Excerpt from the river thames roberto barerra 1 rivers have played an important role in human history. since ancient times, towns, cities, and entire civilizations have thrived around rivers, which provide people with many of life’s necessities. one such river, the river thames, has been instrumental in the founding and development of 8 though people no longer rely on the thames as the only way to get around, the river is still important to many if not for the thames, the world as we know it would be a very different place. what is the most likely reason that londoners no longer rely on the thames as their main mode of transportation? a) modern forms of transportation are more convenient. b) the river is too polluted for people to travel across. c) military personnel have blocked off parts of the river. d) unpredictable floods make traveling the thames dangerous.

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.