Poem Analysis: Fallen Star By Tupac Shakur
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Do African American still have their freedom? That’s what Tupac Shakur would ask if he was still alive. Tupac is the author of the poem “Fallen Star”. Tupac always spoke with deep meaning, and he tried to express his feelings. He was a rapper who believed in freedom and respect. “Fallen star” was written for Huey Newton, a cofounder of the black panthers. He dedicated the poem to him showing Huey love and respect. Huey was living around the civil rights movement. He tried to be a role model and fight for his rights. He wants the African Americans to realize what the white Americans have done. He wanted freedom, and he was trying to prove a point. Tupac said nobody understood what he was trying to do but the white Americans. Since they knew what he was trying to do they were trying to stop him before he could get his message out to the world.
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The hard times they had. In line two states “Two beloved by so many, so intimate” was stating what type of leader Newton was. He was loved by many African American for trying to turn something negative into something positive. He tried to be a role module for the young African Americans. He wanted to let them know that they could be somebody. He gave out shoes and food to the African American community. He was like there big brother. Tupac felt the whites didn’t want to see this change to. He felt they wanted to see him see him dead so he couldn’t change the world. He felt they were scared of a change.” They want to see your lifeless corpse, this way you could not alter the course,” shows what I mean. Tupac stated “of ignorance that have they have set to make my people forget”. He was talking about how the white Americans didn’t want people to how they treated the African American were wrong. Newton put into the black American eyes this is not how we are not suppose to be
Do African American still have their freedom? That’s what Tupac Shakur would ask if he was still alive. Tupac is the author of the poem “Fallen Star”. Tupac always spoke with deep meaning, and he tried to express his feelings. He was a rapper who believed in freedom and respect. “Fallen star” was written for Huey Newton, a cofounder of the black panthers. He dedicated the poem to him showing Huey love and respect. Huey was living around the civil rights movement. He tried to be a role model and fight for his rights. He wants the African Americans to realize what the white Americans have done. He wanted freedom, and he was trying to prove a point. Tupac said nobody understood what he was trying to do but the white Americans. Since they knew what he was trying to do they were trying to stop him before he could get his message out to the world.
People …show more content…
The hard times they had. In line two states “Two beloved by so many, so intimate” was stating what type of leader Newton was. He was loved by many African American for trying to turn something negative into something positive. He tried to be a role module for the young African Americans. He wanted to let them know that they could be somebody. He gave out shoes and food to the African American community. He was like there big brother. Tupac felt the whites didn’t want to see this change to. He felt they wanted to see him see him dead so he couldn’t change the world. He felt they were scared of a change.” They want to see your lifeless corpse, this way you could not alter the course,” shows what I mean. Tupac stated “of ignorance that have they have set to make my people forget”. He was talking about how the white Americans didn’t want people to how they treated the African American were wrong. Newton put into the black American eyes this is not how we are not suppose to be