The land I love
Bruce Springsteen writes a majority of his songs about prolific times in the great American past, which most Americans have vowed to forget. He stresses the importance of the mindset we must have as Americans, throughout harsh and painful times we inevitably endure. Not many people find comfort in reminiscing about the many innocents killed in Vietnam or the souls destroyed by racial profiling in the race riots of the 1960s. In Born in the U.S.A, No Surrender, and My Hometown, Springsteen engages the listener in a patriotic mode, and makes us Americans, proud to be who we are. Vietnam was a War in America that many want to forget. It was a war plagued by unexplained deaths and fought by innocent and mentally unprepared civilians "Got in a little hometown jam so they put a rifle in my hand, Sent me off to a foreign land to go kill the yellow man." Many suffered extreme losses "Had a brother Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong, They're still there he's all gone." Springsteen knew Americans needed a sense of patriotism when discussing times of negativity, such as Vietnam. Throughout Born in the U.S.A Springsteen reaches out to his listeners, because both he and us were "Born in the U.S.A". Us Americans need to feel as if we are
" It is essential that as Americans, we unite in snapping the tightly strung rope of racial tension. He recognizes Americans feel our situation in Vietnam is worthless, and recognizes many of the soldiers are indeed tired and scared, yet Springsteen lets them remember "We made a promise we swore we'd always remember, no retreat no surrender. It should continue to be the twenty second wait it was after September 11th , 2001. In My Hometown, Springsteen tells the country, every American needs to fight this war of race. "There was a lot of fights between the black and white, There was nothing you could do, Two cars at a light on a Saturday night, in the back seat there was a gun, Words were passed, in a shotgun blast. Instead, we need to have this sense of Patriotism at all times, even when our economy is booming and when we are on friendly terms with third world nations. Let us join together as Americans, and take pride and when pledging allegiance to the United States during first period. Pulling out onto a busy street should not be the five minute wait it was before September 11th, 2001. "Tonight I can hear the neighborhood drummer sound, I can feel my heart begin to pound. It was a time of uneasiness all across the United States. Let us think about the positive and negative events of our country when listening to the national anthem at the Bruins game, or watching Nebraska play Oklahoma from a television set. Americas must not neglect our moral duties to our country, and wait for great artists such as Bruce Springsteen to sing long-lasting impacting songs such as Born in the U. " People's lives were also affected financially and economically during this time of crisis. A, No Surrender, and My Hometown, in order to raise our patriotic morale.
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