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Many songs were created during the Vietnam War, many were pro-war and many were anti-war. Most of the lyrics in this song make it obvious that this song is meant to protest the war, especially the lines that say "War, huh, yeah, What is it good for, Absolutely nothing". This song attempts to portray the war as completely negative by focusing on everything that is lost during, or because of the war. One of the sections of the song that really stands out to me is the part that says "War means tears, To thousands of mothers eyes, When their sons go to fight, And lose their lives." I believe that this section of this song is really powerful because it carries a lot of emotion. It allows the listener to imagine the pain that a mother feels when she loses her son, and by saying "thousands of …show more content…

The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States would aid countries which were threatened by communism. According to the Domino Theory if one country fell into communism, a domino effect would occur, causing many other countries to fall into communism. The line that says "we must fight to keep our freedom," is referring to the fact that many believed we had to fight the war in Vietnam to prevent communism to spreading to the US, and the song disputes this logic with the line "but Lord knows there 's got to be a better way". This song answers the question "How does war affect the individual?" with the lines "war, has shattered, Many a young man 's dreams, Made him disabled, bitter and mean". These lines explain how a soldier can be changed in the war, both mentally and physically. I agree with the message in this song. I believe that there is other ways to resolve many of the issues that cause wars. These other ways might be troublesome and hard to imagine, but if there is a way to prevent the loss of lives and the pain that wars bring to many, then we must try to find this other

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He eventually kills himself which really shows what happens to the soldiers coming back from war and the pain and misery after and most soldiers would suffer for PTSD or some kind of trauma. The song was made in 1971 by John Prine. The stories about vietnam and the songs are very similar not in the sense that they're all about

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In the “Address to New York Electors 1814”, the Democratic-Republican members of the Legislature of New York addressed citizens with a call to future electors. The meaning of the address is to call electors in New York to vote Democratic-Republican, support the war and discourage and criticize opposition to the war. There are four main significant aspects of the address in regards to the political culture of the era. One being Democratic-Republicans supported the war and the government’s choice to be involved in it because it suited their interests. Second, it is important to note the Democratic-Republicans focused part of their argument on how the stability of the union is more important than disagreements against the government, while utilizing

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I have always respected our military but now even more after reading this book. I understand a little bit more of the mental anguish they go through. I think this quote sums up the soldier’s thoughts and feelings. It’s normal to be afraid of things and to express your fears but it seems like in war you can’t.

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Soldiers typically lacked sympathy for what they went through from society ignoring the trauma they brought back from the Vietnam War. The following quote from the article presents the thought process of most soldiers to us: “By forgetting, he said he could prove that he was strong and could master his anxieties… by remembering, he felt he was admitting that he was weak and no longer in control” (Penk and Robinowitz 3). The previous quote shows how the soldiers felt that forgetting made them appear strong rather than letting their emotions weaken them, and this is why we see a soldier’s inner conflict as they force themselves to remember in the poem. In this quote from the poem the soldier has come to the monument for remembering those who passed in the war and as he looks at those names his first thought is: “No tears.

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It was a very old folk song coming from Colonial Texas, so the language we are used to now was different back then. The song words are misleading, making it about a soldier that leaves his lover for the war. The song had to be changed because of the terms used in the song that were racist towards the African American party in America, especially during

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What is surrealism? How do you know what’s real or unreal? Sometimes when authors write we can’t tell if it's real or more of an exaggeration. We can't really understand the truth. In the novel ‘’The Things They Carried’’ by Tim O’Brien is about the Vietnam War and his experiences with it.

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Moreover, the two transitions between the three verses (0:52-1:10; 1:43-2:00) also prove compelling. First, the electric guitar has a high pitch sound and it is distorted thus generating a sound that feels almost chaotic. This combination of sounds may be a reference to the general confusion that people felt towards the outcome of the Vietnam War during the 1960s. Moreover, even though the instruments build up in intensity, it feels like they never truly unleash the frustration and anger that characterizes the lyrics; this choice could be an allusion to Hendrix 's anti-violence beliefs. Therefore, not discharging all the pent-up resentment could be his way of suggesting that violence is not - and will not - be the solution to anything, neither in a war nor in a song.

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There are many ways for individuals to interpret this song, but one way is that it expresses the

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The song sketched the career of the green beret, one of America’s best (James pg 135). Sadlers song is one of many pro-war songs within the Rock n Roll genre of music. Rock was huge in the socio cultural uproar of the Vietnam War through anti-war music and pro war music as

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In this song, he is accusing the oil companies of only caring for profits. The oil companies campaign to have the service men intervene because the United States Government is the biggest benefactor of the oil that is being protected. This becomes one giant cycle. This song was written in the 1980’s while the Afghanistan Civil War was taking place. However, this song could have been written in the early 1990’s with the United States invasion of Iraq, or even in today’s political climate, but this predates all of that by thirty

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The upbeatness of the song made it more memorable to people. It got people to agree with their lyrics of protesting against the Americans for being part of the Vietnam War. This song was written against the War, it was made to be upbeat so people can sing along with it and protest together. However, since the War was, and currently still a serious topic and many people died in it, the song should be more sorrow and sombre to respect the soldiers that died during the Vietnam

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He elaborates on lives lost and the ruined lives of generations to come because of the meaningless violence. Edwin Starr experienced war first hand. He was sent to have two years in service during World War II. He felt the effects of as he watched his his friends get killed one by one similar to the way Paul Balmer watched his friends died in the the novel All Quiet on The Western Front. Edwin Starr says in his song “Oh, war, has shattered many a young man's dreams made him disabled, bitter and mean life is much too short and precious to spend fighting wars these days war can't give life it can only take it away”.

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That the world does exist outside the cruelty bloody Vietnam war. It shows that the men are so emotionally damage and physically that they lost their train of thought about the world or the realistic part of it,it’s kind of sad.

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In now days, many people were start to buy electric cars instead of petroleum based cars. However, because of the not-well-developed technologies, many tragedy happened. These alternative fuels may not be less damadging than petroleum, it may just be that that have npt been around long enough for their full consequences to be appreciated. Even it costs less pollution than petroleum cars, the environmental impact of powering vehicles will not disappeared. US government should not ban the petroleum based cars, because it is unnecessary, costly, and conflicts on storing extra energy for daily use.

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The poem aims to glorify soldiers and certain aspects of war, it goes on to prove that in reality there really isn 't good vs bad on the battlefield, it 's just a man who "sees his children smile at him, he hears the bugle call, And only death can stop him now—he 's fighting for them all.", and this is our hidden meaning.

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