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Bob Dylan Bob Dylan, born as Robert Allen Zimmerman, the son of a Jewish Standard Oil Company worker, has been called the voice of his generation and the greatest lyricist of the country thus far. He obtained the first title at the mere age of 25, at which time he had already put out such famous titles as “Blowin’ in the Wind” and “Like A Rolling Stone”. Today in 2003, Bob Dylan still writes new music and goes on tour. However, Dylan’s most famous pieces come from the early 60’s, a time in which change was occurring all over the nation. In his songs, Dylan addresses such topics as gender, race, and war. Two extremely political as well as popular songs were “The Times They Are A-Changin’” and “Hurricane”. In the first song, Dylan shows his viewpoints on the incoming societal change in America, where as the second song deals with the inequality of the legal system towards minority groups through the case of a famous boxer, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. Through Dylan’s immense popularity, he was able to show his political viewpoint, which encouraged a change and a different perspective on America. Throughout Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’”, he makes dylan, change, time, through, song, dylan’s, white, people, america, case, bob, over, out, new, carter, war, two, times, rubin, one, lyrics, hurricane, generation, country, always, say, released, period, older, music, murder, just, however, first, famous, early