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I did my primary source analysis assignment on the song “Born in the U.S.A” by singer and songwriter Bruce Springsteen. After listening to this song I analyzed what I thought that it meant. This song has a very clear meaning. It is an anti-War song, speaking of the memories and heavy heartache of a man returning from War after experiencing a personal loss not just as a citizen but also as a recruit. This song describes how he was unemployable for "doing the right thing". Springsteen basically wrote this song about the problems Vietnam veterans tend to encounter when they returned to America after serving their time. Vietnam was the first war the United States did not win. While veterans of other wars received a hero's welcome and a nice pat on the back, those who fought in Vietnam were very much ignored when they returned to back to the United States.
In January of 1973, the Paris Peace Accords was signed and the United States forces were drawn from Vietnam. This war cost of country 58,000 lives. In 1973 the U.S. congress enacted the Wars Power Act. Our soldiers came home beaten, bruised and depressed after a hard fought loss. Springsteen wrote this song with the lyrics he used to make a loud statement about how veterans were not treated right after losing the war. People confuse the meanings of the song because Springsteen made it so upbeat to be a happy positive song. In all reality the song is upbeat to show people that it was a big deal. I also think he did this to show people that they were not even noticing what was going on and how it really should have been a better welcoming to these veterans.
When the song first begins the first couple things that you notice are the drums and all the louder musical instruments in the ba...

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...ad a family and was cared about very much.
After analyzing one of Springsteen’s most popular and famous songs, I really learned a lot not only on how to break down a piece to get to know the meaning but also how easily lyrics can be interpreted different than they were written to mean. This song was clearly written to recognize those Vietnam veterans who were not recognized as they should have been after coming home from a hard fought war. But people have taken the lyrics to make the song another patriotic piece about the pride that we have here in America.
In my opinion I think people need to take more time to realize what good pieces of music such as Bruce Springsteen’s, actually mean and to really put together the lyrics and listen to what he is trying to express. These Veterans should have got more attention and appreciation for what they did for our country.

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