Essays on 1950s

Introduction

The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap, starts from the very simple discussions on the general myths and beliefs that we live with, in our society today, even with the changing generations with a much altered psychology of family values, the idea of an ideal family is very much similar to what it remained some five decades ago. The function of each person in the family is so embedded into that frame of ideal relation that it is still something that people long for, however with the much changing lifestyle the myth of attaining such ideal ...

Evolution of Human Factors in Crew Resource Management

Executive Summary

Most aspects of aviation have radically changed since the advent of the first aircrafts in the late 19th century. With increasing technology in flight development, crew management protocols have also been changing ever since (Helmreich, Merritt, & Wilhelm, 1999. pp23-24). However, the last 50 years has witnessed the greatest improvement in the way crew management is carried out in various aviation settings. This paper shall determine the evolution of crew resource management considering all the factors that have changed in one way or the other, culminating into the modern aviation management protocols. Validation of the crew resource ...

The works of Ray Bradbury have long been held up as examples of speculative fiction: the forms of genres which, generally, encompass a wide range of imaginative features. His work often presents common themes such as those with pertain to the future, space, science fiction and the dystopian qualities of future societies. For example, in Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury discusses a future society where books are banned: presenting the reader with a hint of anti-meta narrative, given that the book is the very thing in the readers’ hands. This also represents Bradbury’s most famous work: it is universally accepted as being one ...

Asch’s Study of Conformity

In 1955, Solomon Eliot Asch carried out an investigation into human conformity as a social psychology study. Asch was interested in discovering under which circumstances people would be most inclined to conform. This study was pivotal in our developing understanding of social psychology as the better our knowledge of this, the less chance we have of being manipulated by others for their own ends.

The study itself focused on a group of several, male college students; they were told they would be examining line lengths in a study of ‘visual judgement.’ The men were shown one white card with one dark line ...

Surfing, which originated from pacific islands, had a significant and lasting impact on American Culture.

“It's all about where your mind's at.”

~ Kelly Slater

It is definitely an incontestable fact that surfing has a significant and lasting influence upon the American culture in all its manifestations. Surfing was initially an integral part of the Polynesian culture, and later was adopted by the European settlers, who arrived to the Pacific Islands. Hawaii, Florida and California are considered to be the most vivid representatives of the surf culture and true examples of how surfing has influenced the American culture. Mark Twain, one ...

Introduction

William M. Inge was a renowned American novelist and playwright. The reputation of his Literature works has been acknowledged in the whole of America. Most of the protagonists of his works are encumbered with frustrating sexual relations. In the 1950s he produced a series of memorable productions which included, The Picnic, The Bus Stop and Come Back Little Sheba. The trio is characterized with strained relationships which are a real projection of the contemporary society. This write up therefore seeks to address the relationships between the couples in this plays and I will look into how in the 1950's how other plays ...