For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

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Development of generations throughout the years comes the never-ending cycle of cultural progressions. What was once considered “hip” or “in” in the past is far different from what is welcomed in today’s subcultures. As the saying goes, “Change is constant.”, and in time, all these will also be written in history. However, not all subcultures have an equal eye on what is in. There are the goths who appreciate the darker side of things; the thugs who are associated with being ghetto or ‘gangsta’; the preppies who value fashion through branded wear; and finally, the subculture which seems to be increasing in popularity, both hate and love – the hipsters who embraces a lifestyle of independent music labels, vintage clothing and artisanal coffee. (Urban Dictionary, n.d., para. 1) But before anything else, where did hipsters come from? Tracing back to a time when the Second World War took place, technological advancements made way for the development of commercial T.V. and microwave, the quantum theory and some timeless classics were written (The Diary of Anne Frank, 1984, and Hemingway’s For Whom The Bell Tolls), and a large-scale of Americans immigrated to the Philippines – the 1940’s – came as well the emergence of these so-called hipsters. During the early part of the decade, jazz, particularly bebop, became popular. It was then when people adopted the lifestyle, along with the way to dress, slang use, use of drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, etc., of jazz musicians, and became aficionados of jazz or hipster or hepcat. (Wikipedia, n.d., para. 1) Come the modern era, imagery of this seemingly liberated 1940 subculture will be washed out as it will make way to a newer view to coexist with the contemporary times. Today, a hips...

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