Paper about Bruce Springsteen

Choose one of the following:

1. You know the old saying about how "the child is the father of the man." What is there in Bruce's Asbury Park days that you think had a meaningful effect on him as the kind of singer/songwriter he's become. Be specific and avoid all generalizations.

2. Do some independent research on Asbury Park - with the purpose of determining why it was the type of place in which Bruce could nurture and nourish his talents. In other words, what was there about Asbury that, for Bruce at least, was special?

750 words.