Masters of War

Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War” is one of the most remarkable demurral songs of the 20th Century. ‘Masters of War’, which is comprised in the 1963 album “The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan”, is not like a usual antiwar song. He was very young about in his early twenties when he wrote this song. The time period (1962-1963) when this song was written was a very horrifying one: the nation was stuck in a conflicting time period where many Americans didn’t support the nations involvement in the cold war against the USSR and the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the verge of a nuclear disaster. President Eisenhower warned the people of the dangers of the military industrial complex in a farewell address in February 1961.…

Masters of War’, included in the 1963 album ‘The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan’, is not the usual antiwar and pacifist song, it is a strong condemnation of the people responsible for the atrocities of war and for the deaths and the blood that it brings, with particular reference to the Vietnam War. The lyrics to the song are powerful and unforgiving. It makes you feel the intensity of the times Dylan was living in and his opinion of those times are clearly noted in his song. In Masters of War, Dylan’s…

1969 amidst the chaos of it all, a few years after the Civil War had taken place, but there was still a lot of tension. This song became a proud anthem to so many people with the powerful lyrics "I say we won't quit movin' until we get what we deserve" and "I've worked on jobs with my feet and my hands but all the work I did was for the other man." This song's lyrics spread out positivity and encouragement for many people, and they without a doubt express what many people felt at the time.…

Many Lives, Many Masters by Brian Weiss M.D. is a persuasive documentation of reincarnation, the past-life, and the afterlife. This book recounts the true story of the author, Brian Weiss, and his experience with reincarnation. He is a prominent American psychiatrist who is married and has two children. He heals his young patient, Catherine, with past-life therapy. In 1966, Brian Weiss graduated Columbia University with a Phi Beta Kappa (Honors), magna cum laude (means "with great praise"). In…

The ruined city is covered in dust, surrounded by a dome of tangled vines too thick to see through. A world, called Enchantė*, that once flourished is now left in shambles. This world was once full of vibrant life, until it was all ruined by war. The few left to survive gathered in a small city known as sėcuritė*. They did their best to repopulate their once amazing world, but yet could only keep so many people alive with the little protection from the outside world they had. The first survivors…

Music. A form of artistic expression consisting of its own unique, universal language, and is arguably the most popular and timeless form of entertainment. The art of musical composition is admired all over the world, and its articulately written notes and lyrics are used by many as a gateway to speak to all four corners of the world, and pass on one’s own thoughts on worldly struggles. Especially in the previous century, the 20th century, music has been one of the only ways to peacefully…

The Time I Got Stitches The worst thing that’s happened to me in my life was the time I had to get stitches. It was the summer of 2012. The weather was warm, but the wind was blazing. My cousin and I, who happened to live next door to each other in our old apartments were playing volleyball in the middle of the street, while our family were in the house hanging out. The ball we used was not hard so it could move with the wind. There were another set of apartments which everyone called the…

Even though the master tried to denied that it was their child you can tell by their skin tone. In Sira’s case which she is the mother of Siga, due to the fact that Dousika got horny when he’d seen her. As stated in the story “Siga’s mother was only a captive whom Dousika must have lain with one day, aroused by the tightness of her skirt over her buttock” (p. 30). Which indicates that a slave women was obligated to give up the rights to their bodies, and couldn’t refuse intercourse on an account…

African chattel slavery was deemed extremely dehumanizing to a point where African slaves could not find their own will to resist. Scholars coined the word agency to discuss Blacks not having the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves due to slavery. It is clear how that conclusion of Slavery stripping away agency can be reached; However, Slaves have always demonstrated their opposition and adversity. Those slaves that jumped into the ocean to escape bondage made decisions for…

The Lord and the Slave According to Georg Friedrich Hegel in his Lordship and Bondage, all conscious being fall into a “new relationship” of “the Lord” and “the Slave.” (Hegel, 32) Proving that this relationship is still being seen we use it to analyze the relationships between men and women in Glaspell’s Trifles. Throughout the story, the theme of master and slave are presented through clues that are shown through the relationships between men and women in the story. The first clear clue…