ho were extreme conformists tried making connections between rock and roll and the communist party. This wasn’t anything unusual; these were the same people that said that if you stood out in any way, you had to be a communist. In conclusion, the people who controlled the lifestyle of the fifties were essentially the conformists. They are the ones who ran the television shows, made the educational materials to teach the children proper ways, and decided what was the acceptable ways to live in the society. This extreme conformity stifled the children of the time so much that they had no other choice but to go their own way once the shackles of high school were broken and they had the freedom of college. This was the beginning of a new era in our country; an era of freedom of choice exercised freely. No one could stop these kids no matter how hard they tried. Ahhh, the sixties....