ENGLISH 143: Life and Thought in American Literature,
1945-present
Fall 2003

FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE


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You say you want a revolution,
Well, you know,
We all want to change the world.
.  .  .
You tell me it’s the institution,
Well, you know,
You better free your mind instead.
--John Lennon and Paul McCartney (1968)


Don’t you know
They’re talkin’ about a revolution
It sounds like a whisper
.  .  .
While they’re standing in the welfare lines
Crying at the doorsteps of those armies of salvation
Wasting time in the unemployment lines
Sitting around waiting for a promotion

Poor people gonna rise up
And get their share
Poor people’s gonna rise up
And take what’s theirs
--Tracy Chapman (1982)