February 6, 2009 kristan303

     In Bob Dylan’s song “Only a Pawn In There Game: he sings about the white men in power essentially brainwashing the rest of the white men to convincing them that they are better than the blacks. I think a “pawn in there game” means they’re not the highest power but they still have enough. I think he uses this song to sort of defend the people who are doing there job, seeming as if they aren’t in the wrong because he’s brainwashed to play their “game”. This compare’s to ‘Blowin’ In The Wind” because throughout that song Bob Dylan is asks questions basically stating how many bad things can happen before people actually open their own eyes to realize what’s happening between the hat and even killing others just because of their race. The difference between the two songs is that “Only A Pawn In Their Game”  he sings about a specific man and his death as an example, while in “Blowin’ In The Wind he just speaks about the problems in general.

     I think “Oxford Town” is just an example of all the hate and racism spreasing everywhere just because of one’s color. He sings of the two men dying, which was led to because their skin  was brown and by saying “somebody better investigate soon” is really getting to the point that this needs to be fixed soon before more deaths occur for the same reasons. Which is the same as “Blowin In The Wind” because he asks “how many deaths will it take til he knows that too many people have died?” Where as the differences is there is an answer, its just “blowin in the wind” while in “Oxford Town” there needs to be some “investigating” on the problems to begin with.

     “The Times They Are A Changin” was more of a wake up call to the people who are racist and against the blacks. The underdog in all the lines is referring to the black people and that the whites aren’t going to be getting away with all the hatred for long. the title “The Times Are A Changin” sort of speaks for itself because the times are changing. That’s like “Blowin In The Wind” because the way he asks the questions and refers to them it’s more than less saying that the answer/solutions aren’t that far away. Both these songs are letting people know things won’t be the same for long. They both give specific examples in every line of the points he’s trying to get across. In contrast “Blowin In The Wind” he’s asking the questions to anyone and everyone. In “The Times They Are A Changin” he is specifically talking and pointing out to certain groups of people.

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