Give Peace a Chance Analysis
flagellation,
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regulations,
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integrations,
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meditations,
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united nations…”
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in which all of the words related to the political terms that symbolize the preferences of human.
After grasping all of the words, the writer concludes that the words in first, second and third stanza of this lyric describe the human philosophy or
way of life as the various description of human.
2 Symbol
In the first stanza of this lyric, the writer finds some word ended with suffix ism such as bagism, shagism, dragism, madism, ragism, tagism this-
ism, that-ism. This suffix is used very freely in modern English to form nouns
which embody a particular philosophy or set of principles, or an individual preoccupation or way of life.
The word bagism is the place for fans of John Lennon and The Beatles to come together and learn, educate, and have fun. It is an interactive site
meaning that you will have to be an active participant rather than just being a
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Evolution the gradual devolvement of the characteristics of plants animals over many generations, especially the development of more complicated forms from earlier, simpler forms or the
process of gradual movement. Ibid. p. 397.
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Mastication masticate to chew foot. Ibid. p.721.
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Flagellations flagellate to whip somebody or oneself as a religions punishment or for sexual pleasure. Ibid. p. 443.
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Regulations a rule or restriction made by an authority or the action or process of regulating something, control
. Ibid. p. 983.
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Integrations integrate to combine two things in such a way that one becomes fully a part of the other to become or make somebody. become fully a member of a community. Ibid. p. 620.
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Meditations the action or practice of meditating meditate to think deeply, use in silence, especially for religious purpose or n other to relax to plan something. In one’s mind; to consider doing
something. Ibid. p. 728.
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United Nations an organization of many countries formed to encourage peace in the world and to deal with problems between nations. Ibid. p. 1304.
passive observer. The underlying concept of John and Yokos bagism idea is interactivity among people without prejudice.
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In other words, it symbolizes the intimacy among people.
Even as the words shagism,
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dragism,
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madism,
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ragism,
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and tagis
m
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symbolize the life style of musician in 1960s, where the group of rock music emerges with shaggy style, jeans, and pro drugs and lyric which
have love themes as a protest to the Vietnam War. The word bagism, shagism, dragism, madism, ragism, tagism embody
a particular philosophy or set of principles or an individual preoccupation or way of life that refer to 1960s decade.
3 Allusion
The speaker uses allusion defined as “a reference to something in history or previous literature is like richly constitutive word or symbol, a
means of suggesting for more then it says to build the meaning far more what its says” in the last of stanza of this lyric.
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Anonymous, Bagism. Accessed on December 28, 2007. http:www.bagism.com.
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Of hair, fur, etc. Long, thick and untidy covered with long thick untidy hair, fur, etc., retrieved from: Jonathan Crowther 1995, op cit. p. 1079.
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an of breathing in smoke from a cigarette, etc., retrieved from: Ibid. p. 350.
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Mental ill very polish, crazy very interested in or enthusiastic about somebody something very exited, wild.
Ibid. p.705.
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A piece of old, often torn, cloth used especially for cleaning things piece ragtime music is a music played especially. on piano that originated in the USA in the 1890s and developed into jazz.
Ibid. p. 958-959.
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A label or device attached to something somebody, e.g. to identify them a name or phrase applied to somebody something. That describes them it in some way a word of phrase that added too
sentence for emphasis children’s game in which one child chases the other and tries to touch one of them.
Ibid. p. 1214.
The row of the names above is related to the icon of 1960s except Here Krishna.
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But, the writer can conclude that they are the people who give contribution such as thought, information, opportunity to produce works of
art, entertain etc. Some rows of the people who give contribution are written by Lennon
within the line “…John and Yoko, Timmy Leary, Rosemary, Tommy smothers, Bob Dylan, Tommy Cooper, Derek Taylor, Norman Mailer, Allan Ginsberg,
Hare...” They are the famous icons of 1960s, such as Lennon, an English rock
musician, singer and songwriter, who gained worldwide fame as one of the founders of The Beatles,
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and his wife Yoko. Timmy Leary whose full name Timothy Francis Leary October 22,
1920 – May 31, 1996 was an American writer, psychologist, modern pioneer and advocate of psychedelic drug research and use, and one of the first people
whose reaming have been sent into space. An icon of 1960s counterculture, Leary is most famous as a proponent of the therapeutic and spiritual benefits
of LSD.
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The Hare Krishna mantra, also referred to reverentially as the Maha Mantra Great Mantra, is a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra made well known outside of India by the International Society for
Krishna Consciousness commonly known as the Hare Krishnas. It appears within many traditions of Hinduism and is believed by practitioners to bring about a higher state of consciousness when heard,
spoken, meditated upon, or sung out loud. According to Gaudiya Vaishnava theology, this higher consciousness ultimately takes the form of pure love of God Krishna. Retrieved from: Anonymous,
Hare Krishna.
Accessed on March 14, 2008. http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiHare_Krishna.
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Anonymous, John Lennon. Accessed on March 14, 2008. http:www.solcomhouse.comjohnlennon.htm.
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Anonymous, Timothy Leary. Accessed on March 14
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2008. http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiTimothy_Leary.
Rosemary Brown is an English psychic who claims to have been contacted by the spirits of the dead, and given the opportunity to produce
works of art, music or literature, which under normal circumstances she would be unable to create
.
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Tommy smothers Thomas Bolin Tom Smothers, born February 2, 1937 is an American comedian, composer and musician from New York.
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New York. While Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota on May 24, 1941 was one of many folk singers to come out of the 1960s. At twelve he
taught himself to play guitar and later began playing harmonica along with his singing. His lyrics not only send a powerful message, they are stark, realistic,
incredible poetry.
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Tommy Cooper Tommy Cooper is one of Britains best loved and funniest comedians. At the age of 8 an aunt bought Tommy a magic set and he
would spend hours perfecting all the tricks. By the age of 16 he got a job as magician on a boat.
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Derek Taylor, Derek Taylor was born in Liverpool in 1932. A local Liverpool journalist, he worked for the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo, the
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Anonymous,
Rosemary Brown.
Accessed
on May 8, 2008. http:www.adam.com.aubstettPaBrown104.htm.
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Anonymous, Tom Smothers. Accessed on March 14, 2008. http:en.wikipedia.orgwikiTom_Smothers.
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Anonymous, Bob Dylan. Accessed on December 28 2007. http:www.wc.pdx.edubobdylan bobdylon.html.
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Anonymous, Tommy Cooper Biography. Accessed on March 14
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2008. http:www.biographyonline.netcomicstommy-cooper.html.
News Chronicle , the Sunday Dispatch and the Sunday Daily Express, and he
was columnist and theatre critic for the Northern Daily Express.
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Norman Mailer was A major figure in post-war American literature, Mailers other credits include writing, directing and appearing in a number of
motion pictures. He was born in 1923 in Long Branch.
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Allen Ginsberg was born in Newark-New Jersey, June, 3 1926. During the 1960s Ginsberg became one of the more prominent figures in the
American anti-war movement, as he also joined love-ins, took LSD, and generally grabbed every opportunity to harass the authorities. Still, his anger
and rebellion were perceived as generally good-natured, and in 1974 he won the National Book Award for The Fall of America: Poems of These States,
1965-1971. In his later years he served as a kind of Grand Old Man of pop counterculture, even appearing in a video for MTV in 1996.
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Overall, the lyric is a description about the philosophy of people or way of life such as inclination to talk about fashion, politics, pleasure, and
beliefs symbolizing the several kinds of human character. But, they constantly utter the peace including the refrain “…all we are saying is give peace a
chance.”