Thesis Statement: Bob Dylan's life affected his writing and contributed to the development of his music.
Bob Dylan was recognized by his poetry and song writing. He usually wrote
songs about protesting and religious themes. Bob Dylan is unquestiably one of the most
influential figures in the history of popular music. He is he writer of scores of classic
songs and is generally regarded as the man who brought literacy to rock lyrics. Although
the theme of Bob Dylan's work is depressing, it is necessary to consider how the events
Bob Dylan was born as Robert Allen Zimmerman in Duluth Minnesota on
the date of May 24th 1941. His father Abraham owned an appliance store in Minnesota's
Messabi Range. Robert was 6 years old, they moved to a small town called Hibbing were
he went to school. By the time he was ten years old he was writing poems and had taught
himself to play guitar. After he graduated high school in the early 1959 Dylan found
himself playing folk music. This is also the time he began to write his legendary folk
songs. After graduation from High School in 1959, he left for Minneapolis to follow his
studies at the University of Minnesota. Here his love for contemporary rock and roll
came up and he listened to endless music by Hank Williams, Robert Johnson and Woody
Guthrie. His passion for music was so huge that he began skipping classes and also began
to play his music at small local nightspots. In 1961, the 20 year old Bob Dylan dropped
out of college alleging "lack of interest in career". In this time, he adopted the name Bob
Dylan inspired in a poet called Dylan Thomas.
After leaving college, Dylan broke up with longtime girlfriend Suze Rotolo , and
got involved with the world famous folk singer-songwriter Joan Baez. Both fed off of
each other with Baez using Dylan's mu
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