Research Paper On Rebellion
Mischief and misbehavior is now a common thing in every teenagers’ life, in fact it’s what they are known for. But what about before the change ever happened? Adolescence rebellion was one of the biggest changes in the 1960’s thanks to some help from Woodstock, rock n roll, and unfortunately drugs.
Everybody has a rebellious stage. (or tendencies if ya catch my drift.) Most of the time it’s teenagers or toddlers. But back in the 1960’s it was practically unheard of to have rebellious teens. At the time it was just the terrible twos because toddlers didn’t know any better whereas a teenager did. Woodstock wasn’t necessarily teens but still young people rebelling. Woodstock was everything the strict adults were against. From rock music to drugs …show more content…
to peace, Woodstock covered it all and had more than 400,000 young people gathered in a form of rebellion. Woodstock was meant to bring attention to many subjects but teens were using this concert to rebel against their parents. I mean there were so many different drugs, a few deaths, traffic jams, and shortages on so many items. What parent in their right mind would want their children to be around drugs and people using them? None, exactly. So what better way to go against your parents than to attend only one of the biggest concerts of all time? How about the people playing? Jimi Hendrix was already looked down upon for not only color but also the type of music he played. It didn’t stop him but it sure did make some people very upset. Most parents didn’t want their teens/ young adults listening to him. But at this point in history it was too late. The change had already begun and there was no turning back. This is unrelated to Woodstock but the people that attended were more prone to drop out as a movement act. Having teens around looking up to these people was only bound to cause more damage or in this sense, rebellion. As one of the ever so famous performers stated, “I’m the one who’s gonna die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want.” –Jimi Hendrix. These young people just wanted freedom and to live their life the way they wanted to.
Ah rock n roll, the genre that started a war.
(not literally) But it could blatantly be called that because of the major uproar it caused in the people and their homes. To this day there are people that look at this specific genre as “bad”. Rebellion is a part of a person’s life no matter the age, ethnicity, or gender. Everybody goes through some sort of phase. But in this time, people did not believe in that. Let’s take a look at one of the biggest icons of all time, but also one of the most looked down upon. Music in itself is such a major influence on a person’s life it is unreal.” Just in the records manufactured in the United States of America alone, teenagers purchased more than 70% of the records” (source 1) Adults and parents were so outraged by this outbreak they even tried banning it from their children! It became so taboo that a public swimming pool banned it in San Antonio, Texas. “It can be said that the young Americans turned away from what the adults in their lives promoted.” (source 1) These young people simply wanted to break the chains and live their life the way they wanted. When we take a step back, why is music the target? Why is it successful people who branch out, are the targets? Because people don’t like change! “Music brought teens together in a world that their parents did not want to be a part of and highly condemned.” (source 1) At this point teens and young adults were using rock n roll to protest everything that was going on and the break the restrictions placed on them. “Music fused together all the facets of the counterculture -- the search for equality, the anti-war movement and drugs -- and spread among teenagers..” (source 3) How amazing is it that one genre made such a huge movement that it got banned and changed how teens not only acted but handled
things?!
Last but not least part of the rebellion had to do with drugs. Sadly, this was the young peoples choice of their new found rebellion. Now not everyone did them, but there was a large amount of young people who became involved. If I was a parent, I wouldn’t want my flesh and blood to become involved with drugs. But this is a rebellion and they are going to do what they want to get back at the constrictions made by the adults. Now I’m not referring to the hardest of drugs that could kill you, but the more common “simpler” drugs such as marijuana and LSD. The amount of people who used these at this time skyrocketed. Before this time really began, these drugs were mainly used by jazz musicians. But let’s remember this is the time of rock n roll and everything is changing at a rather rapid pace. At this time in the 1960’s LSD was actually almost unheard of and was legal until 1966. But overnight these two drugs became a common thing in everyday life in this decade. A lot of icons in this time were using these two drugs and of course, someone famous does it so they have to try it too. The young adults probably felt like there was nothing wrong with it seeing as they were minor drugs but the fact is it was still looked down upon. There is so such thing as rebellion, but there is so such thing as too much. I think that the music and Woodstock were acceptable, but drugs just escalated this simple rebellion beyond need. They were already gaining attention by fighting restrictions placed on them, so why bring drugs into this equation? It was said at one point that they used these drugs to escape the world going on around which is understandable but uncalled for.
