I M Looking Through You Rhetorical Devices

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The song that the Beatles made from their “Rubber Soul” album was a song called “I’m Looking Through You.” The song is talking about how the person looks the same, but is acting differently. With people coming back from Vietnam, how they act can be completely different from the time they left before being set out to war. Before they leave, they could be outgoing and caring, but when they come back they're quiet and closed off.

The article I decide to do with the song has to do with the Vietnam War. The article was talking about how people's loved ones have changed a lot coming home. People were confused on why the States took part of the war. The article mostly talked about how the people changed from coming
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The people could been happy to wake up and come back and now they're skittish or wakes up in the middle of the night screaming. Sending the people there messed up those soldiers. The song and the article both tell about the return of the soldiers and how they have been before and after the war.

The song and article have to do with the U.S. Protest. The song talks about a girl cheating with another man when her boyfriend or husband comes back and the girl has to run away. Protesters could get mad about anything about the war, from taking away babies from their parents to ruining relationships and having the soldiers coming to their house with another man in their bed with their loved one.

Coming home from spending a lot of time away could be really happy, come back to your house and your loved one,but then finding out she has cheated on you while you were away. After the war their could've been many protest of angry men accusing the government of ruining their relationship and their life. The war wasn't a smart idea even if we are the nation police there are some wars that their country should handle. No one should interfere a civil war until the battle has gotten out of

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