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Pink Floyd's Another Brick In The Wall
Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” represents the absolute epitome of Romantic philosophies in both its lyrics and visual demonstration in the movie, The Wall. Romantics believe that society is responsible for all the corruption in each and every individual. Society spear heads countless unique personalities and identities through a single indifferent mould. In other words, society strips people from their true selves through trends, systems, and authority figures. Romantics argue that a person is born pure and innocent; however, when such innocence and individuality is presented to the world, society immediately corrupts its righteousness with unrelenting force. Consequently, turning what was once a lamb into a tiger that

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