The form of music known as reggae was not always as popular as it has been in
             recent decades. Society in the 1960's and 70's had problems with racism and
             equality causing many people to turn to music as an escape. In Catch a Fire,
             by Timothy White, the author tells all about the life of Bob Marley, his
             contributions to the music industry and to culture. Bob Marley lived though
             harsh times, but grew up to become one of the greatest reggae musicians of
             all time. His music was heavily influenced by religious and social issues. In
             creating his unique music, he became an icon to future musicians around the
             world. Today his music continues to influence many musicians, fans, and
             cultures. In 1944 a fifty year old British military man named, Captain Norval
             Marley, married an eighteen year old black Jamaican girl named Cadella
             Booker. They had a son naming him Robert Nesta Marley, later known as Bob,
             who was born on February 6, 1947 in Nine Miles, Jamaica (Lee 1). Captain
             Marley seldom saw his son, although he provid
             ed some financial support for the family. When Bob was five years old, his
             father took Bob away to Kingston, Jamaica's capital. On the journey there,
             "Bob thought of Nine Miles once the most imposing community he could
             envision, now reduced to a village in a coffee cup when compared to what was
             sprawled out before him" (White 80). He was reunited with his mother about a
             year later. Bob and his mother lived in one of the most dangerous slums of
             Kingston. Later, these living conditions would inspire Marley to write a
             song, called "Concrete Jungle", which likened the living conditions and
             poverty in the slum to the shackles of slavery. This was only one of his many
             songs written about freedom from oppression. While Bob lived in the shanty
             part of Kingston, he met a boy his age, Bunny Livingstone. Bunny, also a
             native of Kingston, established a close relationship with Bob (Nicholas 23)....