Jim Morrison and The Doors
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In order to understand the impact of Jimf Morrison and The Doors, it is necessary to understand the cultural setting in which their rebellion developed. The Doors, like most of the Rock bands of the era, "perceived their music as a means to explode the social fabric of America" (Szatmary 119). In the 1960s, middle-class college students had begun a reaction against society. The American middle class had achieved the highest standard of living in history. But, the prosperity of the 1950s and 1960s also led to an emphasis on conformity. Many affluent young people began to believe that their society could offer only "a life of mediocrity" in which the individual "languishes as a cog in the machine, while dreaming of a life fit for heroes" (Reynolds and Press 3). In the 1960s, the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and the sexual revolution began to show what was wrong with this prosperous society. Because of the
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