Essays on Music

Dylan’s “Angel on Our Side” was written during the volatile days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, which took the world to the verge of nuclear catastrophe. As a consequence, the album is a reaction to the country’s discrimination. Dylan emphasizes the inconsistency that occurs between residual philosophies such as patriotism,…

Bob Dylan wrote “God on Our Side” in 1964, amid the American Civil Rights Movement. Bob Dylan wrote the song by emphasizing the conflict between residual philosophies such as patriotism and white supremacy (Dylan). The song was written during a period when latent philosophies such as racial injustice were influencing…

Songs are an effective instrument for uniting communities of people, as well as for helping them communicate shared feelings and bring them to action. In this respect, some songs appear as anthems for unique generations. Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless America” is one such hit. This song has served as a…

The poem Ode to a Nightingale by John Keats was inspired by a chirping song of a nightingale that the poet heard in the garden of one of his friends-Charles Brown-and was composed one morning when the sound of the bird took his heart away. The ‘Ode of a Nightingale,’…

This section presents the two main stories of the magazine, Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong and Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been. The two stories’ lead characters, Mary Anne and Connie, are also added. The thesis argument, which is important in the literary study of the text,…

Gordon Parks directed the film Shaft (1971), a private investigator named John Shaft who is charged with saving the daughter of Harlem from kidnappers of Italian descent. Melvin Van Peebles directed Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song (who also stars in it). The film tells the story of a fictional African American…

Given the posthumous approach taken by the film’s director Raoul Peck, identifying the style of film “I am not Your Negro” is a bit difficult. The film is a documentary, a biography, and an essay based on letters and notes written by James Baldwin in the mid-1970s while working on…

The documentary is based on a serial killer and rapist who lived in Ontario, Canada. David Snow, a serial murderer, was found guilty of two murders in April 1992. Nancy and Ian Blackburn, a couple from a cottage near Toronto, were the victims of murder. The convict was also connected…

Documentary films are nonfictional motion pictures that are used to document an aspect of education, reality, and education in general and keep historical records. Digital and video output, which can be television shows or direct to video, are included. There should be ethical issues that should be followed for a…

The Employment Standards Act of British Columbia is in place to protect the rights of employees, especially those on lower wages. The British Columbia legislative government passed the law. The act includes several sections that pertain to an employer’s treatment of an employee and aims to ensure that there is…

Phantom of the Opera is (Silent Film, 1925) Observation After seeing the silent film The Phantom of the Opera (1925), I understood various problems in our culture, including disability inequality, crime, and romance. I considered the film to be both exciting and engaging. The Phantom, a convicted felon who represents…

Confronting Prejudice and Racism: A Sociology Documentary Arabs in the United States are not treated fairly because many people regard them as disloyal to the government. Furthermore, even though they have only Middle Eastern origins and share similar thoughts to other Americans, most Americans mark them as terrorists. “Most Americans…