In “Another Day in Paradise”, Phil Collins uses storytelling to show the contrast between a homeless person and a man who has a physical home, but not a home in his heart to portray that poverty can be both physical and spiritual.
The prompt:
Evaluate how and why the song relates to the social issue. The essay must introduce the social issue, provide an analysis on
the artist, song, and social issue, and then provide a conclusion on how songs are able to transcend the media and speak directly to the
people. In the conclusion, you can discuss how this is a “good” thing or “bad” thing.
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