1950's Essay

I watched the film Grease which was directed by Randal Kleiser. This film took place at Rydell High which was full of fun, crazy students. In the beginning, Sandy Dumbrowski who was the new girl in school arrives at school. She explains how over the summer she and a boy named Danny Zuko had a brief love affair. However, it turns out he is a leader of a greaser gang, the T-Birds. Sandy tells her new classmates about how sweet Danny was and how he was different from other boys, but she doesn’t know

Wait Till Next Year, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, is a personal memoire of Goodwin’s life growing up in Rockville Centre, New York during the 1950s. Goodwin talks about multiple members of her family, including her father, Michael, her mother, Helen, her two sisters, Charlotte and Jeanne, and her best friend while growing up, Eileen. The memoire includes many memories of how she and her family were affected during the atomic bomb and McCarthyism. Also in her story, she highlights the good and bad things

Computers in the 1950 's People have been in awe of computers since they were first invented. At first scientist said that computers would only be for government usage only. "Then when the scientists saw the potential computers had, scientist then predicted that by 1990 computers may one day invade the home of just about ever citizen in the world" ("History" Internet), the scientists were slightly wrong, because by 1990 computers were just beginning to catch on. Then a few years later when scientists

Americans were in for a long battle before they were at last granted equivalent rights. As quoted from Martin Luther King's speech; “I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land”. The 1950's was the period of suburbanization. The quantity of homes in the united states multiplied during the decade, which had the pleasant side effect of making multiple development occupations. An example of a case of suburbanization was in Levittown in

imagination.” This logic is what sparked the creation of the popular inventions of the 1950’s. Even though some inventions of this decade may not be around today, they still have a significance on inventions and thinking today. There are plenty of inventions that we use in modern time. Some examples are the Barbie Doll, Diet Soda, and today’s most popular fast food chain McDonalds. There were many types of inventions in the 1950’s such as technological, medical, and other inventions that are still used today

The 1950’s was a significant era for the United States as it was a start for new opportunities! Many events happened throughout the 1950’s. The Korean War, also known as the Forgotten War, began in 1950. In 1951,the sparking rise of televisions arose in American households, and started the Golden Age of Television. The presidential election of Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected in 1952. Brown v. Board of Education was the official law which established separate public schools for black and white students

1. It is easy to forget that events that shape the rest of the world can directly affect what happens at home. No one could have predicted that the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 would lead to a communist man hunt in the United States in the 1940’s and 1950’s. The concern was especially apparent in Hollywood. I think this speaks to the power that film and television have always had in shaping public opinion. The country was gripped with fear of a nuclear war and tensions were high as a result. Under

be ridiculed, and shifted from a know-it-all to a clueless individual. An example of this would be Everybody Loves Raymond. Shows also emerged where there were dual-income parents as well as stay-at-home fathers. This was a drastic change from the 1950's dad who worked a steady job, lived in a middle-class suburban bubble, and whose wife was a picture-perfect stay at home mom.  What could have influenced TV so strongly? American society has been impacted by several factors such as the rise of feminism

what is bad to some may seem good to others. In the 1950’s many things deemed socially acceptable are not in today's standards. Even so, the author realized what was wrong with his society and used Holden and his experiences to reveal the problems occurring in everyday life and how disgusting they seemed to someone from a different point of view.. The Catcher in the Rye has a focus on addressing the problems of the culture in the society of the 1950’s, using examples of women, children, and people in

“ Fashions fade. Style is eternal” - Once said the famous designer Yves Saint Laurent. In the 1950’s marked the era in fashion that people think of as the turning point in fashion. Teenagers would be looked at for their own fashion, and would have sexier outfits. Women would start to wear accessories such as hats, glasses and diamonds (Fashion History). They would show more skin and have tighter outfits. Men would start to wear suits and look more formal. The “cowboy” look would start to play a big