Life in 1950s America Essay

The 1950s was a frantic decade during American history, WW2 just finished, the baby boomer generation just commenced, paranoia of the Communist conquer was rampant and racism was at its high especially in the southern parts of the US. Popular Culture or otherwise known as Pop Culture started during the 1950s in America. It brought to light other perspective and views of society that were considered radical and degenerate. Popular Culture had many branches such as fashion, music and film where…

“The Bell Jar” by Victoria Lucas (Pseudonym of Sylvia Plath) was first time published on 14 January 1963 in the U.S of America after her death in a same year. This book was written as novel by Sylvia Lucas, but in comparison with her life before this book, we can clearly say that it is autobiographical book, where the author tries to wright her personal story but under different name, Plath choose Esther Greenwood as her protégé in the book. Both of them had experience with magazines and…

illustration of this triangle of traditional relations that has plagued three generations of American culture. The unfolding of the story dates back to 1950's a time in which the African American community swung into a downward spiral. Sonny’s, the protagonist of the story discovers music as his aim of fleeing African American society brutal oppression in the 1950’s. However, sonny’s brother asserts, “but there’s no need…is there? In killing yourself?” (Baldwin 59) making reference to sonny’s…

Television in the fifties and sixties depicted the ideal life for families in America. This life however was far from what most actual families endured. “Our most powerful visions of traditional families derive from images that are still delivered to our homes in countless reruns of 1950s television sit-coms” (Cootz 1992) . Leave it to Beaver and The Andy Griffith Show were the pinnacle of television sit-coms of the time. They both had the stereotypical all American family with hardworking…

Generations each possess individual values, attitudes, and goals that strike them apart from one another, thus creating a gap. This gap is like a barrier that keeps the different generations distinct. As for the different attitudes of life, the people belonging to the old generation always wonder what has gone wrong with the new generation. They feel that during their time, young boys and girls were better behaved, more obedient and had greater respect for elders. Young people, on the other hand…

come to know him first appears in his true form in the Cold War era of the 1950s with films such as The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando, and Rebel…

atomic bomb over Hiroshima influenced the everyday lives of people all around the world. In the early 1950’ people feared communism and nuclear bombs threats throughout the United States during the Cold War. The threat of invasions in the Cold War era led Americans to seek conformity in politics and in culture. The end of the Second World War brought many changes to American culture; family life changed drastically (traditional family), patriotic consumerism…

The 1950’s was an era that embraced change; soldiers returned home from war, the economy boomed, and new families were being created at a more rapid rate than ever before. Historical author Andrew Dunar claims that, more than ever, “people of the fifties living in the United States had reason to believe that theirs was the American century” (Dunar 167). Stereotypes of the era that had previously been accepted were clearly being pushed against; however, specifically the idea of the American Dream…

In cities all around America the noise of running cars and horns is audible. The automobile has climbed in popularity enough to be seen in many homes around the country. Cars for daily use; however, have not always been a popular and affordable product for the mainstream consumer. The changes to American society created by the wide distribution of automobiles arises the question: How has the creation, advancement, and distribution of automobiles from 1945 to 1970 drastically changed American…

Childhood in the 1950’s Many things have changed over the last several decades in our culture, including childhood trends. Many would argue that the 1950s, for example, was a more basic time, with less complications and no electronics. For example, during that decade, a family might own one TV set, so compared to families and children in current day, nearly everything was different. While there may be some similarities in childhood in general throughout the decades, there are many more…