Rebel Without a Cause (1955) is a prime example of the culture that the United States had post World War II, depicting the complete opposite of what American Society is supposed to look like with its traditional white home. The film depicts how masculinity is questioned or reversed and how kids without structure and order are likely to rebel and go against the law. Rebel Without a Cause was and is depicted as the poster child for youth rebellion as the entire film revolves around masculinity and how it’s defied by Jim. Masculinity at this time was a major part of the culture where it defined how the household would be run and how the kids would turn up. At this time, men were returning from war and society didn’t know how to adjust towards
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These men were expected to run the household and provide all the income meanwhile maintaining their public appearance and running the family strictly. However, these men wouldn’t do all the work as the woman would stay home and make sure everything was done while also giving the man of the house a list of the things either she or the household needed in order to contribute to the American Standard of Living where consumerism was overrunning everything. Even though the majority of the things that were listed by the wife were luxury items, or irrelevant to what the house-hold needed, the husband would still go out and buy it as spending money was the American thing to do. Now Rebel Without a Cause is a film that defied the current American Standards by opposing everything and making the children rebels or outlaws towards the American Law. The film challenges the idea of masculinity and how children are supposed to be raised while depicting how little parents are involved within the child’s daily life or …show more content…
It portrayed how a lack of father figure, or family, could damage a teenager into acting out and doing what he liked. Also showed how lack of authority within the household would result in a rebellion from the children. It also showcased the lack of authority the adults had as they couldn’t control what the kids would do or how they would react in certain situations. In the end, the film was the complete opposite of what the traditional white family should look like and it was controversial towards whether Americans could actually foreign nations when they couldn’t even control their youth at
These men were expected to run the household and provide all the income meanwhile maintaining their public appearance and running the family strictly. However, these men wouldn’t do all the work as the woman would stay home and make sure everything was done while also giving the man of the house a list of the things either she or the household needed in order to contribute to the American Standard of Living where consumerism was overrunning everything. Even though the majority of the things that were listed by the wife were luxury items, or irrelevant to what the house-hold needed, the husband would still go out and buy it as spending money was the American thing to do. Now Rebel Without a Cause is a film that defied the current American Standards by opposing everything and making the children rebels or outlaws towards the American Law. The film challenges the idea of masculinity and how children are supposed to be raised while depicting how little parents are involved within the child’s daily life or …show more content…
It portrayed how a lack of father figure, or family, could damage a teenager into acting out and doing what he liked. Also showed how lack of authority within the household would result in a rebellion from the children. It also showcased the lack of authority the adults had as they couldn’t control what the kids would do or how they would react in certain situations. In the end, the film was the complete opposite of what the traditional white family should look like and it was controversial towards whether Americans could actually foreign nations when they couldn’t even control their youth at