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ANALYSIS OF OUR SONG
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APPROACH

• In our group we read the text of the song Famine
  by Sinead O'Connor.
• We tried to understand its message
• We shared all our ideas and hypothesis.

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TITLE ANALYSIS
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PREDICTIONS

• We think the writer may have chosen one only a
  word for the title, to draw all the readers
  attention on it.
• Moreover the word is not of English origin.
• In english you have also got hunger

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BRAINSTORMING

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LAY OUT
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The song has been arranged into eight
stanzas.There is no regular pattern and longer
stanzas alternate with shorter ones. Larger
Stanzas provide info about Irish difficult
situations Shorter stanza convey the message of
the song
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DENOTATIVE ANALYSIS
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• The singer thinks there was no famine.
• Irish people were only allowed to eat potatoes
  They wrere often on the point of starvation That
  situation is still hurting
• Children could not be taught Irish.
• They lost their history.

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CONTENT

• The song is about
• Irelands famine.
• First three stanzas
• Irish condition
• The consequences of English colonization on
  Irish population.

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• Last two stanzas ?Irish history.
• Fourth stanza ? if there ever is gonna be
  healing there has to be knowledge and
  understanding.
• She talks about child abouse.

Semantic choises
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IRISH HISTORY
1170 - Norman Invasion Henry II made Ireland
part of the UK

• 1833 England VS ULSTER
• 1845 The Irish Great Famine
• 1905 Sinn Fein
• 1916 Uprising of Irish people against the
  British
• 1917 IRA
• 1921 Partition of Ireland / Civil War
• Ireland becomes a Republic

Migration to USA
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1969 London sends troops to Northern
Ireland 1971 British government Introduces
INTERNMENT without TRIAL 1972 BLOODY SUNDAY
British Troops kill 14 protesters 1998 April
10th GOOD FRIDAY AGREEMENT 2000 January
11th Mendelssohn suspends the Northern Ireland
assembly
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We think that the words represent the real object
of the poetess' reflection. Irish people's
history is the excuse to send a message that may
work other horrible facts of the history of the
world.
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The highest statistics of child abuse in the EEC
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Some European countries constituted an
association called EEC (European Economical
Community) to create an economical unity between
European States.
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SOUND LEVEL
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• During most the song you can hear the
  howls of wolves .
• The song is voiced by a solo singer, Sinead
  Oconnor and twice it is followed by a choir.

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• The wolf is a solitary animal.
• Wolves generally represent
• loneliness
• sadness,
• fright
• confusion
• ?
• the situation in Ireland
• from 1845 to 1849.

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Possible Interpretations - I It sounds as if the
song were voiced by all Irish people voicing the
horrible situation of the famine that hit Ireland
for ages
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• SOUND LEVEL Possible Interpretations - II
• Sound effect ? the idea of something terrible ?
  mixture of
• low volume and voice
• strange noises
• echo effect.
• SINEAD sings the highest number of words in the
  shortest time possible as it is typical of RAP

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In this song we can hear a rhythmical
opposition Possible interpretation ? the singer
wants to convey the difference between the
condition of poor people and the one of the
rich. In addition a rap tune characterizes the
song
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WHAT IS RAP?
Rap began among the youth of South Bronx, New
York in the 1970s. Individuals such Kool Herc
and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early
pioneers of rap.
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Through their performances at clubs and promotion
of such music, rap consistently gained It further
developed during the eighties
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• Rap music come from hip-hop, gospel, soul and
  blues.
• Today, rap music continues to be a prominent and
  important aspect of African- American culture.
• Rap music was a way for youths in black inner
  city neighbourhoods to express their feelings

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WHY RAP?

• Rap lyrics are about the problems rappers have
  seen - poverty
• - crime
• - violence
• - racism
• - poor living conditions
• - drugs
• - alcoholism
• - corruption
• - prostitution.

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OUR CONCLUSIONS
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In the lines the singer doesnt speak about
famine. She rather underlines the importance of
remembering and understanding as universal
concepts. Concepts we should keep in mind every
day. We think that Famine was just an excuse to
speak about the loss of the memory and the
history of a country. Probably Sinead sang of
famine because its something people feel closer
and therefore would pay more attention to the
song.
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Created by...
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Casola Adriano
Comelli Francesca
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Del Frate Giulia
Dreossi Enrica
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Rossetti Federica
Turchetti Patrick