"Family Fever." A constructive expression used to explain the outlook of the family boom as an inevitable result of the return to peace and prosperity after the "Hot War" is a central theme in Elaine Tyler May's book entitled "Homeward Bound." Marriages that were shaped and created from the 1940's through the early 1960's were particularly stable. The roles of breadwinner and homemaker were not discarded. May suggests that foreign policy-that is, the containment theory created an atmosphere where there was a strong desire for everyone's needs to be met. The definition of containment is: to hold within its volume and area, or to prevent and limit the advance, spread or influence of. Containment in America created satisfaction, protection, promise of security, and a vision of fulfillment. May focuses on how containment shaped and molded the American family and their ways of life. This book utilizes authentic cases of "Family Fever" to show how they were affected by containment as well as the events of history.

A mass majority of society wanted to put the war behind them and make a significant move towards happiness. Marriage not only promised happiness, but a

lso a positive alternative to the lonely life of a single person. Many men and women during the Cold War conformed to the behavior of sexual containment As May evidently illustrates, the Cold War was now a time in which society put their faith back into the family home rather than the public world for personal completion. Family seemed to be the one place where people could control their destinies and perhaps even shape the future. The Cold War was a time where society began to marry young, a time where couples produced at a young age, and in-turn, created large and stable families. During this baby boom era birth rates skyrocketed, and family size increased immensely. Women indicated that marriage was the answer to all their prayers, hopes and dreams. Marriage provided them all of life's necessities. May emphasized that marriage strengthened patriotism and morals, instilling responsibility, community spirit, respect for children and family life, reverence for a Supreme Being, humility, and love of country. To many individuals, marriage was the most important achievement. It was the key to life and contentment.

If one relates Elaine Tyler May's book to "The Autobiography of Malcolm X," then one may perhaps find that May's use of evidence is stronger, more dominant, more significant, influential, and more powerful compared to a skewed, subjective, biased opinion of one single man. Throu

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