Week 3 L.L. Murray

2. The main parallel Murray draws between the two decades culture, is the social instability. The underworld of the 30's and the underground of the 60's are similar in their use of vice and their refusal to accept political and social norms without a fight. A desperation in both decades was followed by stances, a stance against depression, a stance against a war, a stance against liquor, a stance against civil rights. The themes in Bonnie and Clyde influenced many adolescents in the underground to believe they were right in their views, and Bonnie and Clyde became symbolic figures for them.