Throughout the Vietnam War, the public was filled with aggressive and passionate feelings when participating in countless protests or oppositions towards to concept of war. The United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War derived from the fear of the “domino effect,” which can be described as the fear of falling into a communist economy shortly after surrounding countries become communist as well. In the Truman Doctrine, the United States proposed to assist any countries resisting communism, in effort to suppress the spread of communism. Subsequently, the US aided South Vietnam in defending North Vietnam’s desire to conquer and eventually develop yet another communist nation. This was a controversial decision because the spread of communism …show more content…
Right from the start, the song come out with a strong and powerful beat. The song begins with a drum roll, then begins with an upbeat melody which captivates the attention of all listeners. The first lyric, “War, what is it good for?” is repeated many times throughout the song. Starr uses repetition to repeatedly ask this rhetorical question. He asks this to lead the audience to think, “What are the benefits from war?”. He then follows this lyric up by singing, “Absolutely nothing,” to make the audience realize war is a horrible conflict. He also uses this lyric as a segway to describe many cons and horrible outcomes from war. The second significant lyric within the song is, “I despise, cause it means destruction of innocent lives.” In this line, Starr could be referencing the excessive amount of casualties within the Vietnam War, 58,220, making this war climb the ranks in the US’s list of most deadly wars. Starr then continues to sing, “War means tears to thousands of mother’s eyes, when their sons gone to fight and lose their lives.” This lyric reaches out to the mothers of soldiers, and provokes the unbearable emotions experienced by families of soldiers. As seen in this lyric, Starr efficiently captivates the feelings of anti-war individuals, allowing a connection to develop with the song. Another lyric within the song is,”War is an enemy to mankind...war has caused unrest in the younger generation, induction then destruction, who wants to die?” This line again not only aligns with the hatred against war by labeling it as an “enemy to mankind,” yet it uses another rhetorical device. Starr asks, “who wants to die?” and makes listeners elaborate on the death’s and severity of war. Later in the song, Starr sings the influential line saying, “War has shattered a many young man’s dreams, made him disabled, bitter and mean. Life is much too short and
Over many centuries, Poetry and song has been a way for people to explore their feelings, thoughts and questions about War & Peace. Rupert Brooke's “The Soldier” and Cold Chisel’s “Khe Sanh” provide two different insights into the nature of war. . “The Soldier” conveys a message of bravery for soldiers to go into war and fight while “Khe sanh” conveys a message about post-traumatic stress and the horrible factors of coming back into civilization after war.
The United States had previously created something called the Truman Doctrine, a policy to counter communism and allow the US to provide political, military, and economic assistance to democratic nations feeling the pressure of communist nations. In the beginning, around 80% of the population supported the war and therefore they decided to fight for what they thought was right. This majority of the people thought that the positives outweighed the negatives, so the polls determined how supportive they were of the Vietnam War. However, after the war was supported through the polls, support eventually began to decline.
The Truman doctrine was to stop the spread of communism and it was used to stop the south part of Vietnam becoming communists like the north So America sent in money and all the help they could to stop Vietnam becoming a communist country. Vietnam was part of the French empire. However, during World War 2 the Japanese took over .The Vietnamese communist movement Vietminh was formed to resist the Japanese. France tried to repossess Vietnam at the end of the war but the Vietminh fought back. With the United States lending its financial support to France, when the Japanese defeated France, the United States sent money and military consultants to the non-communist government of South Vietnam. ~ Other advisors however doubted that such an action could reverse the disastrous course of the war and warned the president that it could lead inevitably to deeper involvement in an Asian land war the United States couldn't win. (The Debate over Vietnam Page, 30)
What is the song about and what is its historical context? Outline what happened, who was involved, when it occurred and key places. Are there any lyrics that answer these questions? If so, use these to support your answer. (HS3 & 4)
“Some folks are born, made to wake the flag; some folks are born, silver spoon in hand; some folks inherit star spangled eyes” (ll, 1,7 14). Folks are repeated to indicate that these different groups of people possess privileges than others. This describes the gap between different classes of families. “It ain’t me, it ain’t me…” (ll,5, 6, 11, 12, 18,19,20). This phrase has been repeated six times in the short song, which emphasizes the role of this phrase. This is what the speaker, the one who is unprivileged, desires to declare to the audience and the public, which enable common people to notice the gap between those first class families and themselves. “More! More! More!” (l, 17). This describes what government’s attitude for dispatching soldiers, which indicates that the leaders appear to neglect the life of soldiers. Obviously, soldiers devote their lives to the war, but they are regarded as fighting machine; their lives are not respected by the government. By using the repetitions, the inequalities are expressed by those ordinary
In "Who's for the Game?", Jessie Pope develops the point of view by asking the readers who for the game, which is the war. In the poem, it says “Who’ll give his country a hand?”, and it’s asking who will fight in the war for their country. It also says “Who would much rather come back with a crutch Than lie low and be out of the fun?” It is saying that you are for the game if you are ok with getting hurt, and like to have fun. Jessie Pope’s point of view is that you should come to the war to fight for your country.
