The song that I'm relating "The Sniper" to is "Where is the Love" by The Black Eyed Peas.
This song relates to the Sniper, because it’s meant to be about hate and violence amongst human beings. It actually couldn’t be anymore clear than it is. It talks specifically about issues such as terrorism, racism, and discrimination, and how society just tends to turn their back on the issues, especially when it happens in North America. That’s when people just ignore it, trying to stop it in other countries, and go to war. That is something else this song targets, that I think directly relates to the story; “Nations dropping bombs, chemical gasses filling the lungs of little ones, with the ongoing suffering as the youth die young”. Then, in the chorus: “People killing, people dying, children hurt and you hear them crying, can you practice what you preach? And would you turn the other cheek?”. Lastly, the song refers to negative images being projected through the media, and how it’s penetrating young peoples’ minds, when they might want to act the same way. This can be a problem, but it isn’t associated directly with the story. It does, however, make me think about how the government can make bad things sound alright. It could almost be like we are being brainwashed by the news, announcements, and many forms of media. What I particularly have in mind, is how we can be led to have different opinions about big, negative issues, like war. A certain statement put out might lead us all to think that war is a good thing, when it really isn’t.
This song relates to the Sniper, because it’s meant to be about hate and violence amongst human beings. It actually couldn’t be anymore clear than it is. It talks specifically about issues such as terrorism, racism, and discrimination, and how society just tends to turn their back on the issues, especially when it happens in North America. That’s when people just ignore it, trying to stop it in other countries, and go to war. That is something else this song targets, that I think directly relates to the story; “Nations dropping bombs, chemical gasses filling the lungs of little ones, with the ongoing suffering as the youth die young”. Then, in the chorus: “People killing, people dying, children hurt and you hear them crying, can you practice what you preach? And would you turn the other cheek?”. Lastly, the song refers to negative images being projected through the media, and how it’s penetrating young peoples’ minds, when they might want to act the same way. This can be a problem, but it isn’t associated directly with the story. It does, however, make me think about how the government can make bad things sound alright. It could almost be like we are being brainwashed by the news, announcements, and many forms of media. What I particularly have in mind, is how we can be led to have different opinions about big, negative issues, like war. A certain statement put out might lead us all to think that war is a good thing, when it really isn’t.
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