mainstream values of traditional American culture and life. The people who participated or started this whole movement were called "hippies" who were mainly white‚ middle-class families’ children under 25 years old (1960’s 193). Hippies gathered mostly in the Haight Ashbury district in San Francisco (Our Century 5). They were mostly college students or graduates and usually‚ hippies were the ones who opposed the old American values‚ culture‚ politics‚ the Vietnam War‚ racism and were concerned about civil
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Thesis: During the 1950’s the hippie movement began‚ hippies rebelled against society‚ had their own way of living‚ and had an impact on the world. I. Introduction A. How hippies formed B. What inspired them to be this way C. Thesis II. Rebelling Against Society A. Drop out 1. From school 2. From materialistic life B. Drugs 1. LSD‚ marijuana‚ etc. 2. Sold them to stay living III. Living style A. Fashion 1. Clothes and shoes 2. Hair and
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strongly believe in going against the grain. This movement of people is very similar to the Hippie movement of the 1970’s. The term Hipster actually originated from hippie. Hipsters and hippies share many of the same qualities‚ but they also differ in many ways. Hippies and hipsters are both similar in their beliefs. Hippies as well as hipsters both believe in being counter culture. They choose to dress and act differently then others in our society. This allows them to truly be themselves. They both
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boy who was age eighteen to twenty-six and wasn’t in college‚ was forcibly drafted to join the military. A lot of young men and women opposed this and rebelled against the government; most people who led rallies and organized protests were hippies. The hippies were not very successful in their campaign for the end of the Vietnam War because it ended in 1975; this was about five years after the hippie movement. Fortunately‚ one of the things they were successful in was their fights for equal rights
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How the Hippies got hip with the beat of the Beat Movement Jack Kerouac once said‚ “the only people for me are the mad ones‚ the ones who are mad to live‚ mad to talk‚ mad to be saved‚ desirous of everything at the same time‚ the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing‚ but burn‚ burn‚ burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars” (Kerouac 5). Kerouac was the symbol of the Beat Movement. He was the rebellious and adventurous man‚ who during his time was
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Not only was it a political movement‚ it was also a lifestyle. The Hippies had an array of concerns but the main tenet was about being happy. Most rejected large institutions‚ the middle class‚ and conformed society. Their attitudes toward life contained little thought or concern for the consequences of their actions. Feeling dissatisfied and alienated from the middle class‚ which they saw as monopolized by materialism‚ the Hippies created their own distinctive lifestyle. Everything about the Hippie
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founded hippie communes. Many hippies were merely attracted to the lifestyle and the drugs that were heavily associated with hippiedom. There was an underside to the hippie movement‚ it wasn’t all hugs and happiness. San Francisco’s Haight Ashbury district became a magnet for runaway kids from all over the country. Many would agree that there weren’t were too many negative effects on society as a whole by the hippies‚ the negative effects were mainly on the hippies themselves‚ which were the individuals
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variety of artists and songs over decades‚ most of which could be subcategorized into grunge‚ metal‚ punk rock‚ progressive‚ new wave‚ and even mo or folk rock. Alternative rock has fueled the creative spirits of not only artists but fans as well‚ from beatniks‚ to non-conformists‚ all the way up to today’s ‘hipster nation’. It’s nearly impossible to define it as a movement simply because there is no one concrete belief that all artists and supporters share; alternative rock simply focuses on the power
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Hippie Subculture Punks‚ goths‚ metallers‚ soul sisters‚ hippies; there was a time when the young generation made it clear what tribe and music they were into by the way they dressed‚ but not anymore. The young subculture today has different definitions of these new young cultures‚ because of our society‚ rather than actually knowing who these people truly are. Call them freaks‚ the underground‚ the counter-culture‚ flower children‚ or hippies—they were all raised under the ideological system that
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was the main operating mechanism used by these activists. The members of the Establishment movement comprised university students and members of the society. Due to the influence of the movement in the society‚ a new culture emerged knowns as the Hippies culture. Counterculture
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