ACTIVITY 1.

2: “Coward of the County”

Instructions: You will be listening to the song “Coward of the County” by Kenny Rogers. After
which, you will choose a partner among your classmates and communicate online, or through
any means, with him/her. Compare your responses with your partner regarding the role of
feelings in the decision made in the song. Submit your Song Analysis (one output per
PARTNER-only one will submit) through MS Teams using the format below.
GE 8-ETHICS
Name: Kimberly Kate Bagus (Student A)
Juniela P. Mativo (Student B)
Course: BSE 3: Social Studies
“Coward of the County” Analysis

1. What happened to Tommy and his girlfriend, Becky?

Tommy was a guy who usually seen as coward, scared in fighting. But when the Gatlin
brothers hurt and took advantage Becky, the girl he loved, Tommy decided to be brave and
confront the Gatlin brothers who had harmed Becky. In a surprising turn of events, Tommy
locks the door behind him, trapping the Gatlin brothers inside the bar with him. Driven by built-
up anger and pent-up emotions, Tommy gets into a serious fight in the bar, knocking out all
three Gatlin brothers. After the altercation, Tommy reflects on his father's words,
acknowledging that sometimes a true man must fight.

2. Describe your own feelings after listening to the song

Student A's Response: Student B's Response:

After listening to “Coward of the After hearing the song Coward of the
County,” I felt a mix of emotions such as County, I feel deeply emotional, which is
empathy, admiration, and inspiration. The hard to because all my emotion is mixing,
song tells a compelling story of courage, and this song also tells the story of Tommy
love, and standing up for what is right. While and his girlfriend Becky, where they explain
listening and understanding the meaning of what kind of suffering Tommy and Becky
the song I felt the empathy towards Tommy’s experienced. This song contains all the
struggles and the injustice faced by Becky, emotions we can experience in different
admiration for Tommy’s bravery and loyalty, situations, like happiness, sadness, revenge,
and inspiration to stand up for what you hatred, honor, loyalty, and bravery, so I felt
believe in and protect those you care about. his emotions because I also tried to feel
The song’s message of overcoming fear and those emotions in one frame or situation that
doing what is right can leave you with a happened to me. Just like Tommy, I also
sense of empowerment and reflection on the become a coward who is afraid to fight for
importance of standing up for justice to those my rights. This song also taught me a
who you love. lesson, like be brave and face your fear,
because not every time there’s someone
standing at your back to fight for you.

3. Describe the feelings (and the role feelings) involved in the song. Compare your
responses with your partner regarding the role of feelings in the decision made by
Tommy in the song

Student A's Response: Student B's Response:

Anger and frustration is the emotion The feelings that we can feel and
that we can seen in Tommy after the Gatlin see in Tommy after what happened to his
Brothers mistreated Becky and that made girlfriend Becky are sadness, hatred,
him to prove them that he is not coward like revenge, and anger. Sadness because he is
the county says about him. He shows them unable to save his girlfriend from the Gatlin
that he’s not afraid and can fight for what he Brothers; revenge because he wants to give
believes is right. His frustration comes from Becky the justice she deserves; and lastly,
being teased and mistreated for a long time, hatred and anger toward himself because he
and it finally pushes him to stand up for is a coward who does nothing but watch her
himself and for Becky. Tommy’s anger and girlfriend suffer from the hand of Gatlin
frustration give him the courage to faced the Brothers. But because of those feelings that
Gatlin Brothers and prove that he’s strong he feels, he is now brave enough to face
and brave. everyone without feeling any fear in his body
anymore.

COMPARISON:

The responses of students A and B are almost the same because both of them feel what
Tommy feels—the anger that Tommy taught him to become brave and strong to face
everyone without feeling any fear. Me and my partner also feel what exactly Tommy feels
after we listen to the song Coward of the County by Kenny Rogers.