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Where is the Love - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Songs were used in protests and campaigns
        
        Where is the Love: Civil Rights movement
        Ex: Used in Black Lives Matter protests
        
        American Idiot: Anti-war, Political Movement
        Ex: Used in a protest against Donald Trump
  - - - Where is the Love is protesting against 9/11 while American Idiot protests against George Bush and the invasion of Iraq
      - Speaks out against the situation between Iraq and the USA
    - - If you want people to realize important things, you must convince them with a way they can connect with, which many people can connect is music. As not only does music help your brain but also spread important messages.
  - - - It also talks about fear, xenophobia, and the mass media’s influence on public opinion and paranoia post-9/11.
    - - Response to George Bush leading soldiers into Iraq after the 9/11 Terror Attack
    - - Don’t wanna be an American idiot!
        
        Refers to George Bush who lead soldiers into Iraq
      - Don’t want a nation under the new media
        
        Accuses the mass media of using propaganda to stir up paranoia in a post-9/11 world
      - And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
        
        Rhetorical question which asks people whether they even acknowledge the situation
      - The subliminal mind f**k America!
        
        Exaggerates the impact of media manipulation on the American public’s mindset
  - - - Where is the Love: If you only have love for your own race, then you only leave space to discriminate
        
        Contrasts love with discrimination to highlight the negative consequences of prejudice
      - American Idiot: Well maybe I’m the faggot America
        
        Juxtaposes personal identity with societal labels
    - - Where is the Love: Father, Father, Father help us, send some guidance from above
        
        Alludes to a higher power or God for help and guidance
      - American Idiot: Welcome to a new kind of tension, all across the alien nation
        
        Alludes to the political and social climate in America
    - - Where is the Love repeats the words “Where is the Love” to emphasize the central theme of love and compassion
      - American Idiot repeats the words “American Idiot” to reinforce the song’s critical stance on American culture and media
- - - - "What's wrong with the world mama? people livin like they got no mamas." represents the people who have no remorse for the things they do for example dictators.
        
        "Overseas yeah, we tryna stop terrorism, but we still got terrorist livin." tells us that no matter where we are or how hard we try, there are always people who will attack other people either for their own purpose or family/country history