eleanor rigby

The song tells the story of two lonely people. First, we meet a churchgoing woman named Eleanor Rigby, who is seen cleaning up rice after a wedding. The second verse introduces the pastor, Father McKenzie, whose sermons "no one will hear." This could indicate that nobody in coming to his church, or that his sermons aren't getting through to the congregation on a spiritual level. In the third verse, Eleanor dies in the church and Father McKenzie buries her. After Eleanor Rigby is buried, we learn that "no one was saved," indicating that her soul did not elevate to heaven as promised by the church. This could be seen as a swipe at Christianity and the concept of being saved by Jesus. The song was released in August 1966 just weeks after the furor over John Lennon's remarks, "Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue about that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now." It was pretty different from music from the 1940s because it had more of an upbeat sort of beat to the music but the lyrics were a little more depressing cause it talks about a woman no one new so when she died no one knew who she was which is why it says she was buried along with her name. Also it says that no one hears father McKenzie's sermons so he preaches to people who won't hear it. So when he buries Eleanor Rigby it was a thing no one knew about cause they were both people no one knew meaning the song is about so nobodies and that anything they did was useless cause it would never effect anyone here are the lyrics and the link to the song and I will see you all in my next post 

Ah, look at all the lonely people

Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby
Picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window
Wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Father McKenzie
Writing the words of a sermon that no-one will hear
No-one comes near
Look at him working
Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby
Died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie
Wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No-one was saved

All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people)
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people (Ah, look at all the lonely people)

Where do they all belong?

and hear is the link Eleanor Rigby song

Parihaka song

 The main message of this song is that to always think about Te Whiti 

the line that explains the passive resistance is "Te Whiti he used the language of the spirit

Then stood accused" what they mean by you can't pull out the roots refer to the fact that you can't cover it up and that people will always feel pain about what happened.

they would keep ploughing the fields that the soldiers kept on destroying so the people living at Parihaka and they would replough their fields and this went on and on 

how does this song show the significance of Parihaka it shows significance by the fact that it hasn't been forgotten and it is raising awareness towards the events of Parihaka

what make's this event so significant is that is that it was such a big thing that happened is that the Pakeha soldiers forcibly took land away from the residents from Parihaka and the fact that they wrongfully put them in prisons 

how much people were affected from this event is around 100 people

how long have people been affected by the events at Parihaka people have been effected by for over 140 years and I would say more years to come the crown did apologize for these events but I think that people would still be effected by these events for more years

To what extent have these people been effected people have been detained for 16 months with no trial some women were raped and ended up having kids as a result and that is all for this blog goodbye heres the link to song  

     Song about Parihaka

Vietnam Jimmy Cliff

 Its about the war in Vietnam and who bad it was and the fact people would come home dissfigured or not home at all here are the lyrics

Hey Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Yesterday I got a letter from my friend fighting in Vietnam

An this is what he had to say:

'Tell all my friends that I'll be coming home soon

My time'll be up some time in June

Don't forget', he said, 'to tell my sweet Mary

Her golden lips are sweet as cherry'

And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

It was just the next day his mother got a telegram

It was addressed from Vietnam

Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA

And this is what she rode and said:

'Don't be alarmed', she told me the telegram said

'But mistress Brown your son is dead'

And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Vietnam, Vietnam - hey - Vietnam

Somebody please stop that war now!

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam - oh

Vietnam, Vietnam - oh - Vietnam, oh oh oh oh - somebody please stop it

Vietnam, Vietnam - oh - Vietnam, Vietnam, oh oh oh oh

Vietnam - hey - Vietnam - aha - Vietnam - oh oh yeah

I wanna say now somebody stop that war - Vietnam .... - oh yeah, aha 

social studies Anzac

 When do you hear the Last Post? In New Zealand you would usually hear the Last Post at Anzac services on Anzac Day.

Why is it significant to New Zealand? It is significant to New Zealand because of the people we had go other there and support, such as the allied forces and the many people who died, It is important that we commemorate the people that we lost.

What is the history behind the Last Post? The history behind it is that it was played every day to signal the end of the day to stop fighting for the day.

What does it represent? In military tradition, the Last Post is the bugle call that signifies the end of the day's activities. It is also sounded at military funerals to indicate that the soldier has gone to his final rest and at commemorative services such as Anzac Day and Remembrance Day.  

Reflection section

 Text title: Naruto

Text type: Story

Text creator: Masashi Kishimoto

Text purpose: to entertain 

Date 12-3-21

I’ve been reading this book series named Naruto. It's pretty good it’s about this kid who has this demon fox inside of him. But his whole village despises him because of the demon inside of him. But Naruto wants to gain the respect of his village and become the hokage which is the leader of his village. He gains more people who believe in him like his teacher and his teammates and people from other villages.

Why has the author constructed the characters this way? Because it shows the story of a character who has nothing but his dreams and friends. To slowly getting everything he wants and it also shows the other characters achieving their dreams as well. 

Why am I reading this book? Well I'm reading this because I watched the show that's based of these books and I really liked it. So I decided to read the books but there's 72 books so the series can drag out a bit, but it’s a very entertaining story to read.  

narratives

Show don't tell

The buildings were so gigantic I had walk 100 meters back just to see them.

Sarah was so upset that her tears were like a storm.

her face lifted with a smile after she saw him after all those years.

The lake was as pretty as a picture the way the light reflected of the water.

setting it up

As soon as I entered the van I realized there was no free candy

I noticed we were in trouble when the trees started to speak Vietnamese

as the car began to swerve my insides turned the three seconds when the car was flipping felt like a whole eternity

setting it up like a pro  

I was walking home but when I turned the corner you wouldn't expect what happened next. I saw my house up in flames the ash and smoke was all I could smell . The white walls I once owned were now grey. The fear was in my legs was spreading throughout my entire body my body began trembling like I saw a ghost the sounds around me sounded like a massive disaster which made sense with all the sirens around me

  

Social science spirituals

 What are spirituals and what did people use them for? Spirituals were used for convening emotions whether it was sorrow joy or inspiration and sometimes they used them to escape from the slave owners. and they would also use them to get through their day on the fields.

who was Harriet Tubman and what was the underground railroad? Harriet Tubman was known as the mosses of her people. Because of her being enslaved then escaping then helping over people escape leading to the underground railroad. So what was the underground railroad. The underground railroad was a network of people black and white who offered shelter and aid to people who escaped from the south. They operated from the late 18th century to the civil war.

This is a spiritual about a way to escape from the slave owners. It says that while your escaping go through the river and make your way down the river. Because if they did that it will make the dogs that will be sent to find them harder because it would make it difficult for dogs to find them.  

Wade in the Water, wade in the water children.

Wade in the Water. God’s gonna trouble the water.
Who are those children all dressed in Red?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones that Moses led.
God’s gonna trouble the water.

Chorus

Who are those children all dressed in White?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones of the Israelites.
God’s gonna trouble the water.

Chorus

Who are those children all dressed in Blue?
God’s gonna trouble the water.
Must be the ones that made it through.

God’s gonna trouble the water.    

Now how are these events still significant today. 

These events are still significant because of the oppression of black people in America in some southern states and some cities like Arkansas which is just super racist