Toby Keith

During the 1960’s, music began to change. From President Kennedy’s assassination, to the Vietnam War, and then the Civil Rights movement, these events all had an effect on the mood of American’s and music was used to reflect this change. The Vietnam War began almost unnoticed by Americans but became a dominating fact of American politics by the mid 1960’s and the American views of the war were very diverse(Johnson, 2012, pg. 273). Protest music was used to address the Vietnam War, from the lack of

released a single cover of the song after the bin Laden takedown. Waylon Jennings did not receive nearly as much publicity after the release of his single "The Eagle," however it did make an appearance as 9th on US Billboard Top Country Albums. Toby Keith has the honor of performing songs like "American Soldier" to troops on USO tours after the song spent weeks as number one on US Hot Country Songs

disgusted towards the city he is living in and has a sense of hatred for his life. • Toby Cypress – an old, Indian, tribe leader, who is the half brother of Solomon. Solomon had met up with Toby to apologize for something he had done a few years back, and wanted to make amends with him; or as Toby described, “trying to catch the fog.” Chapter 2 (La Florida - 1863 • Tobias MacIvey – Sol’s grandfather/ Zechariah MacIvey and Toby Cypress’s father. He is a thirty year old man, living in Florida scrub. He had

Blake Shelton Would you like to see a country singers life and singing carrier? Because Blake is in the Voice and he is a judge also he has a lot of songs in his album. Blake Shelton makes jokes to just about everything, and he married Kayhette Williams in 2003 but didn't go well. Blake Shelton is a successful country singer. Blake Shelton had a very interesting childhood, Blake suffered loss at an early age and he lost his brother in a car crash. He also was a pageant kid he got embarrassed a

grew up, the small community support, someone or something that has personally touched their life. Giving back is a form of charity some of today’s top icons artist like to share with their fan base. Some icons such as Luke Bryan, Taylor Swift, and Toby Keith chose to donate money, put

Bush during his first term in 2001-2005 declared a war against the Al-Qaeda which led to the War in Afghanistan and developing xenophobia toward Muslims. Toby Keith, White American citizen and country artist which music centered around American values including American Patriotism, release his song Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue in 2002 to encourage the American citizens to take action against the terrorist

“Blown Away” by Carrie Underwood shows many examples of pathos, ethos, and logos in the song. The emotions within the song are very heart wrenching and dark and the sound of the song is portrayed this way. The sound of the song is very dark and intense with a fast loud beat throughout which correlates to the lyrics and the video of the song as well. Carrie Underwood establishes her credibility by being who she is as a country singer and has been for the past ten years. She also shows logos in her

Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling, the witches and wizards have their own jargon including words such as but not limited to "muggle," "squib," and "quidditch." 53. litotes- an understatement caused by the use of double negatives. For example, Toby Keith sings, "I ain't as good as I once

Songwriting consists of a lot of rhetorical techniques in order to give the song rhythm. These techniques include figures of speech, repetition, syntax, and sound devices. A well-known song relating 9/11 is “Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue” by Toby Keith. This song’s purpose is to show that Americans will stay united and fight for their country. The song uses a lot of rhymes to give it a nice beat and rhythm. An example of this is lines five and six of the song, “There’s a lot of men dead so we

Did you know, in January 2015 there were nearly 48,000 homeless veterans in the United States? In 2014, there was an estimated 50,000, 2,000 more than 2015. In the past three years, the average reduction was at least 5,000 (Military Times), meaning during the year of 2015 not enough was done to help these veterans off the streets. Considering these people fought for this country, I think we as a country should be doing more to keep these people off the streets. In order to do this, citizens as well