1. Song Written by Bob Dylan PowerPoint by Kerry Maier
Blowin’ in the Wind
Song Written by Bob Dylan
PowerPoint by Kerry Maier

2. Blowin’ in the Wind
How many roads most a man walk down Before you call him a man ? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand ? Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned ? The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind.

3. Yes, how many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea
Yes, how many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea ? Yes, how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free ? Yes, how many times can a man turn his head Pretending he just doesn't see ? The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind.

4. Yes, how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky
Yes, how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky ? Yes, how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry ? Yes, how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died ? The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind.

5. Biography
Bob Dylan is considered a musical genius by many. Dylan originally became interested in rock and roll after seeing James Dean in the film, Rebel without a Cause, Dean then became Dylan’s role model. While Dylan was studying at the University of Minnesota he began to study folk music. His musical career finally began when he traveled from Duluth, Minnesota to play for his new idol, folk rock star, Woody Guthrie. With Guthrie’s approval Dylan joined in on the folk music scene in Greenwich Village. All throughout his career he dabbled in different genres of music, but his image as a 1960s protest singer would never leave him (Maga and Ritchie [ ]).
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6. Literary Reference:: Alliteration
How many seas must a white dove fly, before she sleeps in the sand? Alliteration: use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse --BACK

7. Historical Reference:: Death Statistics of Vietnam War
There were an estimated 3 million deaths total in the war, and an estimated 1 million wounded (Landscaper). --BACK
ARMY
30,950
NAVY
1,628
MARINES
13,091
AIR FORCE
1,744

8. Historical Reference:: The answer to war
“The answer is blowing in the wind.” Seeing this line eight times throughout the song makes one wonder what this answer is. Having the theme to the song being what it is, it would make sense to say that the answer to war is peace. --BACK

9. Literary Reference:: Anaphora
“The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind” x 8 Anaphora: The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis
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10. Literary Reference:: Imagery
“How many times must a man look up, before he sees the sky?” Imagery:: referring to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience --BACK

11. Literary Reference:: Imagery
“And how many ears must one man have, before he can hear people cry?” Imagery: referring to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience --BACK

12. Literary Reference:: Theme
“How many years can a mountain exist, before it is washed to the sea?”
While researching Blowin’ in the Wind I have found many different interpretations of it. The one theme that seemed to keep reappearing was the anti- war/peace theme. This particular line seems to ask, “How many times can a battle be fought before the answer is found?” (NationMaster).
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13. Historical Reference:: Why are people crying?
And how many ears must one man have, before he can hear people cry?
Blowin’ in the Wind has been described as an anti-war song, regardless of protests by the writer himself. The lyrics throughout relate to changes in establishment and things people just don’t understand. But while reading into the lyrics this line stood out because there could only be one reason people were crying. People are very obviously upset about this particular war (suspected to be the Vietnam War) and are being affected by the number of deaths of family and friends (Kallen).
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14. Historical Reference:: Soldiers and Slavery
“How many years can some people exist, before they're allowed to be free?”
Slavery has a small but significant relationship with this song and it falls in this line. Slaves were treated poorly and received little to no respect for the amount of work that they put forth, all of them just waiting for the day they were to be free (McWhorter).
Conscription, a.k.a. the Draft, is the involuntary enrollment of people into a military. –Soldiers ending tours – Their freedom.
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15. Historical Reference:: End of war
“Yes, how many times must the cannon balls fly before they’re forever banned?” The question being posed here simply translates into asking how much longer is war going to be an idea that leads to peace before they are stopped from happening forever (Maga and Ritchie). --BACK

16. Historical Reference:: Government Involvement
“And how many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn't see?” Before the Tutsi genocide began in Rwanda, United Nations officials received warning from a planner of the genocide itself. The U.N. ignored requests for additional troops and three months later the “Final Solution” was put into effect (WCLCenterforHumanRights). --BACK

17. Citations
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18. Citations
Maga, Timothy, and Donald A. Ritchie. “Dylan, Bob. (Robert A. Zimmerman) Folk Rock Music Pioneer.” The 1960s. New York City: Facts on File, Print.
McWhorter, Diane. A Dream of Freedom. New York City: Scholastic, Print.
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