Listening Journal: November 14, 2011

The song, "Rain on the Scarecrow" by John Mellencamp is about how this man is having trouble caring for his farm and when he can make profit off the farm, it isn't enough. This song addresses the financial difficulties farmers are having to deal with. The song also deals with how the farmer cannot pass on the farm to his son to live on as a legacy. Mellencamp uses the idea of a farm going out of business to demonstrate the financial hardships people have been going through. In Mellencamp's song, farmers are having to battle to the death to save their farmers, as shown in Mellencamp's word choice. Mellencamp favors the working class by presenting them sympathetically. He believes that the working class should be more appreciated than they currently are, and they are the ones losing jobs.