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disandangnya. Sungguh suatu ironi yang amat menyedihkan di abad yang dianggap maju dan beradab ini
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g. The irony of liberty is no one here is truly free
Irony of situation appears in this line since when the results of a situation are far different from what was expected. As people have
recognized that US is absolutely a freedom country. However, the speaker blamed the president to express his disappointment of the
unexpected situation comes as a result where his decision which is unbreakable makes freedom become something hard to find.
Even more Kofi Annan in his last speech ridicule Bush’s policy as a president of the nation which supposed appreciate freedom, human rights
and democracy above all. He said the United States was a model democracy “in which
everyone, including the most powerful, is subject to legal restraint.” The United States was “in the vanguard of the global human rights
movement,” but said “that lead can only be maintained if America remains true to its principles, including in the struggle against
terrorism.” “When it appears to abandon its own ideals and objectives,” he
added, “its friends abroad are naturally troubled and confused.”
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. The speaker also expresses his anger in the next lines with
mentioning the word fuck for at least three times. His angers and his disappointments address to the government and to the apathy of most US
citizens.
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Neneng Yanti Kh., Perlawanan Terhadap Dominasi Media Barat http:www.pikiran-rakyat.comcetak0403160802.htm
, Accessed on August 2007
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Warren Hoge, Annan Urges U.S. to Reject Unilateralism, http:www.nytimes.com20061212world12annan.html?_r=1n=TopReferenceTimes20
TopicsPeopleAAnnan,20Kofipagewanted=alloref=slogin Accessed on March 2008
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Pennywise express their anger and their disappointments using satire, sarcasm, irony of fate, verbal irony, and irony of situation through this lyric, God save
USA. The band concerns the issue of freedom and social economy problem caused by the policy of Bush’s administration from beginning war, unilateralism, and
corporate philosophy in monopolizing economy world.
3. Sad State Of Affairs