Sam Cooke's song, "A Change Is Gonna Come," discusses the many hardships he and many other African Americans have gone through. He does this through explaining various instances, such as, "I go to the movies and I go down town, Somebody keep telling me don't hang around" and the line, "Then I go to my brother saying Brother help me please, but he winds up knockin' me back on my knees." These two occurrences offer an appeal to logos because they are concrete evidence of the message in "A Change Is Gonna Come"; despite the fact that black people have been continuously put down as a race, they are going to make a change in the unfair society. Cooke demonstrates the struggles he encounters and allows the audience to understand how difficult it is for black people in the time period by providing specific examples of the suppression. He then continues to explain how he is able to recover from this animosity and continue to fight for equality, showing that overcoming the hatred that stems from racism is truly possible.
-Lea
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ReplyDeleteI like the direct quotes that you used to describe the logos, as it is very important to show the examples of the logos brought on in the songs. One thing i would add might be a lyric or example of his ability to overcome the hatred of racism.
ReplyDeleteI like the direct quotes that you used to describe the logos, as it is very important to show the examples of the logos brought on in the songs. One thing i would add might be a lyric or example of his ability to overcome the hatred of racism.
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