ENG 1201 A Change is Gonna Come – Assignment Solution
For this assignment I’d like you to do a kind of modified outline. By this, I simply mean that you don’t need to worry about the “traditional” outline format (with I, ii, a, etc.). What I would like for you to do is go through your song and indicate what context you have started to research and how it corresponds to what your artist is singing/playing about. You can really choose any format you’d like as long as you are being thorough and indicating the precise historical and contextual information you think will help you better understand the song. You don’t need to have all your research done, but you should have a few ideas of what sources you might use. For example, part of mine for “Zombie” might look something like: Background of the band – from Ireland, formed in the 90s, response to IRA bombing (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-42702781) – lyrics tanks and bombs, another head hangs lowly, child is slowly taken – reflects violence and loss of life (innocents caught in the fight) It’s the same old theme, Since 1916 – research Easter Rebellion and fight against British home rule that led to The Troubles The Troubles in the 90s – what was happening in the 80s and 90s when the band was growing up/formed (https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/04/world/europe/northern-ireland-troubles.html) *This assignment cannot be submitted late. THE SONG I PICK IS: ‘A Change is Gonna Come’ Sam Cooke (1964) In the last year of his life, Sam Cooke released his masterpiece — one he wrote after being turned away from a whites-only motel. Forty-four years later, it would be quoted by America’s first Black president. Moments after winning the 2008 election, Barack Obama told his supporters, “It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, change has come to America.” THE SONG I PICK IS: ‘A Change is Gonna Come’ THE SONG I PICK IS: ‘A Change is Gonna Come’ MUST include: What information does the read need? What information is interesting. But not necessary? Cover the important parts from the lyrics. Double checking information you think you already know.