Josh+-+America+in+the+1950s

=Josh - Society in the 1950s=

Society in the 1950s, the era of The Outsiders, was very different to society today. Compare and contrast features of the experiences of the adolescents in the 1950s with adolescents today. Focus of features such as: music, fast food, entertainment, drugs.

Would you prefer to be a teenager today or during the 1950s. Why?

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1950: Food used to be a whole lot healthier in the 50s with only a small number of people overweight and obese. Food today is alot more fattier and greasier than is was in the 50s. The 50s still had their McDonalds that sold hamburgers, french fries and milkshakes, but many people stilled preferred home cooked meals as they did taste better. Breakfast in the 50s was mostly porridge with toast and people drank mostly tea as coffee was still very rare and expensive. Snack were usally a piece of fruit and a cup of tea or coffee. Lunch was usally a toasted cheese sanwich and juice or tap water. Dinner would always be different everynight.=====

NOW: There are many more overweight and obese people in the world as more fast food restraunts came in to business and more people having less time on their hands or were just to lazy to make a proper meal would just go eat out as it was fast and cheap. Foods and drinks are also alot more greasier and contains a lot of fat an sugar. We also have chip packets, chocolate (which was very expensive), biscuits, soda's and alot more fattier milkshakes than the 50s.

Fashion-
1950s: Teenagers mostly got their own fashion coppied from music and movie stars. Elvis Presley gave most teenagers the tough look with having a leather jacket, greased hair and the jeans. They also came to find wearing a T-Shirt was cooler than a buttoned up shirt. Also smoking a 'weed' and drinking beer also made you look cool and "tuff".

NOW: Fashion these days are very different. Teens are wearing skinny jeans, a t-shirt and for shoes, Vans. For a teen to be in style he must also wear well known brands and labels.

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1950: During the mid 50s rock and roll came to be known as the top music genre to the world as the younger generation after the war emerged and began a new era. Elvis Presley became the leading figure out of all rock singers and was later given the title of the King of Rock. Jazz was also a big thing to some and also was Old American Folk Music.=====

NOW: These days rock and roll is not as famous as it used to be as there are new genres that have became world wide renowned such as hip hop music, rap, RnB, pop/rock, techno, house and dj mixes. Out of all the most popular genre would have to be hip hop music.

Movies-
1950: The first ever 3D movie was made in the 50s. Movies in the 50s was more about entertainment, history and comedy.

NOW: Movies these days are more science fiction and have alot more violence and horror added to it. It is also very rare if we are to see a movie about history or something educational.

Entertainment-
1950: Radio's were the first real electronic home entertainment but in to the 1950s T.V.'s were now becoming more affordable, making the radio second in home entertainment.

NOW: T.V.'s are still very popular, but they are not used as much by the people of the 21st Century. The T.V. has many new rivals such as ipods, MP3 players, laptops, ipads, mobile phones (iphone), electrical keyboards and computers. Toys also for little kids are also becoming very popular as the commercial's show teenagers playing with them making them think that its cool to buy and play with those toys.

Drugs-
1950s: There weren't that many drugs in the 50s as people just smoked a 'weed' (tobacco).

NOW: More drugs have come in and most of them are illegal to every country in the world as they can cause serious injuries physical, mental and even when used to much death.

Other Differences-
1950: Everybody new their neighbours and actually made an effort to see them and sit down to have a tea or coffee.

NOW: Most people just say hey to their neighbours and walk off not even stopping for five minutes to have a quick conversation.

1950:The crime rate was down and people could usally just leave their bikes un chained and no one would steal it.

NOW: These days the crime rate has climbed higher than ever before and people are forced to either lock it or loose it.

I would rather be a teenager in nowadays as its an easier way of life and alot more entertaining way of life. I would rather have ipods than radios. I would rather a T.V. remote instead of having to change is manually. The movies now also have alot of better graphics than the 50s did. Living back in the 50s also wouldn't be so bad as you could meet all the famous movie stars and singers like Elvis Presley.