The Vietnam War is labeled as a controversial war in the mid twentieth century. Many ethical disputes occurred in the United States during the war with a great amount of the population protesting the war. Taking place during the Cold War, the Vietnam War was the result from the spread of communism through out south-east Asia. The United States viewed communism as not an ideal way that a government should be. Communism is used to organize a nation in which the government dictates the nations individual freedoms such as preventing ownership of private property and businesses, it assigns noncompetitive salaries, and it prevents freedom of speech. Being allied with South Vietnam, America wanted to prevent the entry of communism from North Vietnam
The Vietnam War was only a small part of a much bigger conflict involving the United States, The Cold War. By helping the South Vietnamese defend themselves against communism, the United States was fighting for freedom and standing up for what its people believe. South Vietnam was not the only country at risk; if the United States did not support its own interests and the interests of South Vietnam then not only would South Vietnam become communist but many of the countries bordering South Vietnam would also become communist. This war was a good example of the Domino Theory.
“In a world of hate, there has to be a light. Be that light and spread some love. Maybe this day, the youth can make a difference. No more hate!” Christofer Drew, the lead singer of the band Never Shout Never, believes that our generation can change the world by spreading the love. Not only does this quote display his point of view, but so do many of his songs, specifically the song “Harmony.” In the music video for “Harmony,” Drew gives his harmonious stance on the concept of war by creating a silly illustration of war for his youthful audience.
‘Masters of War’ (Dylan 1963a) was written as a protest against the fuelling of the nuclear arms race. The repeated riff in the song supports the idea of Dylan’s message repeating itself through various lyrics. The serious matter of the song also comes across in the repeated chord of E minor. Some of the songs lyrics, including ‘I just want you to know, I can see through your masks’ (Dylan 1963b) and ‘You play with my world, like it’s your little toy’ (Dylan 1963c) can be interpreted as Dylan’s way of protesting to weapon manufacturers that they were making the world a worse place, and they needed to stop encouraging further conflict through their actions.
In just these few phrases, Darryl Worley makes an obvious separation between those that are pro-war (which includes him) and those that are anti-war. Through the use of the words ‘you’, Worley separates himself from the anti-war protestors, but by using ‘we’ in the second line he reminds them that the people lost in 9/11 effects all Americans and tries to bring the protestors to see and agree with his point of view. Although the song was successful in reaching it’s main goal, to bring Americans together to support the Iraq war, it reinforces that “signaled patriotism and attempted to quell dissent as the country went to war, it also continued to reinforce administration claims tying the Iraq or Saddam Hussein were linked to the attacks” (Schmelz, 138). This is the objective violence that remains from this song. It turns the people against Iraqi people in general — not just the terrorists that live in Iraq, such as Bin Laden and the
The 1960’s was a time of war and fear for the United States and many people were turning their accusations towards the government. “Masters of War” was written by Bob Dylan in late 1962 and early 1963. The focus of this song is a protest against the Cold War and the Cuban Missile Crisis that was happening during the early 1960’s. The song is protesting on the American government having its citizens live in fear of a constant attack and hiding behind their shroud, unaffected by anything that would happen to the people. It shook the nation with its fierce and angry tone against the “military industrial complex.” Dylan’s lyrics stated that it was not contained by declaring a pointless war and not taking responsibility for the problems it was causing. “Masters of War” is a powerful song against the government and the military. The protest song “Masters of War” by Bob Dylan highlights how the looming aspect of the Cold War affected the people of the United States and demonstrates Dylan’s view on the governments involved.
One could also say that the song’s lyrics tell a first person perspective of soldier that questions the validity or purpose he serves as a mere cog within the gigantic army. Hence, the sense of aimlessness and sorrowful pain resulting from the realization of the fact that one’s life isn’t important in the grand scheme
Vietnam was a struggle which, in all honesty, the United States should never have been involved in. North Vietnam was battling for ownership of South Vietnam, so that they would be a unified communist nation. To prevent the domino effect and the further spread of communism, the U.S. held on to the Truman Doctrine and stood behind the South Vietnamese leader, Diem.
With the numerous considerations that war influenced profound quality, John Lennon communicates his actual contemplations on brutality through his song. When the war raged in 1969, Lennon and his wife held "Bed-Ins for Peace": One in Amsterdam and the other in Montreal. The bed-ins were a new way intended to protest the wars, but still maintained peace. John Lennon and his wife Yo...