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Panmunjom Brando: A Song Of The 1950's

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We all are wondering what is the fire and who started it , and what are some ways that we can try to put out. Maybe he could be talking about all of the stuff that has been happening in the world , and is trying to let everyone know that everyone didn’t start the chaos and other things that has been going on since the 1950’s.

When the song first started he was saying people names and events , like when you first hear it you would be confused. Asking yourself what is he talking about but if you actually look up what he was saying , like when he said “H-Bomb” he was talking about when america had tested a hydrogen bomb what was more efficient than the “super bomb” that russia was planning on launching. Until they found out that the hydrogen bomb was more powerful. In his song he talked about several thing that lead up to his age at the moment that the song was made. …show more content…

One of the things that i want to talk about is Panmunjom Brando. Panmunjom is when the united nations met up with north korea and the chinese officials to stop the war that was going on i believe that it was the cold war and they talked about a truce. This happened for a least several months , which led to years. They started talking about the truce in 1951 all the way to 1953 , it took them two years to take the truce into

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In the novel Pankration, there were a series of characters that had quite a big influence on Nic all through the story, some of the people changed him for the better and for the worst. Tiso made a big impact by giving Nic friendship when he was in a time of desperation. And Gellius acted like a father figure in some way to Nic through the course of the novel. There were many influential people in the book but some had bigger impacts on other people than most, but these are the ones with the biggest impact on Nic.

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The Korean War was one of the first military actions in the Cold War. In the next month, the American military got involved. The American Military got involved because the United States was against the idea of Communism. The Korean War ended July 1953 (history.com). Even today North Korea is having problems.

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In the book, Fahrenheit 451 the author uses fire as a allusion and compares it a lot with the personalities of the main characters. I think the role of fire slightly changes from the beginning to the end of the novel. In the beginning, it was shown as a way of pleasure towards the mindless destruction they caused to people and the books that meant nothing to them. Which later changed to be seen as a possibility of a new beginning, like the old saying, “When a door closes, a window opens,” but in this case, the characters open that ‘window’ by burning their past. For instance, in the beginning of the novel the main character, Montag, clearly states, “It was a pleasure to burn.

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Line 8 “Pedal to the metal, keep your throttle down all night” is an idiom to 1st world countries that drive and understand vehicles. Pedal to the metal in a vehicle makes the vehicle go as fast as it can go, which also figuratively translates to humans going forward with actions as quick as possible. Line 14, “Might burn out like a firework” is a simile comparing the couple to a firework. Fireworks have a very short life, they get lit, they explode, then they burn out. This is exactly the point of this song, the couple wants to have as much fun as they can, explode, but fully understand that the excitement will fade very shortly.

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