Cullen King wrote a new post, "I, Too", on the site Imagining America
In Langston Hughes’ poem “I, Too” he may have broken up the poem into 2 parts, one part that talks about the speaker’s perception of his place in society at the moment the poem was written and another...
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I agree with what you stated at the end about Americans having a tendency to try and ignore or go around tough or uncomfortable conversations. Especially regarding America in the early 20th century...
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For the most part I agreed with the New York Times’ review of Hester Street. It talks about how the movie was about the Americanization of immigrants and gives a quick summary of events that are...
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I do think that at the time this was written it was even more so an achievement to have power over others. It was not an American achievement but a world-wide one. For example imperialism, serfdom, and...
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I think the filmmakers may have purposely set the movie in a stereotypical immigrant area because it would have made the movie more provocative if they showed the realistic conditions. If people saw...
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I just find it really ironic that a large part of the counter culture was aimed at moving away from the urban life yet these runaways flocked there. In this context calling them “flower children” is...
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Using LSD and other drugs to heighten one’s sexual experience definitely seems to coincide with the counter culture’s emphasis on one’s experience. In reply to - Demry Zimmerman wrote a new post, Sex...
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I do not understand why communes had to be segregated by sex. To me that goes against the counter culture’s beliefs in banding together in solidarity. In reply to - Asha Beasley wrote a new post,...
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The Counter Culture was a huge success, even today. While it did not solve all the issues in society it still opened up dialogue about them. If it were not for the movement who knows if people would...
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Maybe I am being to conservative but I feel like burying the Constitution was an inappropriate gesture. I feel like sometimes the anti-war movement was to radically, at least for me personally. In...
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The only reason we see think that what the members of the movement did was radical (i.e. drugs and sexual freedoms) is because society has defined it as so. While I personally would not partake in...
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“Revolution only comes through personal transformation: finding God and changing your life.” This excerpt from A Yippie Manifesto shows the deeply religious roots of the Counterculture. While it is tra...
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I think the ability of many to return home to a middle-class family after their time in the movement led many to join, experience, and then abandon back to mainstream society. In reply to - Jack Hyman...
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I disagree, the movement had numerous goals and while drugs and sexual freedom were parts of the movement they were sometimes used to reach those goals. Maybe on a superficial level it was only sex and...
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That is a good point but if you felt that way then you probably would not survive living with the radical beliefs of the movement. In reply to - Asha Beasley wrote a new post, Communes & Communal...
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Maybe the fact that they had to abandon certain beliefs shows that they were being to radical to survive. More Utopian then realistic. In reply to - Asha Beasley wrote a new post, Communes &...
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What about Feminism? I think that was a very fractured movement that was still able to be effective. In reply to - jrider wrote a new post, Counterculture Organization Successes and Failures, on the...
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condemn* In reply to - Ayush Mishra wrote a new post, ‘Morality’ during the Counter Culture., on the site Recent America The word “morality” did indeed lose all meaning during this particular time...
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It shows how much power laws have over us. People obviously wanted to use drugs but felt it wrong because of laws. The moment they could legally do it they jumped at the chance. In reply to - Francisco...
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I do not feel as though religion needs leadership to be considered legitimate. The whole point of it being a religion was that it was a NEW religion, one that was established outside the norms of...
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That was the beauty of the movement it was unorganized religion. It stressed the journey to enlightenment over doctrine so that there was really only a very loose set of beliefs. It was a new kind of...
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Going off of linking it to what we did to Japan, I wonder if we used Agent Orange without much regret because it was on the Vietnamese who were considered a lesser race. Kind of like how some speculate...
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The Counterculture was definitely a golden age in music where artists produced beautiful works with deep and universal themes. Even today the themes of some of these songs are relevant. Take for...
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Why did the Beatles’ middle-class roots seem attractive to the young people? I do not see a correlation, although I am sure there could be one. In reply to - Gabby wrote a new post, The Fab Four, on...
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Okay, thanks that makes a little more sense. In reply to - Gabby wrote a new post, The Fab Four, on the site Recent America The Beatles emerged as one of the most famous and influential bands of all...
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The movement was definitely an important aspect of American History and is something historians should focus on when looking at our society as a whole. In reply to - bmccarthy18 wrote a new post,...
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I think I would disagree Malachi. Just for me personally I feel like we as a society have begun to be more aware of how are actions in times of war affect others. Also Vietnam was one of the first wars...
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If it was for the profit that is incredibly ironic! In reply to - Francisco Martinez wrote a new post, Owsley Stanley the “Walter White” of The Counter Culture and LSD, on the site Recent America What...
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Which is sad because being placed there probably did not help the situation at all. In reply to - Jack Hyman wrote a new post, Flower Children, on the site Recent America Between the mid-1960’s to the...
View ArticleCullen King wrote a new post, Linda's Last Speech: A New Take, on the site...
Linda: Willy I am at a loss. Beginning to slowly sob. It seemed as if we had it all Willy. Your sons are on the road to success and the house! Her voice slowly starts to rise. Willy we paid of the...
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To me the only “happy” part about the ending is that Biff reaffirms that he does not want to follow in the steps of his father. By choosing to go his own way he is breaking away from the cycle of...
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It showed how we as Americans take the holiday for granted. Her father and mother were in a bad mood and her sister was miserable and yet they all lived comfortable lives. Then we look at Ro and see a...
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Throughout A Street Car Named Desire there are scenes that seem to deal with issues of domestic violence and double standards between men and women about sexual activity. Scenes placed in the play help...
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I think that the social difference was huge in that it made Stanley feel below Stella. In a world where men have the power he felt threatened by this which probably created a rift in their...
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While I agree that the figures could be specific characters from the play, it seems like it would have been more effective to be more broad. The male is in the position of power and has control over...
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