There are also several examples of alliteration scattered throughout the song, including the alliteration found in the line, 'Some folks are born silver spoon in hand.' The repetition of the letter 's' in such close succession creates emphasis on the two words while grabbing and directing the reader's attention towards what is being said. Right away in the first verse, one can find a metaphor in the lines, 'Some folks are born made to wave the flag/Ooh, they're red, white and blue.' The folks being described are also being compared to the American flag, which is comprised of the colors red, white, and blue this shows that these men and women are patriotic and would do anything to help serve and protect their country. The song 'Fortunate Son' describes the band's views on war and the army, using literary devices for dramatic effect. Bands, such as Creedence Clearwater revival, use this in order to help make their views on specific topics apparent to their audience. Many artists and songwriters use poetic devices to create a sense of complexity in their songs and ballads, keeping the reader or listener interested in what they are saying. The use of such devices is not, however, restricted to novels or plays. Anyway, for the most part I agree with you Johnson does raise an interesting point, though.Throughout literature, literary and poetic devices are used in order to strengthen the work overall. A conscripted army acts as a check against the system the caveat is that it should never be deployed to an unjust war. He proposes that a volunteer standing army only creates problems, and has led to the creation of the military-industrial complex that plauges our nation's foreign policy and the world. In the modern day, however, people would be sent to die for principles they may not agree with. People were willing to be sent to the front lines, to truly die for freedom. The difference was that it was clearly a just war. Johnson refers to World War II, in which many people were drafted. He suggests that the problem is not the draft but rather the imperialistic way in which America conducts its foreign policy. I recently saw a lecture by Chalmers Johnson, author of 'Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic'. General CommentPurely as a response to the last post, I have an interesting thought for you to consider. Unfortunatly we have gone to far to pull out of it and now we must put our troops in great harm to try to clean up Bush's mess.

the issue is that we are fighting another war that is unnessesary. the issue with this war, however, isn't how the rich get out of the draft. what exactly are we fighing for? Back home we have heinously untrustworthy leaders acting almost like a dictator under the idea that we are fighting against terror and for freedom. The war was ill planned and the reasons of it were lost in the politics. 'it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son.' - i interprit this to be a knock on the military die hards who will degrade you because the don't deem your patriotism to be as high as theirs. the song also shows how the public gets too carried away on patriotism. Johnson just inherited an already growing conflict and accelerated the nation into war.ДЄs for the song I see how the problem of the discrimination based on econimic and social status but there is also another. the first troops were sent in under Kennedy. it started with Eisenhower sending 'military advisors'. General CommentJohnson didn't start the war.

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