Mixed Emotions in Post-War America in "The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit"

Society in the 1950 was dramatizing, this is the time were world war two was going, manufacturing conformity and the great depression, so there were some transitions that had been made in order to keep a substantial life. In the film The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, there are different subjects that take place, talking about the dramatic change in an individual that took place during the world war two and how it affected him and his family. In the book Packerd the Status Seeker gives you a variety on the different class behavior in America and the hidden barriers that affect you, and the people that surround you that also focus on changes in work, family, and consumer culture. Although it may seem that having a nuclear family, a decent paying job, and the experience of being a part of the army, you are still place in the lower class of society. Little did we know that postwar in the 1950’s would give you so many mix emotions some days were happy, anxious and some days were fearful and content.

Living in the 1950 wasn’t easy, it was almost going through a battle field repeating what happing during the world war two except the only thing that your were battling was your family. Participating in the war gave you no choice but to be distance from you family, in your mind you have so many thoughts, you don’t know how your family is holding up, your children growing up and you’re not being a part of their life, and being isolated from your spouse for so long cause you to cheat. Imagine your wife feels, fears that husband may never come home or the fact that being a single mother for the rest of your life is trembling to her soul. The children feeling dismaying on not knowing if they’ll ever be able to play catch with the baseball...

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... No one really seem to care for one another, everyone was more for themselves. It was more about individuality then conformity, everyone stayed inside their social class no one was willing to take a risk by stepping outside the box. The high class citizen may have been rich and can afford anything they had wanted, but in the long run they were the ones that were neglected by their families because they were never there for their children. Having your children hate you if the worst feeling in the world. People in the lower class didn’t have much. The thing that made them happy was the television and that was a way to cover up the unhappiness that was going on in your home, so you would zone into the TV so that it can take off all the distraction that were going on in your head, at school, work and even in the house. Living after the post war was negative after all.