The Hippie Movement Of The 1960's

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David Kindscher
Dr. Ron Wilson
FMS 380
14 December 2014
Young Voices Speak Loudly

In the 1960’s something extraordinary happened in American pop culture, thousands and thousands of young people from all over came together to try to make something all their own. The hippie movement of the 1960’s, a time when countless youths decided they would not simply go along with the rest of society when they knew it was wrong. So they created their own system, the way they wanted it to be. This was an important step in giving the younger generation an equal voice and recognition in American society. Because the hippies held onto their ideals in spite of the being constantly treated poorly by the older generation. (Lewis 52) The older …show more content…

In today’s world the term hippie can be thrown out for no other reason than a person having slightly longer than average hair but in the 1960’s it was much more complex question. In the 60’s hippies could be broken up and identified into four categories: visionary, midnights, plastics, and the freaks and heads. The visionarys are most likely one of the types that you think about when you think of a hippie. They seek to create a perfect society and are thought to have been responsible for origination of the hippie movement. (Howard 43) Essentially they were similar to a guide for the others both spiritually and …show more content…

For example a person smoking weed rather than cigarettes, it does not conform and instead goes outside the system of privileges. (Howard 52) A good way to understand this relationship is comparing it to a parent and child relationship. In most cases the parent can take, or threaten to take, something away from the child in order to keep them doing what they want. However what if the child doesn’t want the things you threaten to take? The system of power created by the parent becomes meaningless because the child doesn’t

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