The 1960’s was a rollercoaster of change and rebellion in the U.S. teens and adults. Adolescence rebellion was one of the biggest changes in the 1960’s thanks to some help from Woodstock, rock n roll, and unfortunately drugs. To every person their own I suppose.
Everybody has a rebellious stage. (or tendencies if ya catch my drift.) Most of the time it’s teenagers or toddlers. But back in the 1960’s it was practically unheard of to have rebellious teens. At the time it was just the terrible twos because toddlers didn’t know any better whereas a teenager did. Woodstock wasn’t necessarily teens but still young people rebelling. Woodstock was everything the strict adults were against. From rock music to drugs …show more content…
to peace, Woodstock covered it all and had more than 400,000 young people gathered in a form of rebellion. Woodstock was meant to bring attention to many subjects but teens were using this concert to rebel against their parents. I mean there were so many different drugs, a few deaths, traffic jams, and shortages on so many items. What parent in their right mind would want their children to be around drugs and people using them? None, exactly. So what better way to go against your parents than to attend only one of the biggest concerts of all time? How about the people playing? Jimi Hendrix was already looked down upon for not only color but also the type of music he played. It didn’t stop him but it sure did make some people very upset. Most parents didn’t want their teens/ young adults listening to him. But at this point in history it was too late. The change had already begun and there was no turning back. This is unrelated to Woodstock but the people that attended were more prone to drop out as a movement act. Having teens around looking up to these people was only bound to cause more damage or in this sense, rebellion. As one of the ever so famous performers stated, “I’m the one who’s gonna die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want.” –Jimi Hendrix. These young people just wanted freedom and to live their life the way they wanted to.
Ah rock n roll, the genre that started a war.
(not literally) But it could blatantly be called that because of the major uproar it caused in the people and their homes. To this day there are people that look at this specific genre as “bad”. Rebellion is a part of a person’s life no matter the age, ethnicity, or gender. Everybody goes through some sort of phase. But in this time, people did not believe in that. Let’s take a look at one of the biggest icons of all time, but also one of the most looked down upon. Music in itself is such a major influence on a person’s life it is unreal.” Just in the records manufactured in the United States of America alone, teenagers purchased more than 70% of the records” (source 1) Adults and parents were so outraged by this outbreak they even tried banning it from their children! It became so taboo that a public swimming pool banned it in San Antonio, Texas. “It can be said that the young Americans turned away from what the adults in their lives promoted.” (source 1) These young people simply wanted to break the chains and live their life the way they wanted. When we take a step back, why is music the target? Why is it successful people who branch out, are the targets? Because people don’t like change! “Music brought teens together in a world that their parents did not want to be a part of and highly condemned.” (source 1) At this point teens and young adults were using rock n roll to protest everything that was going on and the break the restrictions placed on them. “Music fused together all the facets of the counterculture -- the search for equality, the anti-war movement and drugs -- and spread among teenagers..” (source 3) How amazing is it that one genre made such a huge movement that it got banned and changed how teens not only acted but handled
things?!
Last but not least part of the rebellion had to do with drugs. Sadly, this was the young peoples choice of their new found rebellion. Now not everyone did them, but there was a large amount of young people who became involved. If I was a parent, I wouldn’t want my flesh and blood to become involved with drugs. But this is a rebellion and they are going to do what they want to get back at the constrictions made by the adults. Now I’m not referring to the hardest of drugs that could kill you, but the more common “simpler” drugs such as marijuana and LSD. The amount of people who used these at this time skyrocketed. Before this time really began, these drugs were mainly used by jazz musicians. But let’s remember this is the time of rock n roll and everything is changing at a rather rapid pace. At this time in the 1960’s LSD was actually almost unheard of and was legal until 1966. But overnight these two drugs became a common thing in everyday life in this decade. A lot of icons in this time were using these two drugs and of course, someone famous does it so they have to try it too. The young adults probably felt like there was nothing wrong with it seeing as they were minor drugs but the fact is it was still looked down upon. There is so such thing as rebellion, but there is so such thing as too much. I think that the music and Woodstock were acceptable, but drugs just escalated this simple rebellion beyond need. They were already gaining attention by fighting restrictions placed on them, so why bring drugs into this equation? It was said at one point that they used these drugs to escape the world going on around which is understandable but uncalled for.
The 1960’s was a rollercoaster of change and rebellion in the U.S. teens and adults. Adolescence rebellion was one of the biggest changes in the 1960’s thanks to some help from Woodstock, rock n roll, and unfortunately drugs. To every person their own I suppose.