Songs of the Free

understanding your rights will keep you out of jail. Even the supreme court struggles to determine what exactly constitutes protected speech. When trying to see if your covered by the first amendment, certain questions have to be displayed. Are we free to say whatever we want? Exactly what is freedom of speech, what can I say, and what can 't I say and still be covered by the first amendment? Understanding the dilemma that freedom of speech just like anything else, has stipulations, making it not

Period 2 The Odyssey vs. Siren Song Some people have one inanimate object in their lives that they find so enticing that they are incapable of withstanding. One object that lures them into a deep trap not giving them any chance to resist. In Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song” as well as Homer’s The Odyssey the one inanimate object all men cannot seem to resist is a Siren calling them in. In “Siren Song” we see a portrayal of this irresistible lure by one Siren’s song as merely a taunting boredom,

Lee Brice wrote “I Drive Your Truck” for a father that had lost his son in the war saving fellow soldier. Paul Monti explains that the song is about the absence of Jared. Paul had an operation called Flags for Vets that on every Memorial Day people go put flags on the graves of the fallen soldiers. Jared's dad still drives his truck, he says it reminds him of Jared and that he likes being in there because it gives him special and peaceful feeling. Paul says that losing your kid is as if you have

“Vincent” The event was a YouTube video which contained a song written by Don McLean. We watched the video multiple times in class at Roger’s State University. The song was written about Vincent Van Gogh, and also contains the name of one of his well-known works, “The Starry Night”. It seems to have something to do with his possible suicide. Along with the music the video also showed multiple paintings and drawings that were done by Van Gogh. These works span through his whole career and are in

The song “I Get a Kick out of you” was originally composed by ‘’Cole Albert porter’’, who unlike other Broadway composers, wrote the lyrics as well as the music for his songs. Through this particular song of his, he was trying to express the singer’s love and his relative disinterest in perfume, champagne, cocaine, and planes. It was published in November 1934 and introduced in ‘Anything Goes’ by Ethel Merman. This song has since then, been covered on numerous occasions by popular singers such as

of black individuals in America. Dating back to the seventeenth century, Africans were taken from their homes and arrived in the United States as slaves. Although some colored people were in the land of the free, there were still segregation laws that restricted them of living life as a free American. In America, people are meant to have equal rights, but segregation did the opposite of that. Even after slavery was banned and there were no longer discriminatory laws, racism still exists in America

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

Print Ad Analysis Analyze one or more commercial print advertisements in order to determine the rhetorical objectives of the advertisers and to assess the success of their efforts. 1400-1600 10/12 Song Analysis Analyze one song of your choosing in order to determine the rhetorical objectives of the song writer and to assess the success of their efforts. 1400-1600 11/30 Final Exam Answer certain questions relating to our reading this semester. This will include true and false, short answer and

been around since the 17th century in the western hemisphere. It gives information on how gospel and dance was pass down from generation to generation. It shows how slaves had faith to push on, because they would one day be free. The topics “gospel” and civil right movement in song and dance are broken down to give more detail where it all started from. Gospel is called spirituality it help to show the emotion the Africans had for their faith. Some slaves had to have secret religious services because

companies offering artists to be their sponsor and these big companies will make propaganda that will catch viewer’s attention leading on to the creator of the propaganda or advertisement will play the artist’s song causing the viewer to be attracted by the advertisement and wanting to listen to the song over and over again so they go in search of more and streaming apps such as Pandora, YouTube, and Spotify. In these streaming apps you have the option to subscribe to the