"The Runaway" (Intro)

The counterculture is a group that opposes the established views or values of mainstream society. Often times, a counterculture emerges when society fails to adapt to the changing world, but many refuse to acknowledge this movement. The middle of the twentieth century came as no exception. Rockwell's "The Runaway" overlooks the fundamental rift that was rising in America throughout the 1950's - an emerging counterculture that was not concerned with how things were but rather how they are.