The video I watched was, "Emmanuel Jal: The music of a war child". The artist is Emmanuel Jal and he was a child soldier in Sudan and has since been rescued and became an international hip-hop star and activist for children in war zones. Jal uses lyrical poetry and music to tell his life stories instead of vocally for it's to hard for him any other way. He uses his song "Forced to Sin" as a poem for the audience and it's about when he became a child soldier and during a journey was tempted to eat his friend because he had no food . Music was also a form of therapy for him and he believes that, "music is the only thing that has the power to enter your cell system, your mind, your heart, influence your soul and your spirit, and can even influence
The death of Melbourne teen Jake Bilardi who has sacrificed his life in serving the IS. This has triggered feelings of ambivalence and sadness in addition to the outrage. In an opinion piece, “Jake Bilardi: both perpetrator and victim' (The Drum, 13 May 2015), Tim Mayfield, a freelance writer who has previously worked at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Defences contends in a assertive, sympathetic tone, that extremists are those who have been abandoned for certain reasons and countries like Australia are able to gain triumph from the battle ideas of the extremist. The writers targeted his writing towards parents and also the Australian government. Tim Mayfield begins his opinion piece with several imageries
It creates a vision just by reading the lyrics. It demonstrates how he needs to stand up. “We get it, the system is wicked, just learn how to pick it Knowledge is power, I swear I'm a witness, I know that I'm gifted I won't go too deep 'cause I'm scared they'll get me.” This creates a picture of how he views the problem. He has been affected by violence and it scares him.
During the beginning of the video, the camera man captures animals in distress then continue on to Sarah McLachlan
Handfuls of shells spiral towards the ground, dotting impact craters across the previously flat terrain, wreaking havoc on the inhabitants scattering from the area, only to have the shells quickly picked up and included in a child’s seashell collection. In Steven Galloway’s The Cellist of Sarajevo, the main characters frequently imagine a life free of war and crisis, but are ultimately stuck in the world of reality, albeit using memories and illusions to cope with the war-torn world that they face. Through the emphasizing of the characters’ rejecting the harsh reality during the Siege of Sarajevo, Galloway creates the theme of appearance versus reality by eliminating the appearance of certain emotions within the characters; allowing the characters
In the text, “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”, by Ray Bradbury, a young boy is facing a conflict. Joby, a 14 year old Drummer in the army, is awaiting the battle the next morning. He is nervous and scared because he feels vulnerable against the muskets . The general of their battalion helps him steady himself, and Joby feels better.
Looking at the image it is clear that the people inside the picture are filled with joy after such a sad period. The surrounding people looking upon the sailor kissing the woman are smiling and expressing genuine cheer. Just the same as those listening to the song. The photograph and the music give purpose in the sense that they both make an individual feel the joy being
Imagine if you are a teenager, marching into a battle with no armor, no weapons, and no ways of self-defense. All you have is a drum and a pair of drumsticks, which you must play throughout the entire battle. Without the drum, soldiers would have no way to hear the general’s commands which would make them a school of fish in a barrel. This was the job of drummer boys in the American Civil War, the bloodiest war in American history with around 620,000 deaths. In “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”, written by Ray Bradbury, drummer boy Joby is terrified of the impending battle the next day.
The story of Emmanuel Jal in his biography is an extraordinary story of a War Child. Throughout his story he talks about the countless struggle of living in a war zone; moving place to place, trying to find a safe heaven for him and his family. Jal states that he “””””””””. Being a child, being able to endure a war, then enrolling in a militia group, all before the age of 18 is heartbreaking. In the beginning and mid part of his life, so far, he saw gruesome scenery such as “”””””.
The Drummer The drummer is at a different part of his hero 's journey, that part is the road of trials. The drummer still has tasks to do for the maiden because he agreed to so he could stay the night. The drummer was working really hard for her those past few days. She even says “Lay that head on my lap from all the exhausting work that he had done”. He then has one last task and that task is to burn the fire for an old lady so that she can be warm.
Music can bring the brightest of joys that keeps us moving through our dull and boring lives. An example of this joy is Ishmael Beah’s life as a boy soldier in his book A Long Way Gone. As he tells you his story, he tells of his dance group with his friends, the times he heard music in the middle of war, and how music saved him from the madness that brewed within him. Music has the unique ability to create peace in a person’s life despite the difficulties surrounding them, and to bring a constant reminder of who they are as a person.
Self-sacrifice is a common theme throughout Steven Galloway’s novel “The Cellist of Sarajevo”. The novel itself is a combination of fiction and nonfiction, while based on true events, Galloway’s imagination has vividly created four distinct character that each make sacrifices for their own ideal. They all share one vision, the vision being their city, Sarajevo, in a state of peace, rather than war. Each of the four characters attempt to survive in their war torn city in their own way. Amidst sniper fire, and bombing of markets, homes and even hospitals, each of them continues on with their lives, in what seems to be an unrelated chain of events.
Wei, Jayden English 8/8H 7 February 2023 “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” Literary Analysis “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” was a historical fiction written by Ray Bradbury that is inspired by the two-day world-renowned battle that occurred on April 6, 1862, the Battle of Shiloh. This battle was no ordinary battle as it became one of the first engagements of the Civil War. However, this historical fiction is not exactly yet very similar to what happened, yet depicts the feelings and emotions sought out the night before the Battle of Shiloh really happens. In this story, a young boy named Joby runs away from home to enlist in the army, later becoming a drummer boy. However, Joby starts to think about the next day and when the war occurs, slowly realizing
Daniel Felsenfeld began his self-proclaimed “uninspiring” musical journey in High School. During this time he labored over musical pieces that left him feeling unfulfilled. His conflict of disinterest in Chopin Preludes and Beethoven’s Sonata led Felsenfeld to move on from professional music lessons to performing at piano bars. We have all felt a switch in our mood from an old song that provokes sad memories to an upbeat lyric that makes us want to dance. Music is known for bringing out the person you are truly deeply inside like the young man in Benjamin Zander’s Speech.
The Cellist of Sarajevo, Steven Galloway In Steven Galloway’s The Cellist of Sarajevo, the chapters alternate between the different perspectives of three main characters. One of which is Arrow, a female sniper with immense ability who is sent to protect the cellist from other enemy snipers. Mindful of her value, she limits her involvement in the war – she will not, for example, target civilians. A code of ethics is her sole luxury.
War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. This a song lyric from a song called War written by Edwin Starr. In this song he talks about the horrors of war and the meaninglessness of everyone's deaths.