the Beats

David Halbertam in his book the Fifties, and John Tytell in his piece, “The Naked Angels”, both explore the existence of The Beats. The Beats were a group of men, particularly writers and artists, who, as Halberstam states, were “the pioneers of what would eventually become the counterculture” (the Fifties, 295). Although the Beats are the subjects for both author’s pieces, the authors take vastly different approaches on how they introduce the Beats, the explication …

…instead of identifying the subject first, Halberstam gives a detailed description about how the subjects are and what they stand for. Halberstam explains the subjects as, “Everything about them was wrong: their clothes, their manners their backgrounds. In truth, they were a rather unlikely amalgam of friends,” (the Fifties, 296). This statement shows the reader that the subjects were rebels. Halbertam is attempting to portray how society felt about the Beats during the fifties. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**