The 1960s for the United States, a decade of controversy, drew this picture in the sense that the events that sequenced took place on the world stage of the political spectrum. Despite the validity to this, domesticity faced conflict as well, with the emergence of rebels known as the hippies. On the face of this movement were riots and protests to argue for the ideas that followed their mindset, but on the other hand, the scene of consuming drugs, and the facet of being relaxed and ignorant of the future raised questions of how well of a service these hippies were to the country. Because the hippie movement was filled with unnecessary ideas and blindsided juveniles who consumed drugs frequently and spearheaded these crusades, the 1960s, to
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This point is furthermore proven upon by “The Port Huron Statement.” In this statement, the message the students try to answer is why their generation is a part of all these movements. However, many flaws are presented in their justification. Eventually, “as [the students] grew” up, they were “penetrated by events too troubling to dismiss” all the while that they would “deliberately ignore, or avoid, or fail to feel all other human problems” (Students for a Democratic Society). This part presents a major issue, as albeit they are arguing for problems in the world that they believe in, the students even admit how they are ignoring parts of human society. Essentially, as also shown with the protest in Didion’s essay, one of the bigger ideals that they choose to ignore is the political front. Being that the U.S. has a major emphasis on politics to push movements forward, the radical ideas that the hippies have is getting little across to the public, which is in part due to their crazy image. In WB Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming” it is a poem that metaphorically talks about Jesus returning to the Earth, but in one stanza, he perfectly describes the hippies. As the “innocence drowned” for these young adults, it is soon known how “the best” of them “lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate
This point is furthermore proven upon by “The Port Huron Statement.” In this statement, the message the students try to answer is why their generation is a part of all these movements. However, many flaws are presented in their justification. Eventually, “as [the students] grew” up, they were “penetrated by events too troubling to dismiss” all the while that they would “deliberately ignore, or avoid, or fail to feel all other human problems” (Students for a Democratic Society). This part presents a major issue, as albeit they are arguing for problems in the world that they believe in, the students even admit how they are ignoring parts of human society. Essentially, as also shown with the protest in Didion’s essay, one of the bigger ideals that they choose to ignore is the political front. Being that the U.S. has a major emphasis on politics to push movements forward, the radical ideas that the hippies have is getting little across to the public, which is in part due to their crazy image. In WB Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming” it is a poem that metaphorically talks about Jesus returning to the Earth, but in one stanza, he perfectly describes the hippies. As the “innocence drowned” for these young adults, it is soon known how “the best” of them “lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate