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On June 4th, 1984, American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen released the hit song "Born in the USA

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The song Born In the USA represents a Vietnam veteran as a tragic figure alienated after his return from war. This song was made to protest the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war was in 1955 and ended in 1975. It was fought by North Vietnam against South Vietnam with its ally, the United States. The song addresses the economical hardships of Vietnam veterans upon returning home.

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"Son, understand, if it was up to me ...
'Bout half the town's out of work
Ain't nothin' for you here
From the assembly line to the front line
But I guess you didn't hear:
You died in Vietnam."

Springsteen paints the picture of a Vietnam veteran returning home and trying to go back to his old job, but the administrator who greets him can only shrug. Because inflation was so high, they had to cut a lot of people off from working. So a lot of people were jobless. So not even Vietnam veterans were exceptions. When he uses the metaphor "you died in Vietnam", he's saying that the veterans were pretty much forgotten. The war became unpopular and because of the economic crisis, no one was paying attention to the war, all of their attention was on the economy. Which also brings to attention that idea of alienation. They felt excluded and isolated because they missed everything that was happening in the economy and now most are out of luck with a job. Springsteen is trying to address this alienation and to show how the war was no beneficial for our economy and troops.

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"He says, 'I'm 10 years burning down the road / Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go.'"

Springsteen emphasizes how the war veterans feel. They feel alienated and isolated. They fought in a war and they came back home and they might not have felt appreciated. Not only did they not feel appreciated, most of them did not have a job anymore. They had nothing to do and nowhere to be because they didn't have a job.

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Bruce Springsteen wrote Born in the USA to show the lasting scars (effects) on the US. He is sharing the experience of a Vietnam veteran who has returned to a declining economy. Springsteen is showing that the economy is declining and it is costing people their jobs because of inflation. It also shows how unpatriotic the US was when the troops had arrived home. During other wars the US would celebrate the veterans that had fought a war. But because everyone was so caught up in themselves and the economy, no one focused and brought their attention to the troops. Springsteen tries to bring attention to this to show how war has lasting negative impacts on the country. So with this song, Springsteen is trying to bring attention to the negative impacts to persuade the listener to understand that war is declining our economy and war is bad.

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People misinterpreted this song as highly nationalistic because they did not read the small bitter lyrics. It became number 9 on the Billboard 200 during the week of June 23, 1984 and was top of the charts in July.