Literary Critique

Literary Critique

 “Where Is the Love?” by the Black Eyed Peas is a useful literary piece as it explains the concept of social order in society. Primarily, the song emphasizes the experiences of people in everyday situations. For example, it reveals how discriminative people are towards each other. Notably, social order is a critical concept in sociology as it explores how people interact in the community. Primarily, neither is the modern or ancient societies nurture societal equity. In either case, people with power: political, social, and economic marginalize those living in resource-scarce areas leading to stigmatization. For example, in the U.S., minorities: immigrants, disabled, women, children, and the sick experience considerable instances of discrimination from the Whites. The inability of the government to enact relevant measures that promote humanity result in the suffering and pain of the minority groups. The song, “Where Is the Love?” is valuable for this analysis as it provides various concepts related to social order.

Living in today’s society, it can be unpredictable what could happen. One day it is a great day, the next a revolt. Depicting what will happen next is not a lookout, but a worry placed on people’s shoulders. Many times all that is needed is a simple hand, yet; the world lacks to help. Humanity has evolved for the worse. In the song “Where Is the Love?” by Black Eyed Peas, the world is falling apart, and no one intends to bring it back up. The visual express violence, heartbreak, and conflicts sad to address. As the song says, “Where is the love?” and why aren’t the people doing anything to save humanity. This song is an eye-opener to the violence, discrimination, and intolerance for one another. The author provides narrations that reveal the injustices that happen in today’s societies, as shown in the following discussion.

Life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows because brutality is very much known in the 21^st century. In the song “Where is the Love?”, it starts off saying, “People killin’, people dyin’ Children hurtin,’ I hear them cryin.’ There are many cases with violence that everyone is aware of, but many people don’t take action. The song supports social order as it reveals societal imbalances. For example, the author shows that cases of people dying are prevalent in modern communities. This is true because many examples nowadays are school shootings, bombs in the central area, and disasters all over the world. The high prevalence of these issues shows how people who are in power subject people to suffering.

The song does not promote the existing social order in society as it causes human suffering. Instead, the song condemns this order and require the formation of a just society. Primarily, the author shows that people die every day, children are suffering, preacher deceives people, rates of terror are rising, and those in power are using it to marginalize the low social class. These practices are evil as they subject people to torture, pain, and anxiety. As such, the narrator’s mama what is wrong with society as it is so unjust. It causes segregation of disadvantaged people because they do not have the power to revolt.

Moreover, the narrator attempt to reveal the flaws of the existing social order. According to the narrator, there is no love in the world as people are selfish; they do something that makes them happy. For example, the author says that people who produce songs about love are hated for speaking the truth. Also, the narrator shows that since there is no love for one other, teenagers are dying young. For example, the song indicates that terrorist bomb villages killing children and teens. Also, the government has failed in protecting its people are causes of external aggression is rampant.

The song justifies the need to move from the current social order. Notably, for social order to be favorable, people, regardless of their social, political, and economic positions, should show concern to others. For example, the rich should help the poor and sick. However, in the cases depicted in the song, there is not love and justice in society as no one protects and provides for the children and teenagers. They die every day of the war. Besides, the narrator condemns the current social order as it is corrupt. During elections, people in power torture and kill political and social activists. As such, the narrator reveals that there is no need for voting. As such, the narrator requires the transformation of the current social order.

“Where Is the Love?” by the Black Eyed Peas is both an educative and captivating narrative as it reveals the social imbalances in society. According to the song, the community is unfair and unjust as cases of killings, suffering, and other malpractices are rampant. For example, the author shows that children cry while teens die at a tender age. Also, acts of terror cause fear and anxiety. According to the author, this social order should be changed as it cause human suffering.