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A Long Way Gone Ishmael Beah had a really tough life throughout his childhood and teenage years. In his literary work, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah uses symbols to underscore his central theme of oppression and/or freedom. The three symbols he used to underscore his central theme of oppression and freedom was Ishmael's AK-47, his cassette tapes, and the drugs he used. Ishmael's AK-47 was the most important symbol that Ishmael Beah used to underscore

Old media like cassette tapes are becoming second-tier goods since the public would like to listen to music through social media feed or visit their favorite music site with a cup of coffee in hand. The new media technology makes people’s lives more convenient in favor of the old ways of consuming the music types such as social platforms and specific applications. I spend most of my time listening to music on my smartphone applications whereas my dad spends his time with his old cassette tapes. In

“These days I live in three worlds: my dreams, and the experiences of my new life, which trigger memories from the past” (Beah, 20). Ishmael Beah writes about his journey through Sierra Leone, in his book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. He describes how he escapes the Civil War of the 1990’s. The quotation is a simple way of describing Beah’s journey, such that during his time running from the war, he feels as if he is living in different places. In the novel, Beah uses symbols to underscore

The Censorship of Art While the censorship of art is not a new phenomenon, recent years have witnessed renewed and intensified attempts to control popular culture. In particular, rap and rock music have come under increasing attack from various sides representing the entire left and right political spectrum, purportedly for their explicit sexual and violent lyrical contents. In this paper is investigated which moral codes underlie these claims against popular music, how social movements mobilize