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    Stendahl to move to Mars thirty years later‚ where he could freely read‚ write‚ and create art in any manner‚ but then the Moral Climates came to Mars as well‚ and started enforcing the censorship law once again. Bradbury’s thoughts on censorship in the 1950’s are portrayed in the story of “Usher II” where Mr. Stendahl shows his outrage at the ignorant actions of the government by taking revenge on all of those who encourage the censorship of great works of literature and art. Mr. Stendahl is angry

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    Women 50's

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    thousands of men pushed women out of the work force and back into their homes. It almost seemed as if women had a choke hold on their lives and roles‚ Brett Harvey the author of Fitting In for Fifties Women was a young women living in the 1950’s she quoted‚ “1950’s women were second class citizens who’s roles were utterly restricted by business‚ the media‚ and by social pressures” –Brett Harvey. What the world didn’t understand was how hard it was for women to lose their independence all over again

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    Many women believe Mary Kay Ashe said it best when she observed‚ “While clothes may not make the woman‚ they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence — which‚ I believe‚ does make the woman.” (educators.fidm.com). This observation simply means that a woman’s appearance can have a tremendous influence on how she really views herself. Two advertisements from the world famous Levi’s Jean Company portrays this concept of self. One advertisement from a Seventeen magazine published in

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    Do you agree with the view that the British New Wave cinema of the late 1950s and early 1960s were part of a wider social revolution that was taking place in British society? The British New Wave was characterised by many of the same stylistic and thematic conventions as the French New Wave. Usually in black-and-white‚ these films had a spontaneous quality‚ often shot in pseudo style on real locations and with real people rather than extras‚ apparently capturing life as it happens. Source 2 says

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    of America Since 1945 What role do audiences play in creating popular culture? Explain how Hollywood both manipulated and reflected the popular culture of the 1950’s and 60’s. The role of the audience is to infuse the fire in the popular culture movement. It appears that Hollywood was caught between the wall and the blade in the 1950’s‚ on one side you had the dominant culture flexing their muscle to have Hollywood endorse this family ideal and help the containment effort and for no reason ignite

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    changing generations. I have not only witnessed it myself‚ but in both research of the past and present history of the sport and culture there has been a 180 degree spin on the way that the culture is viewed. Skateboarding dates all the way back to the 1950’s. Its origin comes from Californian surfers that wanted to turn the streets into waves. The first boards were simply wooden boards with roller skate wheels mounted on the bottom of them. In 1963‚ there were some of the first competitions for skateboarding

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    The Transformation of Television Programming Television became a national mass media during the 1950’s and 1960’s and has changed its programming throughout the years to become what we watch today. Starting off with only three channels‚ NBC‚ CBS‚ and ABC‚ its content has transformed into something new. Television programming in the 50’s and 60’s is differentiated in many ways from the television programming we find today. Differences in television programming from the 50’s and 60’s

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    Denisse Urena Professor Karen Section: English 150-Seek Block1 28 February‚ 2013 Marriage: Until death does us apart Society has a distinctive perspective on its views on marriages. In "What We Really Miss About The 1950’s" by Stephany Coontz supports the essay "About Marriage"by Danielle Crittenden in a major claim she makes about how society believes in the long term Sanctity of marriage‚ yet divorce and failed marriage are very normal in todays society. Although Crittenden

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    In her book Wait Till Next Year Doris Kearns Goodwin informs the reader on many aspects of life in the 1950s. Recalling the details of her childhood‚ Doris describes the new and old technology of the time period. She also tells about the religion and social lives of the people of the fifties. While telling her story‚ Goodwin takes many glimpses into the world of technology in the fifties. One thing shown in her book is that medical technology was not very good. Remembering her father’s stories about

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    top North Eastern American college. So when Mr. Keating arrived at the school and tells the students to start to take on new challenges to try and get the most out of their lives‚ to enjoy the beauties of poetry and to not allow the cynicism of the 1950s get to them and make them hoi polloi (Greek term for the herd.) His actions lead the students to start to challenge the society they once readily accepted and therefore all the futures that had been planned years before. They students start regularly

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