Select an album that's been important for you, and make it clear why you think the album needs a closer look.

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For this paper, consider why Niimi chose to write about Murmur (he makes a number of arguments about his interest and investment in the book). From there, follow these steps:

  • Select an album that's been important for you, and make it clear why you think the album needs a closer look.
  • Write an Argument Analysis of album, where you make it clear what you think that artist is arguing. It's possible there are a number of arguments on an album, and you might find there's a "conversation" emerging, so consider how to summarize and clarify that for a reader.
  • Write a Rhetorical Analysis of the album, where you argue what strategies the artist uses to make their argument, clearly show where strategies are used, and explain why you believe what you're citing to be a strategy. Explain Why and How that aspect of the text is trying to work rhetorically.
  • Conclude the paper with how you think the album connects to a larger conversation in our culture, and whether or not it's an effective contribution to the culture. Explain that point of view.

This paper will have an introduction, at least 6 body paragraphs, a conclusion, and will incorporate at least four sources (one from our reading, and another you find through your own research).

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Analysis of Green Day’s American Idiot
Introduction
Music is not only meant for entertainment but also for creating awareness concerning
issues affecting society. In his penetrating examination of R.E.M debut album in the book title
"Murmur," Niimi is concerned with the futuristic and unforgiving tone of the band in most of the
tracks — a feature that he believes was missing in most of the other bands' albums that were
being released at that time. Fast-forward to 2004— Green Day released their most important
album ever, American Idiot. The album challenged many problems in the American
sociopolitical atmosphere and embraced a tone of rebellion and disapproval. It was released
around the time when American troops were still busy fighting in the Iraqi War, and also a time
when there were massive protests against the president of the US of that time, George Bush. Due
to its wittily interwoven elements of social and political protest, Green Day’s American Idiot
needs a closer look to determine what the arguments that the artists are trying to put across, and
the underlying strategies used.
Argument Analysis
After September 11, 2001, attacks that took American by storm, the geopolitical and
socioeconomic context of the United States changed significantly. The government's response to
the bombings received negative criticism from the public, but the government went on and
worsened the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Protest songs started streaming into radio and

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television. Many artists were against the war and especially the president because he was in
control of the military and therefore was responsible for initiating the conflict. Green Day made
their place in this wave of rebellion with the album American Idiot. The main argument of the
album was "protesting against the war". The artists did not support any action taken by the US
military in Iraqi and Afghanistan because they considered it to be a waste of resources and an
invasion to the sovereignty of another country (Purwanto 30). American Idiot is unique because
it protested both the Bush administration and the war at the same time, unlike most of the other
artists of the time who focused on one of those two pressing issues. This is an album that
revolutionized the public outlook of the band and gave them mainstream attention (Diehl).
Notably, Green Day had not been focusing so much on politics before this album. There was
hardly any other voice that made more contribution to the protest wave than Billie Armstrong's,
Green Day lead guitar and singer. In this vein, it is impera...


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