10/28/11--"This Land Is Your Land" by Woodie Guthrie

Questions for blog:
1.  Is Guthrie's message individualistic or collectivistic?  Explain.
2.  Do you find this song to be pro-government or anti-government?  Explain.

Answers:
1.  His message is collectivistic because Guthrie is talking about how America is for everyone ("you and me").  He says that America was made specifically for all of the people.
2.  I think the song is anti-government because he is focusing more on the people--you and me.  He doesn't say, "This land was made for you and me and the government."  He also questions how good of a job the government is doing in the verse about how the people are all hungry.  Guthrie wonders whether the government is trying to preserve the land for "you and me," or if they're focusing more on themselves.