Masters of War
Andy Lee
Eng 101
Teddy
10/29/2011
Analysis of Masters of War (Bob Dylan)
Masters of War was written and released at 1963, by a famous singer called Bob Dylan. This song was also released with the other famous song, e.g. “Blowin’ in the Wind”. They were come from the same album called “ The Freewheelin’ ”. This was a anti-war song, it reflects the singer wanted peace at that time. Bob Dylan is a famous American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and painter. His lyrics wrote about political social, philosophical and literacy influences. In this song, there are some lyrics talked about the weapons that solider would used to kill people and gain victory by those weapons. “Big guns”, “death planes”, “bombs”, “bullets” were the words that Bob Dylan used to described the war. All this things, can easily took away people’s life in one second, it’s was some killing weapons that use to fight in a war. Though this song “Masters of War”, Bob Dylan wanted to carry out the message and values of peace. In the song, it talked about human freedom. “You play with my world, like it’s your little toy”. Some students get draft card random, they must become an army goes to the war. Just like you play with my world, because the student army would easily kill by the enemy in a few seconds with the destructing weapons. They were became the toy of the general. The final goal is victory. The draft of army was mandatory, once if students were drafted to war, they must go for it. Seems like they don’t have any freedom to object this drafting. As President Johnson said, “Freedom is right to share, share fully and equally, in American society—to vote, to hold a job, to enter a public place, to go to school. It is the right to be treated in every part of our national life as a person equal in dignity and promise to all others” in Howard University Address. Meanwhile, it is not enough to give freedom to people, they also need to have the
Eng 101
Teddy
10/29/2011
Analysis of Masters of War (Bob Dylan)
Masters of War was written and released at 1963, by a famous singer called Bob Dylan. This song was also released with the other famous song, e.g. “Blowin’ in the Wind”. They were come from the same album called “ The Freewheelin’ ”. This was a anti-war song, it reflects the singer wanted peace at that time. Bob Dylan is a famous American singer-songwriter, musician, poet and painter. His lyrics wrote about political social, philosophical and literacy influences. In this song, there are some lyrics talked about the weapons that solider would used to kill people and gain victory by those weapons. “Big guns”, “death planes”, “bombs”, “bullets” were the words that Bob Dylan used to described the war. All this things, can easily took away people’s life in one second, it’s was some killing weapons that use to fight in a war. Though this song “Masters of War”, Bob Dylan wanted to carry out the message and values of peace. In the song, it talked about human freedom. “You play with my world, like it’s your little toy”. Some students get draft card random, they must become an army goes to the war. Just like you play with my world, because the student army would easily kill by the enemy in a few seconds with the destructing weapons. They were became the toy of the general. The final goal is victory. The draft of army was mandatory, once if students were drafted to war, they must go for it. Seems like they don’t have any freedom to object this drafting. As President Johnson said, “Freedom is right to share, share fully and equally, in American society—to vote, to hold a job, to enter a public place, to go to school. It is the right to be treated in every part of our national life as a person equal in dignity and promise to all others” in Howard University Address. Meanwhile, it is not enough to give freedom to people, they also need to have the