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    The song "Blowin' in the Wind" by Bob Dylan, written in 1960s America during the civil rights and Vietnam War era, uses a series of rhetorical questions and references to imagery like the wind and cannonballs to symbolize peace and freedom, suggesting that the answers to how to achieve justice and end war are unclear but depend on open-mindedness.

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    Blowin’ in the

    Wind
    IGCSE First Language English
    0500
    Question 2
    Expert English
    What do you
    already know
    about 1960s
    America?
    I’m going to show you some photos.

    Discuss with your partner (in


    English or Chinese) what you think
    these images might show.
    公民权利

    Civil rights in 1960s America


    分离

    Black people were segregated from white people: different housing, different
    schools, different bathrooms, different water fountains
    Civil rights in 1960s America

    The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) were a group that hated black people and would often
    be violent, or even kill black people
    Vietnam War
    苏联俄罗斯
    o America and Soviet Russia sent troops into Vietnam, to fight in the
    Vietnamese Civil War 冷战
    o This was part of the cold war
    o The Vietnam War was the first televised war, and was the first time many
    Americans had ever seen the reality of war – the blood, pain, death and
    suffering
    o Many Americans did not support this war 嬉皮士
    o This lead to a peace movement and ‘hippies’
    和平
    Bob Dylan
    o American singer-songwriter, author, and
    visual artist
    o Widely regarded as one of the greatest
    songwriters of all time
    o Many of his songs became anthems for
    the civil rights and anti-war movements
    反战
    o His lyrics focused on political, social,
    philosophical, and literary influences,
    defied pop music conventions
    Blowin’ in the Wind
    o Written in 1962
    抗议
    o A protest song
    修辞问题
    o Asks a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom
    Blowin’ in the Wind
    How many roads must a man walk down Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head
    Before you call him a man? And pretend that he just doesn't see?
    How many seas must a white dove* sail The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
    Before she sleeps in the sand? The answer is blowin' in the wind
    Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls* fly  
    Before they're forever banned?
    Yes, 'n' how many times must a man look up
    The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
    Before he can see the sky?
    The answer is blowin' in the wind
    Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have
      Before he can hear people cry?
    Yes, 'n' how many years can a mountain exist Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
    Before it is washed to the sea? That too many people have died?
    Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind
    Before they're allowed to be free? The answer is blowin' in the wind
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWwgrjjIMXA
    What do you
    think the song
    means?
    There ain't too much I can say about this song except that the answer is blowing in
    the wind. It ain't in no book or movie or TV show or discussion group. Man, it's in
    the wind — and it's blowing in the wind. Too many of these hip people are telling
    me where the answer is but oh I won't believe that. I still say it's in the wind and just
    like a restless piece of paper it's got to come down some ... But the only trouble is
    that no one picks up the answer when it comes down so not too many people get to
    see and know ... and then it flies away. I still say that some of the biggest criminals
    are those that turn their heads away when they see wrong and know it's wrong. I'm
    only 21 years old and I know that there's been too many wars ... You people over 21,
    you're older and smarter.

    - Bob Dylan
    Imagery

    o Imagery means visual (or sensory) words


    that create a picture in the reader’s mind
    o What images does Dylan use in his song?
    o Draw a picture above the lyrics to
    represent each image.
    Why does Dylan
    ask so many
    questions?
    What does Dylan
    mean when he says
    “The answer is
    blowin’ in the
    wind?”
    Group Task

    Analyse Blowin’ in the Wind


    ● What powerful images does Bob Dylan
    use and why?
    ● What is the effect on the reader?
    ● What is Dylan trying to suggest about
    peace?
    ● Be prepared to present to the class.
    Write it up
    o The song “Blowin’ in the Wind” by Bob Dylan is about…
    o It was written in 1960s America, when the biggest problems were…
    o Dylan uses lots of questions to suggest…
    o Whilst the phrase “The answer is blowin’ in the wind” might mean… or it could also mean…
    o One powerful image Dylan uses is “…”, which might suggest that…
    o A second powerful image Dylan uses is “…”, which might suggest that…
    o Overall, this song is trying to persuade the reader that… because…

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