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OhioNeil Young

• By Naweed Khan

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OhioBy Neil Young Lyrics

• Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,We're finally on
  our own.This summer I hear the drumming,Four
  dead in Ohio.Gotta get down to itSoldiers are
  cutting us downShould have been done long
  ago.What if you knew herAnd found her dead on
  the groundHow can you run when you know?Gotta
  get down to itSoldiers are cutting us
  downShould have been done long ago.What if you
  knew herAnd found her dead on the groundHow can
  you run when you know?Tin soldiers and Nixon
  coming,We're finally on our own.This summer I
  hear the drumming,Four dead in Ohio

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Summary Of Song

• This song is talking about the time period of the
  Vietnam War, and how 4 students attending Kent
  University in Ohio were shot and killed for
  expressing their freedom of speech, by protesting
  against the War. This massacre was on May 4,
  1970. Soldiers were given order to stop the
  protesting by the president during the time,
  Nixon. As the shooting began it was as if
  everyone was on their own. Once the shooting had
  finished there was a female on the ground holding
  her dead friend, moping. I believe that this song
  is asking how could you do that, watch innocent
  students get killed for expressing their beliefs.

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Biography Of Neil Young

• Neil Young was born on November 12, 1945 in
  Toronto, Canada. His parents had separated at a
  very young age and to make matters worse he had
  diabetes, polio, and epilepsy. As a teen Neil
  would perform and take parts in bands, later on
  he went to perform solo. He moved to Los Angeles
  in 1966, and then joined the Buffalo Springfield,
  a versatile and pioneering group. His genre of
  music was folk and rock. He is still alive today.

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Kent State Massacre

• Four students attending Kent State had died at
  the horrifying Kent State Massacre Allison
  Krause age 19, William Schroeder age 19, Jeffrey
  Miller age 20, and Sandy Scheuer age 20. Nine
  students were wounded.

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President Nixon

• Richard Nixon was born on January 9, 1913 in
  Yorba Linda, California. He became President on
  January 21, 1973. Nixon was President during the
  Vietnam War, and there were a lot of tensions
  with all of the politics. He was elected in 1969
  as the 37th President of the United States. He
  was responsible for the Kent State Massacre,
  because it was from his orders in which the
  soldiers killed the students. He was the first
  President to resign his post, on August 9, 1974.
  He was President for nineteen months.

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Vietnam War

• Started on November 1st, 1955, and ended on April
  30th, 1975.
• This war was also known as the Second Indochina
  War
• The US had joined the war to prevent Communism
  from taking over South Vietnam

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Tin Soldiers

• Tin Soldiers are plastic toys that kids play
  with.
• This reference was made, because kids always have
  control in what the little soldiers do, but in
  this case President Nixon was controlling the
  soldiers

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Repetition

• The lyrics all repeat themselves twice
• The act of repeating repeated action,
  performance, production, or words

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Theme

• The theme of this song is talking about the
  Vietnam War and how President Nixon caused the
  Kent State Massacre causing the 4 deaths.

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Stanza

• This song has a 4 stanza set up
• An arrangement of a certain number of lines,
  usually four or more.

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Lines

• A row of written or printed letters, words, etc.

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Imagery

• When lyrics are used to describe something

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Citations

• Works Cited
• The History Place. The Vietnam War. N.p., 1999.
  Web. 17 May 2010. lthttp//www.historyplace.com/?un
  itedstates/?vietnam/gt.
• New Young News. Neil Young News 40 years since
  4 dead in Ohio. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2010.
  lthttp//neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/?2010/?05
  /?40-years-since-4-dead-in-ohio-kent.htmlgt.
• Richard Nixon Biography. Richard Nixon
  Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2010.
  lthttp//www.notablebiographies.com/?Ni-Pe/?Nixon-R
  ichard.htmlgt.
• Zimmer, Dave. Neil Young Biography. Neil Young
  Biography. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2010.
  lthttp//www.thrasherswheat.org/?nybiozimmer.htmgt.

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