Ahhh, the fifties. It was a time of prosperity, fear of destruction, and the typical American family. There was a set way for everything to be, and to vary from that way meant that you weren’t a true American. This type of thinking set the stage for the rebellious ideas of the sixties. This paper will discuss the fifties mindset and how the children raised in this time period were ultimately really messed up. …showed first 75 words of 855 total…

…showed last 75 words of 855 total…in the society. This extreme conformity stifled the children of the time so much that they had no other choice but to go their own way once the shackles of high school were broken and they had the freedom of college. This was the beginning of a new era in our country; an era of freedom of choice exercised freely. No one could stop these kids no matter how hard they tried. Ahhh, the sixties.