21 Guns Song Analysis

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The song 21 guns is by Green Day, and the song is about the iraq war. However, the song has a lot of humanness in it and they think the war is very bad. One reason the song is biased is because it uses no statistics. This source may not use statistics, but instead uses your sympathy to make you feel bad about the war. For example, the instrument style uses volume to make you feel bad about the war by making the sound low and sorrowful. Also, the instruments used were instruments that you would find in sadder music, like an acoustic guitar and a bass. These two instruments make the song more slow-paced than it actually is emphasizing the sadness factor in the song. The electric guitar was also in the song, and it was played in a low volume …show more content…

The last reason the song is biased is that the band has been known for producing songs that are a protest against war. One song that is a protest is called holiday. This song uses similar components as “21 guns” to manipulate your feelings about war. Also, the song “When September ends,” is about people losing their loved ones in war and uses instrument style to control one’s thoughts about war. Furthermore, these two songs show that Green Day has had a history for writing songs about war protest, so it would make sense that this band would make another song like the previous two. Overall, Green day’s song “21 guns” has opinions that go into the song to persuade you to their side. Furthermore, is it possible to evaluate history without humanness? This is important to answer because history is what makes people, people, and if there’s bias in our history, it impacts how we think of other people whether they are of different religions or different races. So, society is often like an iron ring this way. This is because if history is evaluated with bias, then people will always have the same opinion of other people or events showing that society will not change which is a quality of a hard to bend iron

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