For the span of my life, my point of view of the individual’s self-focus began with the 50’s in which the men came home from war, mom stayed home and took care of the family, and the American industry expanded to meet peacetime needs. Americans began buying goods not available during the war, which created corporate expansion and jobs. Growth was everywhere and yet literature began to reflect the conflict of self-satisfaction with 50's Happy Days and cultural self-doubt about conformity and the true worth of American values. As for self view, we were just coming into awareness of individual self-expression.   more »