https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t en-us 2018-03-01 16:24:42 UTC 2018-03-20 14:46:11 UTC hello@padlet.com cole_fullerga https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237013828 2018-03-01 16:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237013828 cole_fullerga https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237014308 2018-03-01 16:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237014308 cole_fullerga https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237015944 With social conformity still playing a major role in society, "Rebel Without a Cause" depicted teenage rebellion and adventure for the first time in film. Paired with James Deans tragic death, the film gained a cult audience and came to represent the teenage experience and struggle against traditional values and expectations. ]]> 2018-03-01 16:36:14 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237015944 cole_fullerga https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237019501 2018-03-01 16:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237019501 cole_fullerga https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237022144 During WW2, women had gained an increased role in the workforce; however, once the war was over, there was a push for the return of traditional values. Men were expected to be the primary bread winners, and women were expected to remain in the home. ]]> 2018-03-01 16:44:41 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237022144 cole_fullerga https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237027169 The beat generation was a literary movement that gained popularity in the 1950's. Authors rejected traditional values and narratives, and instead wrote about liberation, spiritual quests, sexuality, psychedelic drugs, and other counterculture ideas. ]]> 2018-03-01 16:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237027169 samuel_gaynorwa https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237938789 We agree with the statement that Americans in the 1950's were living in an era of social complacency and intellectual darkness to a major extent due to the distractions American society created such as the Beat Generation, the popularity of drugs, and the broadening of culture after WW2. While these traits may have been progressive for society, they contributed to generalizing the public and putting the people in an era of intellectual darkness.]]> 2018-03-05 06:00:44 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/237938789 cole_fullerga https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/244049084 Although there were movements away from traditional values, the vast majority of Americans were complacent, and returned to the same values held before the war. ]]> 2018-03-20 14:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/244049084 cole_fullerga https://padlet.com/cole_fullerga/6f98dmzpgi8t/wish/244050665 https://www.britannica.com/art/Beat-movement

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