There were few things that a slave could do to end the daily torture. One way of dealing with life was to sing about the condition of slavery. “The songs of the slave represent the sorrow of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears. ”[7] Part two, how he got educated Frederick Douglass was lucky to be sold to another master slave-holder, and he left the plantation to move to Baltimore, Maryland.…
Could you imagine not being able to go to a specific school based on the color of your skin? Many African American children knew how that felt up until the 1960s. African Americans had just seriously started to fight back and fight for their rights, even going to the same school as the white children. When a law was passed to integrate school, all did so except for Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. In the book, Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Beals, nine African American students, including herself had to go through the experience of being in the middle of a integration feud between people who believed in equal rights and others that didn’t.…
He didn’t know that his goodbye to his loved ones could have been his last. He makes you look at your own life and appreciate the things you do have. You never know when a goodbye will be your last and he puts that into perspective for his…
The character Bobby is an example to readers that no matter how great the loss was, you will get through it and move…
Samantha Vang Angela Coffee Composition II October 16, 2015 Can’t be Contained, Like Air “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise” (lines1-4). Imagine being looked down upon and your enemies expect you to have your head down. They expect you to be broken with tears running down your face because the world is against you. Having that in mind yet, you couldn’t care less on what the world labeled you as because you’re strong, knowledgeable, and refuse to surrender to your enemies. The poem, Still I Rise, clearly addressed to an oppressor of black people.…
“he stopped loving her today” in the song it refers to the death of his wife. The song clearly states that it’s a sadder song. This song is played at a lot of funerals. So this is a…
Sam Smith’s song “I’m Not The Only One” has many rhetorical devices that depicts many problems and ideas. Problems and ideas that many people portray for a long long time and even today. But before we talk about all the rhetorical ideas we need to analyze the artist and the music video a bit. This song was released on August 1st, 2014. The video shows a husband that’s not loyal to his wife and the wife is completely devastated.…
“Up on Melancholy Hill” by the band Gorillaz is a song from their album “Plastic Beach”, which uses the extended metaphor of a beach formed by trash and plastic that has been collecting on the sea. This song takes place on the island, with two lovers looking out towards the titular Melancholy Hill, with the singer speaking to her. It uses this to make a statement about consumerism, and more specifically how many people try to fill a void inside themselves with consumerism, but can never truly succeed, instead only killing the natural world in their pursuit. The songs speaker is reaching out to their lover, trying to convince them to abandon their chase, and instead pursue something much more fulfilling. The example used would be them traveling the world together because the plastic beach their on has…
The people being held down by someone they love are being kept from attaining their full potential. In the song “Gravity,” Sara tries to explain how it feels to love someone who is oppressing them by telling the audience that she is down on the ground while the man she loves is flying far up above her. As she explains in the fifth verse: “I live here on my knees/ As I try to make you see/ That you're everything I think I need here on the ground. ”…
The musical function of the lead singer is to gives the listener an emotion of sorrow as well as shows the listener the slow pace of the song. While the leader sets the pace, they start to sing the vocals it gives a extremely strong effect to the song at 0:10. At first she starts off slow then proceeds to raise the volume of her voice as if she is setting an example for the other singers in the song. The lead singer of this song sets the emotional feel, pace and sets the standards of the song up.…
Music Composer for To Kill a Mockingbird • “Ultralight Beam” by Kanye West is the first song on this soundtrack. The second verse by Kelly Price talks about how “You persecute the weak / Because it makes you feel so strong,” similar to when Atticus talks about how Mayella is putting this man on trial so she doesn’t have to deal with the fact she kissed a black man. They both possess the mood of being somber. The song makes you feel as if there are problems that have been corrected and you finally feel free. The book, however, highlights the racial divide between whites and blacks.…
Have you ever heard a song that has impacted your life? Songs are a form of art that allows artists to express their feelings in a form of music. Songs can be interrupted in many ways; some songs have a more literal meaning, while other songs require you to interpret the lyrics to understand the deeper meaning. Artists often use figurative, metaphorical, and poetic elements in their songs to help develop the overall message. The use of figurative terms in a song leaves the interpretation of the song broad and allows the listener to have their own meaning of the song.…
“Only in America” by Brooks and Dunn was recorded in June 18, 2001 on a album called “steers and stripes”. This song talks about how the more opportunities that we have in our nation like going to school to get better education, freedom, and dreams. In other countries it’s not provided if you don’t have the money for it or being a woman you won’t get the opportunity to do stuff around.…
Jazz has been an integral genre for African Americans to utilize as their outlet to make a debut in the music world as well as a way to deal with oppression during their times. Google defines jazz as “a type of music of black American origin characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and usually a regular or forceful rhythm, emerging at the beginning of the 20th century” Although in our contemporary society jazz singers aspire to relay their message, not just oppression, but leave their universal themes throughout their music. One jazz musician that will be heavily focused on will be Sadè, a biracial woman whose jazz continually captivates diverse jazz lovers. By comparing and contrasting Sadè’s two songs, Smooth Operator and Cherry Pie,…
The theme of the poem is that love does not have to be romantic; it can be shown through the support one gives to their loved one in a difficult time. Boland writes, “But her feet were held against his breastbone. The last heat of his flesh was his last gift to her,” (Boland, line 11-12). The theme of love shows how families leaned on one another during Ireland’s dark time.…