The Nobel Prize is one of the world’s most prestigious and hardest to earn awards. For example, the Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to "the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction" (Facts on the Nobel Prize in Literature). In some cases, people argue whether or not someone deserves the award that he or she has received. One such case is Bob Dylan. He was born as Robert Zimmerman on May 24, 1941. He began his career by performing in coffeehouses under the alias of Bob Dylan, eventually signing his first recording contract in 1961. Since then, he has written 653 songs and pioneered several genres of music. In addition to this, he has also received a plethora of awards for his works. The most recent being the reputed Nobel Prize in Literature, which he has been awarded "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition" (Bob Dylan - Facts). This lack of elaboration on the how he qualified to receive the award as well as the fact that he is also the first songwriter to win the Nobel …show more content…
“Blowin’ in the Wind” not only addresses the issues of the 1960s, it also joins them together through the use of repetition. The lines “The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind” (lines 7-8) conclude every paragraph of the song. Each use of that verse joins all of the other lyrics of the paragraph together, informing listeners and readers “that the answer is out there” (SymbolMeanings.net) as well as telling them that they “have to get out there in order to find the answers” (SymbolMeanings.net). Even though the politics of the time prevented the movements from coordinating with each other too much, “Blowin’ in the Wind” allowed them to join together under the banner of change so that they could make the make the world a better