Comparing the Books, Destructive Generation: Second Thoughts About the Sixties and The Sixties: Y :: American America History

Comparing the Books, annihilating Generation Second Thoughts round the Sixties and The Sixties Years of Hope, Days of heat The preface to Peter Collier and David Horowitzs DestructiveGeneration Second Thoughts About the Sixties and the introduction to ToddGitlins The Sixties Years of Hope, Days of Rage both search to explain theauthors reasons for writing their books. Both books, based on nostalgia,deal with the nice and the bad which have come out of the sixties. However,while Collier and Horowitz describe the sixties more as a time ofdestruction, Gitlin places more emphasis on the spirited atmosphere whichled to the destruction. This destruction they all refer to includes thediminished system of trust in America, the rising problem of drugs, andthe overall havoc created throughout the country. Therefore, the authorsgive two very different descriptions of the era of which they were all apart. heretofore in the beginnings of the works, the differences are verynotic eable. Collier and Horowitz begin by nerve-wracking to describe a summarymoment (Collier and Horowitz 11) of the decade. This moment involves a whirlingary stem known as the Black jaguar Party. The authors seem tocriticize this sort out by commenting on their appearances and their actionsin certain events. For example, at a cocktail party, one Panther spit inthe face of an army draftee because he brought a black friend from the armyhome while on leave. When the Panther returned to the party, the statepresent pretended not to notice that anything had happened. Later, whenmisunderstandings occurred between two guests at the party which resultedin one of them making a racial remark, anger was fuel in the group andamong differents who had heard about the event. Collier and Horowitz, whenremarking on their reactions, mark that while in ordinary times theevent would not have caused some(prenominal) problems, during the sixties, peopleconsidered it more of a sign that revolution w as worthwhile. Perhaps theauthors were suggesting that the revolution was created out of exaggeratedproblems or that those leading the revolution, such as the Black Panthers,did not quite understand why they were leading it. Collier and Horowitzseem affect this belief through the portrayal of the Panthers as uneducatedwhen listening to Genet talk on their behalf The Panthers milled aroundin sullen incomprehension as he talked (P.12). These tend to be theirreasons for why the revolution caused so much destruction. On the other hand, Gitlin begins his introduction by describing hisComparing the Books, Destructive Generation Second Thoughts About the Sixties and The Sixties Y American America HistoryComparing the Books, Destructive Generation Second Thoughts About the Sixties and The Sixties Years of Hope, Days of Rage The preface to Peter Collier and David Horowitzs DestructiveGeneration Second Thoughts About the Sixties and the introduction to ToddGitlins The Sixti es Years of Hope, Days of Rage both try to explain theauthors reasons for writing their books. Both books, based on nostalgia,deal with the good and the bad which have come out of the sixties. However,while Collier and Horowitz describe the sixties more as a time ofdestruction, Gitlin places more emphasis on the spirited atmosphere whichled to the destruction. This destruction they all refer to includes thediminished placement of trust in America, the rising problem of drugs, andthe overall havoc created throughout the country. Therefore, the authorsgive two very different descriptions of the era of which they were all apart. Even in the beginnings of the works, the differences are verynoticeable. Collier and Horowitz begin by trying to describe a summarymoment (Collier and Horowitz 11) of the decade. This moment involves arevolutionary group known as the Black Panther Party. The authors seem tocriticize this group by commenting on their appearances and their actionsin certain e vents. For example, at a cocktail party, one Panther spit inthe face of an army draftee because he brought a black friend from the armyhome while on leave. When the Panther returned to the party, the peoplepresent pretended not to notice that anything had happened. Later, whenmisunderstandings occurred between two guests at the party which resultedin one of them making a racial remark, anger was fueled in the group andamong others who had heard about the event. Collier and Horowitz, whenremarking on their reactions, emphasize that while in ordinary times theevent would not have caused many problems, during the sixties, peopleconsidered it more of a sign that revolution was worthwhile. Perhaps theauthors were suggesting that the revolution was created out of exaggeratedproblems or that those leading the revolution, such as the Black Panthers,did not quite understand why they were leading it. Collier and Horowitzseem imply this belief through the portrayal of the Panthers as uneducat edwhen listening to Genet speak on their behalf The Panthers milled aroundin sullen incomprehension as he talked (P.12). These tend to be theirreasons for why the revolution caused so much destruction. On the other hand, Gitlin begins his introduction by describing his