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Betty grew up in the small town of Crossett, Arkansas. Her high school days — aside from term papers, book reports, and science projects — were filled with the things that girls of the 50s enjoyed most: bunkin’ parties, football games, sock hops, “going steady,” drive-in movies and watching “The Ed Sullivan Show.” She loved the important details of fashion, including saddle shoes, poodle skirts, cat’s eye glasses and cashmere sweater sets.

1.It is an interesting story about internal and external conflict. With Jimmy’s internal conflict involving Martha and his external conflict of leading his troops. The story is also about weight. Like the physical weight of their all equipment and the mental weight all his soldiers carry with them everywhere they go.

I have two questions about this unit, who is placing the items in the tree and who are the items meant for? Scout first found two pieces of Wrigley’s Spearmint gum in the knothole in the tree. She showed off the gum she found to Jem. Then as the two were headed home from school they found two perfectly polished pennies in a fancy box. A couple weeks after they found a ball of gray twine, then the two images of the two kids carved in the soap. And then a couple weeks after that they found the full package of gum, a medal from winning a spelling bee many years ago from when Atticus was a kid. And next up they found a pocket watch that did not work and was on a chain with a pocketknife. I believe that the gifts are for Jem and Scout because there is almost

The Things They Carried, is a novel based on the Vietnam War, and the book

Brooks’ became famous for popularizing the bobbed haircut while her daring personality differentiated her from other females. Her unique persona and her sleek dark bob initiated her reputation for being one of the wildest flappers of the decade. Though she became well known for starring as the lead in three films, unlike most women, she refused to accept the sexual and restrictives roles women had in America. She embraced the opportunity to go beyond society’s conformities in the Roaring Twenties because culture shifted and there was less social pressure to dress modestly. Harnessing this opportunity, Brooks experimented with her fashion sense having worn “pleated skirts, wide trousers, velvet blazers, deep cut evening dresses worn without a bra, furs, silk blouses with geometric prints and strings of pearls” (Young). While others may have perceived her bold fashion to be vulgar, she also was famous for her short hair. Brooks bob was one aspect of herself that represented her courage push the limits. At the time most women grew their hair out, but as more females kept up with their fast paced lives the ‘bob’ hair style popularized as less time was

and preserve the truth and to make the readers feel more emotions, to understand a deeper meaning in their stories. They both express how their stories are either completely made up, “I’m a writer now, and a long time ago I walked through Quang Ngai Province as a foot soldier. Almost everything else is invented”(O’Brien 171), or the fact that, “I’m the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.”(Salinger 16), and that we shouldn’t trust what he has to say. In the books The Things They Carried and The Catcher in the Rye, the truth can sometimes be more painful or difficult to express than the actual story, but sometimes the importance of truth can be less

Throughout “The Things They Carried,” Tim O’Brien tells different war stories really focusing on all of the weight that’s put on the soilders during fighting. Each chapter puts focus on a specific thing the soilders carried. The things they carried are in some cases physical and in some cases impalpable. It's the impalpable, intangible things that O'Brien centers the focus on in the book as a whole.

The look of the flapper was drastically different from that of the earlier generations of women in the United States. Their hair was cut into a short “bob” and they wore much more make-up than previous women. The hem line of the flapper’s dresses rose to the knee and they began “bounding” their chests and wearing high heels. Along with the rise of the hem line, nude colored stockings were favored over the former black; the flapper also bared her arms; this gave off a much more “naked” look than any previous generations. They did away with the corset and instead adopted the girdle, which simply flattened the abdomen rather than emphasizing the waist. The infamous Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel’s clothing designs became the epitome of 1920’s style.1

Women in the Jazz Age saw this as a chance to change women as a whole. “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening” (Brown 255). Fashion was changing rapidly during this time for women. The hairstyle of the 1920s was the short bobbed haircut; even some of the older generation women began to cut their hair short after some time. The hemlines of women’s dresses and skirts were getting shorter and shorter, up to the knees. It was shocking to the older generation of women of how much leg was now being exposed. Long, multiple strands of pearls and beaded necklaces were the style of jewelry to be worn. In this age, fashion was changing more than ever. Women now had a chance to express themselves with fashion.

The "flapper girl" trend peaked in 1926, leaving materials such as silk, chiffons, georgettes, crepes, and voiles in high demand. Beads, sequins, and feathers also adorned the fashionable dresses. Coco Chanel, a role model for the flapper, provided many styles, including the popular single strand of pearls. Corsets were no longer popular, but instead the "sexless" figure was favored. Scarfs were often draped over the shoulders if one could not afford a dead fox neck piece. However, the one thing that distinguished the flapper from anyone else was the bobbed haircut. Although, efforts were made to revive long hair, the bob remained stylish.

As the role of the women in society changed, so did fashion. With the emergence of a new, daring woman (the flapper girl), garments reflecting the liberated lifestyle that she led appeared.

Flappers were women of the new decade who were known to assert themselves in society and began to create their own identities. They started to drink and smoke in public, and talked about sex openly, all of which were highly frowned upon during this time. While smoking, a woman might wear a Turkish-inspired “smoking suit” along with a turban. They began cutting their hair shorter into bobs, which was often considered boyish. Fashion designer Coco Chanel and actress Louise Brooks helped to popularize this look. The style became the staple hairstyle of the flapper. Aspects of menswear were also inserted into women’s fashion, with looks such as tailored vests and pants, but were prohibited in some areas. This boyish look was often referred to as the “garconne” look.

The Gibson glamour girl preceding the flapper wore long tresses, a high-neck starched shirt, and a long skirt over restrictive undergarments. The flapper did not adhere to these types of restrictions. Pantaloons and corsets, the Gibson girl’s undergarments, were not conducive to the dancing of the flapper or the need for physical freedom. They were replaced by underwear called step-ins (Rosenberg 2). The flapper fashion showed much more skin than the Gibson girl’s outfit. She wore a loose fitting dress that came just to the knees, with a dropped waistline and often showed the arms. The look worn by the flapper was called the “garconne” meaning little boy. The hair was first cut very short into a “bob” then even

Later in the week, Dusty seemed to have caught a bug of some sorts. At first, we thought it was a typical cold because of the sniffling and coughing he was doing. His sniffles subsided after two days of resting, but his cough persistently got worse and worse every day. I would see him hack into tissues and throw them out when he was done. Vinyl and I kept telling him that he should pay the doctor a visit, but he stubbornly refused since he hated going to the doctor’s office. The only time I ever heard of him being anywhere near a doctor was when Vinyl was born.

The 1920’s, also called the roaring 20’s, was a time of change. During this time period the fashion for both men and women was changing immensely. The aftermath of WWI caused America to enter a vigorous era. As a result of the role of women during the war, many customs and morals were changing. The Stock Market started booming, many new dances and music came about, and women got the right to vote and enter the workforce. There was an uprise in almost every activity, and fashion was definitely one (Tirocchi, Anna and Laura). Although fashion varied throughout the decade, one could notice a drastic change from the prior fashion.