Causation: What are the effects of conformity on 1950s America? Contextualization: In what ways are people today pressured to conform to society? Synthesis: If Malvina Reynolds were alive today, would she still write this song? If not, what about society would she most likely criticize?
Read the lyrics to the song and then respond to the three prompts below (at least 100 words).
- Causation: What are the effects of conformity on 1950s America?
- Contextualization: In what ways are people today pressured to conform to society?
- Synthesis: If Malvina Reynolds were alive today, would she still write this song? If not, what about society would she most likely criticize?
MALVINA REYNOLDS, “LITTLE BOXES” (1962)
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky-tacky,
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes are all the same.
There’s a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses
All went to the university,
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same,
And there are doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry,
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university,
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business.
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
There’s a green one and a pink one
And a blue one and a yellow one,
And they’re all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
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