No Hip In The Wild
Tren Linsley
Violence and chaos, is used, in conjunction with symbolic aspects, and binary opposition as literary tools, in “No Church In the Wild” to show fundamental problems with gender inequality in society, pointing out the irony that men are the ones with all the power, yet are ones who use it for violence. “No Church In The Wild” in this sense is a very overzealous example of “hipster” counterculture. The video opens with a relatively still shot of a man holding a molotov cocktail on what appears to be a regular city street He then clicks a lighter and ignites it, as soon as he does. The beat starts and the song begins. This is no accident, the way igniting the bomb is a prelude to the chaos and violence, the beat …show more content…
This is until, the camera again cuts to the image of a snarling german shepherd. Animals “No Church In The Wild” are used as the second major symbol after the statues. Including the dog, we see three examples of animals used symbolically in the video, the first is the dog, which represents violence and power. The dog is however leashed, being controlled by men. It is also worth noting that among the crowd of people, the snarling dog does not appear any more animalistic or chaotic than the humans. Suggesting that men are inherently animalistic and almost primal. The second animal we see is a horse, later in the video a running horse, represents freedom, but again the horse is being controlled by a police officer, this suggests that freedom is controlled by men in the establishment. The third animal is an elephant, appearing at the very end of the song. Elephants represent intelligence and understanding, however once again the elephant is being controlled by men, however unlike the previous two animals, the elephant is fighting its restraints. This suggests that men control information in society, and while they do women will never be able to be fully equal. However the fact that the elephant is fighting its restrains suggest that women in society are successfully pushing back against the
Tren Linsley
Violence and chaos, is used, in conjunction with symbolic aspects, and binary opposition as literary tools, in “No Church In the Wild” to show fundamental problems with gender inequality in society, pointing out the irony that men are the ones with all the power, yet are ones who use it for violence. “No Church In The Wild” in this sense is a very overzealous example of “hipster” counterculture. The video opens with a relatively still shot of a man holding a molotov cocktail on what appears to be a regular city street He then clicks a lighter and ignites it, as soon as he does. The beat starts and the song begins. This is no accident, the way igniting the bomb is a prelude to the chaos and violence, the beat …show more content…
This is until, the camera again cuts to the image of a snarling german shepherd. Animals “No Church In The Wild” are used as the second major symbol after the statues. Including the dog, we see three examples of animals used symbolically in the video, the first is the dog, which represents violence and power. The dog is however leashed, being controlled by men. It is also worth noting that among the crowd of people, the snarling dog does not appear any more animalistic or chaotic than the humans. Suggesting that men are inherently animalistic and almost primal. The second animal we see is a horse, later in the video a running horse, represents freedom, but again the horse is being controlled by a police officer, this suggests that freedom is controlled by men in the establishment. The third animal is an elephant, appearing at the very end of the song. Elephants represent intelligence and understanding, however once again the elephant is being controlled by men, however unlike the previous two animals, the elephant is fighting its restraints. This suggests that men control information in society, and while they do women will never be able to be fully equal. However the fact that the elephant is fighting its restrains suggest that women in society are successfully pushing back against the