Invasion of the Body Snatchers and 1950’s America Anonymous College

Each decade of the 1900’s in America has a basic reputation that one has engrained in their mind, even if one wasn’t actually alive during the specific decade. This being said, the 1950’s has distinct stereotypes that most Americans are aware of. The perfect American family, the loyal and obedient housewife, and the providing business- husband is the cliché 50’s; like our generation, there were many different things going on, but this particular image is the one most connect with this decade. This image is promoted even more through modern media and television; shows like Mad Men and American Horror Story delve into these stereotypes and popularize them in the modern world. These stereotypes make the 1950’s look quaint and perfect; a utopia where families were happy and problems didn’t exist. However, a nation terrified against the possible threat of Communism and the portrayal of women as “weak and serving” is the part of the 1950’s that many Americans don’t like to look at. We learn about it in our history books and through modern education, but it is not shown as much when looking in the media at the cliché of the fifties. In Jack Kinney’s 1956 novel Invasion of the Body Snatchers (originally titled The Body Snatchers and...