Analysis Of Where Have All The Flowers Gone By Pete Seeger
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Where have all the flowers gone? It was a question easily answered during the Vietnam War that many people tend to ask as they saw the many bodies coming in numbers. The war affected many people with its many deaths. The increasing number of deaths that were coming back from the war caused a lot of fear and resentment towards the war. It provoked many protests that were expressed through songs. One such song was “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” originally written by Pete Seeger but became a hit when it was performed by Peter, Paul, and Mary. Pete Seeger “embodied a tireless crusader for social justice, world harmony and environmental causes” (“Happy Birthday, Pete Seeger”) during the Vietnam War. This particular song titled “Where Have