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time into their work and spending less time at home. Many critics said this wrecked the relationship between a parent and her child. Over all, the working woman faced many difficulties in the 1950s. Today, life is different, yet it is easy to see that some values we share today are still in place from the 1950s. Starting all they way from childhood, the person who does most of the housework leads into modern day. As a child, girls do more housework than boys. Males also get more money, as 66% of boys

Ray. These representations are explained by analysing and contrasting different male characters and their attitudes in the film. In addition to this, the significance of presentism is a key theme when it comes to reflecting on the conventions of the 1950s, not only in the West but also in Bengal. Finally, the relation between men and women are explored in order to achieve a better insight about the topic, highlighting Apu and Aparna’s relationship during their marriage. Before Delhi became the capital

What do Betty from "Pleasantville," June from "Leave it to Beaver," and Donna Reed from "The Donna Reed Show" all have in common? They all represent the image of the perfect housewife in the 1950s. They represent women who gladly cooked, cleaned, dressed in pearls and wore high heals while waiting for their all-knowing husbands to come home. They represent women who can only find fulfillment in male domination and nurturing maternal love. Tillie Olsen, as a single mother with four children (204)

them out, something that didn’t happen in the 1950s. Nowadays, people are willing to help others when something tragic arises. In “Lord of the Flies” a plane crashes and the boys aboard are forced to survive on the deserted island. Ralph, the original leader, needs to build shelter but he ends up, “working with Simon” and “No one else” while the rest of the boys are “bathing, or eating, or playing” (Golding, 50). These lines suggest that during the 1950s, and in the “Lord of the Flies”, people were

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

seen a film with Marilyn Monroe featured in it. After watching this movie I was glad that I picked it because all of the actors did a phenomenal job. This movie was I feel did a really good job in displaying the transition of sexual attitudes in the 1950’s. Also in Some Like it Hot, Marilyn Monroe does a really good job pushing cultural boundaries by taking the typical conservative look and making it sexy. These were just some of the cultural changes that she had contributed in this film. Some Like

teenager in American literature. To truly understand who Holden Caulfield is, we must take a trip back in time to the 50s. The 1950s was a decade of prosperity and conformity, life in the 50s was simply peaceful. However, in the summer of 1951, J.D Salinger published a book entitled “The Catcher in the Rye”, the main protagonist of the novel, Holden Caulfield, described the 1950s as a disgusting and phony era. Holden himself is depicted as a teenager disillusioned by the adult world. Holden finds the

the American stage one of the most renowned characters. As Wilson originally writes in the play, Troy Maxson, who is an uneducated sanitation worker and a former Negro League Baseball player is depicted as a multi-faceted tragic figure from the mid-1950s Pittsburgh of Wilson’s childhood. This being the case, in the adaptation of this play, Denzel Washington understands the kind of ‘largeness’ portrayed in Wilson’s play and is hence portrayed a shadow that Troy casts over the people in his life while

“mythic teenaged hood” that King has called the prototype of 1950’s werewolf films, and finally into “some ancient carrion eater,” or primal self. As automotive monster, Christine comes from a variety of sources, including the folk tradition of the “death car” and a venerable techno-horror premise, as seen in King’s “Trucks” and Maximum Overdrive. King’s main focus, however, is the mobile youth culture that has come down from the 1950’s by way of advertising, popular songs, film, and national pastimes

The fashion of the 1900's was very different to those in following years. The fashion in the early 1900's was very sophisticated and elegant. The women commonly wore fitted bodied dresses with petticoats and corsets under them. They usually were ¾ length sleeves and worn with gloves that covered up the bare arm that would have been showing. Lace and ruffles were very much in style and the details were very important. Men had a different sort of fashion as well. The men dressed fairly formal and proper