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1. jackson pollock described his art style in the following quote: “new needs need new techniques.… it seems to me that the modern painter cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the renaissance or of any other past culture. each age finds its own technique.”

what point is pollock making about the new styles of art?

2. in the catcher in the rye, the main character, holden caulfield, constantly refers to the people around him as “phonies”. based on your knowledge of 1950s society, what do you think are examples of this “phoniness”?

3. consider the following line from rebel without a cause: “if i had one day when i didn't have to be all confused and i didn't have to feel that i was ashamed of everything. if i felt that i belonged someplace. you know? ”

the character played by james dean in the movie came to represent the feelings of many during that time period. why do you think so many of the youth felt this way?

4. a radical new genre of music called rock and roll emerged in the 1950s. led by performers such as elvis presley, chuck berry, and buddy holly, rock and roll is perhaps the most lasting legacy of the 1950s. why do you think this music was so appealing?

Answer number 1: Jackson Pollock achieved fame in the late 1940s and mid 1950s. He represented a completely new and different form of art. Pollock was part of the abstract expressionist movement, which encouraged new techniques, different views and a distinct approach to art.  

In this quote we can see how Pollock believed that this period of history needed a new way to make art and that he believed that abstract expressionism was that way. Society was changing and art needed to adjust to these new changes and needs that culture and society were experiencing.

Answer number 2: Holden Caulfield hated people who could not think for themselves, people who embraced comfort and did not want to change anything around them. Holden despised people who represented the average American, ivy league and complete conformists.  

Thee people were phonies to Holden and they represented the phoniness that the 1950s were for Holden Caulfield. Holden was the complete opposite to these people and he could identify them very easily. He did not feel represented by their ideals and their way of life.

Answer number 3: After the war ended many teenagers were represented by the movie "Rebel Without a Cause". This character represented tee angst and everything young people were feeling during that period of time.

Young people were questioning their parents, their beliefs, their morals and lifestyle. Youngsters were rebelling and developing a different way of thinking and that made them feel that they did not belong anywhere, just like James Dean's character said in the movie.

Answer number 4: Rock and roll music emerged as a representation for rebellion and everything young people during the 1950s and 1960s stood for. Rock and roll, after the war, was a breath of fresh air for teenagers and young adults who did not feel represented by their parents or their government or society. This music has evolved and changed with time, representing different people and different problems throughout history.  

In the 1950s and 1960s it was music that liberated and empowered people, in the 1970s it became protest music, in the 1980s it showed how punk rock helped young people show they were not represented by the ideals of their parents. During the 1990s rock morphed into a type of music that showed how sensitive and hurt teenagers were. Rock music has changed together with society and culture since the 1950s, and it's still changing today.

1. darius the great     persia  

2. piankhi       nubia

3. ezana       aksum

4.     nebuchadnezzar     babylonia

5. shalmaneser iii     assyria