American Values / American Dream
A television show from the 50s-60s that demonstrated stereotypical American family values
Father Knows Best
This game represents the Absurdist values about what we do with our life
Minecraft
A poem by Allen Ginsberg where he rebels against the system of society and the forces that have affected him.
Howl
Bob Dylan
This is a technique of satire (list one)
Hyperbole/understatement, incongruity, juxtaposition, being obscene/crude
In the 1960s, this mass technique was used by sellers to twist the American values in order to get people to buy their products
Advertising
We want meaning, but the universe is meaningless
The main belief of the Absurdists
Benjamin from "The Graduate" has a secret relationship with this woman who exerts dominance over him
Mrs. Robinson
The only 'normal' patients in the psychiatric ward from "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
McMurphy and Chief
At the end of "Slaughterhouse 5," the bird says this, representing how no words can describe the war and massacres
poo-tee-weet
These two respective characters in "Father Knows Best" represent the stuck-up girl that's focused on other's opinions, and the other person trying to work hard but is frowned upon by others
Betty "Princess" Anderson and James "Bud" Anderson, Jr.
In the "Invisible Man," the author does this to rebel against society's rules and take revenge on society in quiet ways.
He decorates his room with lightbulbs
The meaning of the song "The Sound of Silence"
Loneliness, being unable to fit into society
McMurphy's fate in "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" after he continues fighting against Ratched and disrupting the ward's environment
He gets a lobotomy, and Chief is forced to kill him
Incompetence of leaders, men's desire for sexual dominance are main messages in this.
Dr. Strangelove
The value that Americans enjoy passive gratification; we enjoy happy endings in movies; we enjoy consumption, and our heroes before 1920 were more from social, commercial, and cultural worlds of production. After the 1920’s the heroes came more from the leisure-time activities of sports and entertainment. Yet Americans also enjoy culture and engage in do-it-yourself hobbies and vacations.
Moral Comfort
The first two lines in the verse are the same and the third is different
The Blues AAB format
a type of jazz originating in the 1940s and characterized by complex harmony and rhythms
Bebop
This is the major difference between New Journalism from Traditional Journalism
New Journalism used literary techniques deemed unconventional at the time, in traditional journalism facts are reported as objectively as possible
The id, ego, and superego in "Fight Club"
Tyler, Jack, Marla
A speech aired on television in 1952 that was one of the first to demonstrate how powerful television was during the period
Nixon’s Checkers speech
The Zoo Story ends when this happens, and this is the meaning to the scene
Jerry stabs himself and says "Oh...my...God" while ridiculing society's need for a meaning in every action
This psychologist advocated for the use of psychedelic drugs like LSD to broaden your mind
Timothy Leary
American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies"), led activists on the Pentagon
Abbie Hoffman
These songs in "Hair" represent rebellion against societal views (list two and say how they are rebellious/satirical)
"Sodomy Song" - mocks society's taboo on certain words w/ the rhythm of a church hymn
"Black Boys"/"White Boys"
"I'm Black"