A common theme in the materials we have read, viewed, and discussed revolves around nostalgia (a yearning/longing for) of the traditional, nuclear family structure (mother, father, son, daughter, dog,...

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Introduction
    Nostalgia is the feeling for the past with passion; it directs people towards their childhood memories in a passionate way. The live projections of memories through literal documents are one of the strongest ways to memorize the past. Coontz, in this context, takes readers back to the era of 1950s and compare it with the current state of society. With her subtle observation of the past, she successfully makes the impressions that some ways to make sure that the readers are taken to a glorified period of life which did not need access to technology like the modern people do. Coontz approach to nostalgia is associated with the fact that people’s choices are specific in terms of the past but at the same time, they tend to remember everything that has happened with them. Especially in the context of childhood, it is the mixed emotional perception that people hold towards their childhood period.
Nostalgia and Social Evil
    At first, it is significant to note here that the Coontz compares the social norms of the 1950s with the current ones and finds that it is quite easy to live with the ideals of modern society. She is of the view that the in 1950s, people had some grater issues than what modern people see. For example, she accounts for the problems like racism and slavery and makes observations about some of the noteworthy events where racial expressions of people dominated the social structure. Race was an important thing...