruption of the law system on society and how it affects people. The first few lines of the song incorporate the same lyrics in the title where it states, “It's the mystery of Inequity, said it's the misery of inequity, said it's the history of inequity.” Here we see she uses these lines to introduce what she will essentially be discussing throughout the song as this expression is found in the book of 2 Thessalonians 2:7 in
The instruments utilized by the songwriters in “Bullet the Blue Sky” created a chaotic vibe for me as I was reading the poem. The big intro before the first verse of U2’s song helped me feel the tension in the song before the lyrics even commenced. I noticed that “Bullet the Blue Sky” kept referring to the tune of “The Ants Go Marching In.” I thought it was an excellent fit to the lyrics of the song, the tune symbolizing the United States military marching into the country of El Salvador. In “Minority Poem,” I enjoyed how Lum integrated tone, active voice, and explosive consonants into his poem to catch the audience’s attention. The symbols he utilized in his poem, such as apple pie, caught my attention. I was impressed with how Lum was able to convey a sarcastic tone in the poem merely by using certain words. The fact that Lum writes his poem in an aggressive tone gave me a sense that he was describing the hostility in which Caucasian Americans treat minorities in the U.S. in the active form. The words themselves in “Minority Poem” imply assertiveness and demonstrate the fact that Caucasian-Americans really dislike minorities. Overall, the poetic techniques and figurative language utilized in both poems set up a tone that helped me emotionally relate with the
Another example of Hughes’s constant struggles with racism and his inner and thoughtful response to that is clearly seen when he recalls being denied the right to sit at the same table. His point of view identifies that he was not able to sit at the table because he was an African-American. Yet, he remains very optimistic in not letting his misfortune please what is considered the “white-man” in the poem. Langston Hughes’s states,
The poem opens a thought of the American Dream, about what he wants America to be, and his hope for the country. The beginning line of the poem entails that America has to be the same America it once was, to me it’s a lie. America back then practiced slavery and oppression, it destroyed the lands of people to build their own homes. The ideal of an “America” was all a dream. It’s what they wanted for their America to be. We as people should be able to rise up and redefine the American equality and take back our land. The poem serves a powerful message of equality. The theme of this poem is against injustice and inequalities that exist in America and that can corrupt the American dream. All characters in the novels we read for the semester i.e. The African, Quick skills, and Tucker, have a lot of similarities with the poem, “Let America Be America Again”. They led their people to freedom by fighting against slavery and restrictions. The African escaped from his master. The African vowed to be free and never be enslaved again. Quickskill came to liberate the fellow slaves, who were enslaved in his master 's plantation. Tucker realized that he had some worth, and wanted freedom for his family. All three of these characters laid their lives on the line for their fellow men. They would rather prefer to die with dignity rather than become a white man’s property. They wanted
Political issues such as the war on terrorism is evoked as an issue throughout the song. American was divided “All across the alien nation” when troops were sent to Iraq to search for weapons of mass destruction. Metaphorical language was used to explore the issue. Audience positioning from techniques indorse concerns with a country divided and positions them to feel the need to cooperate and sort things out other than civil unrest and debate.
In David Sheff’s book “Beautiful Boy” he utilizes descriptive diction, allusions to other works, and vivid imagery to recreate the experiences he’s gone through during his son’s addiction, times in recovery, and relapses.
So, the poor, colored and those of different nationalities are denied chances to succeed in keeping the traditional values. Both poems address the widespread societal issue of racism that is so prevalent in America. Hughes and Alexie seem to agree that judgment of others is the disgrace of our nation. If the color of a man's skin did not have such a great value in our society, maybe then America could be everyone's. Not just the rich white men but the immigrants, the Africans, the Indians and the poor.