Two major conflicts for America are the Civil War and the Iraq War. In four years, the Civil War created 620,000 casualties; in eight years, the Iraq War created 4,486 casualties. Not only have these wars destroyed life for thousands of Americans, they have inspired many people to stand and voice their opinions upon these wars. Two men have created songs about how they or others feel about these wars. After the Civil War, Major James Randolph wrote the song titled “O, I’m a Good Old Rebel,” in which he shows just how much he despises the Union and how in the reconstruction he would not cooperate. In response to the Iraq War, Richard Thompson wrote the song “Dad’s Gonna Kill Me,” which is from an American soldier’s point of view, regarding what he sees in …show more content…
Stuart’s staff. After Lee resigned, Randolph decided that he would create something to help inspire and persuade the South to take up arms again and fight, whether through weapons or disobedience. Thus, his song was born. While it grew to be popular enough to reach London, it did not fulfill its intended goal. Throughout the song, Randolph uses different lines to connect with his intended audience. At one point in the song, he mentions that he “got wounded in three places / and starved at Point Lookout.” By bringing these facts into the song, he creates a small god complex for himself by stating that he was hurt and denied food, therefore, the Northerners are evil people and attempted to kill me. However, he survived, and people should be following him for his experiences. Another ploy that Randolph uses is the repetition of the lines “and I don't want no pardon / for anything I done.” When repeating this statement, he is saying that he is proud of what he did in the war and would gladly do it again, nor will he apologize, even if faced with treason. By repeating this, he attempts to get listeners to adopt that same mentality and join him in a second
From what we know about war is that it is bloody and violent, but many history books lean away from that image they tell us how many deaths there are how long the war lasted and why the war happened, which is important but doesn’t tell the whole story. I feel that American’s memory recall the Civil War as the war that ended slavery. Ambrose Bierce Recalls his Experience at the Battle of Shiloh, 1881 explains the horrific experience of the Civil War soldiers and paints a gruesome image of what went on in the Battle of Shiloh. Bierce showed us that the battle was terrifying “The air was full of noises” “There were deep, shaking explosions and smart shocks; the whisper of stray bullets and the hurtle of conical shells; the rush of round shot.”
He triggers the feeling of patriotism while convincing them that "The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come." He believes that there is nothing that should stop the war from starting because we should be fighting for our our independence and our freedom from the British. He continues to say that “we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight!” Emphasizing the fact that the nation as a whole should fight against the British for our freedom because there is no other way to gain our independence. To continue as an independent nation we had to unite and fight against the
Margaret Mitchell once said: “They knew that love snatched in the face of danger and death was doubly sweet for the strange excitement that went with it.” The Civil war was a trying time for the American people, whether they were on the battlefield or at home. Although the name is quite deceiving, there was nothing civil about this war.I was fought with the violence and brutality that would define a century. Abraham Lincoln and Robert Lee take interesting stances on their Civil War texts Gettysburg Address and Lee’s Letter to His Son.
General Douglas MacArthur at the end of the speech, in order to again arose the feeling from the audience uses pathos. To get audience feel how the battlefield full of gunshots and how they felt living on a battlefield in which they can just die instantly with one wrong move. MacArthur starts the sentence with, " In my dreams, " telling audience these soldiers sleep traumatic in their nightmares. With this, audience can understand how much these soldiers had devoted themselves to their country and may as well want to do the same to be a loyal
The first stanza is not statements as seems to be portrayed when we sing it today. It is actually a series of questions. Key is wondering to himself or to his fellow Americans if the British have taken the fort. He knows that if the fort falls then so does Baltimore and with it maybe the country as well. The second stanza gives the answer to his questions.
...ritten about Brown. It was entitled, "John Brown's Body". Union soldiers would chant and sing this song as they marched. After the worst defeats they would use it to cheer themselves up.
Lincoln’s Address also contains this, writing, “The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” By mentioning the actions of the soldiers at Gettysburg, Lincoln gives a speech of heroic deed. Similarly, Gorgias says, “O for the power to speak what I desire to say.” By feigning speechlessness, Gorgias frames the gravity of the soldiers’ heroism. Like Gorgias, Lincoln expresses how arbitrary his words are, since the world will soon forget them. According to Lincoln and Gorgias, their words are incapable of befitting the heroism of the soldiers, thus establishing
Simpson, Brooks D., Stephen W. Sears, and Aaron Sheehan-Dean, eds. The Civil War: Told by Those Who Lived It. New York: The Library of America, 2011. Print.
This song reminisces about the loss of Private Rodger Young and reminds soldiers to push forward through the loss. Since death was something typically seen on the battle field Losser took this sad moment and turned it in to a rally together moment to get the job done. Loesser reflects the idea that America is tired of the war and are ready to keep progressing in life. While this song may not have been the most popular of the time period, Life magazine at the time felt like it was vital to print the music in the worlds for all to
Book Title: The American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research. Contributors: Robin Higham - editor, Steven E. Woodworth - editor. Publisher: Greenwood Press. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 1996
Poor People struggles to confront poverty in all its hopelessness and brutality, its pride and abject fear, its fierce misery and quiet resignation, allowing the poor to explain the causes and consequences of their impoverishment in their own cultural, social, and religious terms. With intense compassion and a scrupulously unpatronizing eye, Vollmann invites his readers to recognize in our fellow human beings their full dignity, fallibility, pride, and pain, and the power of their hard-fought resilience.William T. Vollmann goes to different parts around the world to interview different people and to ask about poverty. With the help of interpreters he holds the interview with randomly selected individuals.
To the persistent individual, though, there is a body of music in existence that merits regard. It is powerful music written by the youth of America, youngsters who did have a stake in the Vietnam War. There can be little question about the origins of the power which American protest music conveyed: those who wrote such music lived each day with the real knowledge that they were losing friends in, and could possibly be forced themselves to go to, Vietnam. One such group, Creedence Clearwater Revival, made its contribution to this genre near the end of the Vietnam War.
While the songs written for the American Revolutionary war were somewhat speculative, and depending on the song, poked fun at their enemies. The songs written and sung about the war in Iraq were anything but. They outlined the issues and say everything that they feel is true regarding the situation the United States is in. For example in the song written by Neil Young "Lets Impeach the President." The lyrics in this song are deep and correlate directly with the feelings of many American citizens. For example “Let 's impeach the President for lying and misleading our country into war” (YouTube) these lyrics as well as the video depict a propaganda style. Following life changing events, such as a new life experience or a national crisis, songs are written to show and demonstrate its impact. Whether it is in the 18th century or the 21st century the premise is still the same and can be seen throughout the
If Civil Wars could be represented by a single person, the personification of the struggle in the United States between the North and the South would be a frightful individual to behold. Unfortunately, for Jefferson Davis, his life and temperament came close to embodying the gruesome inward fight of the American Civil War (or at least the Southern part). As men go, he was labeled an enigma. He was both a contradiction and a confirmation of himself, unpredictable yet foreseeable. His insecurities were major weaknesses. Without the special skills of a “people person”, he was thrust into a position of leadership over unorganized and untrained men. Despite these things, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, attempted to overcome all of it. In this way, he exemplified the Civil War and the further internal strains of the American South.
"But when shall we be stronger? Shall it be the next week, or the next year?” this is powerful at this point he is stating why not fight now, is their going to be a better time. They are as strong as they are going to be so why not? This is directed at the people who are not for the war.