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    in the “Redemption Song” I feel a sense of trying for freedom in my mind because all they did was sing, even though the slaves were not free. This song makes me think about many movies that I have watched where the slaves will sing songs of joy or sadness, even though most of them got whipped every day or worked until they could barely walk, knowing that they had to get up and do it again. “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can free our mind. Have no fear for atomic

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    Redemption Song Analysis

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    regret while listening to the "Redemption Song", for all people whom have been enslaved or persecuted. However, I also feel the hope in this song of freedom, and that the enslavement has made these people strong and they can learn to free their minds from slavery. However, there is also a feeling of ongoing despair or futility as a result of continuing killings, while the song pushes us to continue to hope and free our minds from this despair. 2. The "Redemption Song" makes me think of the recent

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    slave and his “redemption songs”. He is basically saying even though our bodies are enslaved to these people, we can free our minds by singing these redemption songs. “How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and watch?” This lyric stood out to me because it really tells the truth of what slavery was like back then and how the people were treated. “Have no fear for atomic energy” I don’t understand what the artist is trying to get across here. This song also makes me think

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    Finding Redemption Music has always been regarded as an art of high importance. The word itself originates from the Greek word mousike meaning “of the muses”, the group of nine Greek Goddesses who regulate the arts and sciences. It has often been used as a way to heal mental and emotional pain; “music speaks directly to the body through intuitive channels that are accessed at entirely different levels of consciousness from those associated with cognition” (The Music Effect.24). In Jan Johnson’s Soul

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    Theme Of Redemption

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    Redemption song by Bob Marley Redemption song is a song written by Bob Marley in the 1979, just before He succumbed to cancer in the 1980. It is an art well structured to pass a message of freedom to the Black Americans. The black Americans found themselves in the west due to the cross Atlantic trade which took place in the 18th century. Cross Atlantic trade involved slave trade. As found in the first stanza of this song, ‘the old pirates sold I to the merchant’s ship’. The west being a foreign land

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    In Shakespeare’s play Macbeth and in Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song”, both texts represent ways of settling injustice, yet execute it in two very different ways. In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, he conveys the message that injustice is best combated with violence and rage in this particular excerpt. This is shown by Macduff and Malcolm talking about what Macduff should do after his kin was savagely slaughtered at the order of Macbeth. While Malcolm and Macduff are conversing, Malcolm says, “Be this

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    Marley And Me Theme

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    Marley and Me was written by John Grogan and published in 2005. The book was acknowledged as a “New York Times Bestseller” and was created into a movie in 2008, that sold 247.8 million box office tickets. Marley and Me was a heart touching, biographical story about a couple who decided to buy a yellow labrador retriever puppy, with John Grogan as the narrator. He describes his life with his wife, puppy and children up until the death of Marley and the lessons that Marley taught along the way. The

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    Weaver’s low self-esteem and willingness to figure out exactly what God was calling him to do. Mike Weaver is credited most for the lyrics of “Redeemed.” Mike plays guitar and is also one of the lead singers for this famous Christian rock band. While the song came from a depressed and broken place, Weaver felt like he was never good enough and that he was worthless. Even with Weaver feeling the presence of the Lord around him and watching God send blessings his way, he

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    legendary reggae musician and singer, Bob Marley, once wrote in his song called, ” Redemption Song”, this song shows that one’s fate can only be decided by self choice. Bob Marley wrote and published this song just before his death at age 36, from cancer. Bob Marley wrote this song almost as a departure, knowing that the end was near. This song represents his attempts at redemption towards his past. A loss within, forces redemption to come into play, to gain back what was lost in the beginning.

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    People will sometimes think which would be the most effective method to use to right wrongs redemption or revenge? When righting a wrong, redemption is a more effective method than revenge. Redemption will usually result in less violence and there will be less problems to deal with. Revenge on the other hand, will usually result in more violence and it occasionally bites back on whoever was getting revenge on someone else or a group of people for some specific reason and sometimes things will tend

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