Friday, September 30, 2016

Exigency in "Blowin' In The Wind"

Exigency means the state requiring effort or immediate action. "Blowin' In The Wind" was sung by Bob Dylan in 1963. During this time period, the Vietnam War was still active and African American were still being discriminated. Throughout the song, Bob Dylan asked a series of question, which he believed was the problem. All the questions he stated or asked were always asking "How many," this  signifies as that thing like the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement  have been happening for a while and when are there going to stop or get noticed. Lines like, "how many deaths will it take till he know..many people have died?" or " how may years can some people exist...to be free?" captured situations that were going on during the time period when the music was released. The answer to all the issues was simplified by Bob Dylan to one line- which was, " blowing in the wind." The exigence in Bob Dylan's  Blowin' In The Wind" song was that all these issues  are going on and the solution to these issues was in front of us. He wanted the war to stop and also wanted people to be treated equally because these issues have been going on too long.

3 comments:

  1. The word choice that is used in the song is so powerful and does call for change. The exigence present in the song connects to kairos. The time that this song was popular is why there is a need for change.

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  2. I really appreciate this post. You do a nice job of showing how Dylan established exigence. I wonder if, in your presentation, you could be more specific about what was happening nationally and internationally that created a sense of exigence in the audience?

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  3. Also, will you guys please post your texts in the sidebar of your blogs?

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