2) Connie’s appearance and actions embody the typical teenage girl in the 60’s. Connie is fifteen and is discovering herself; she finds herself to be very pretty girl which creates her to become extremely vain. She uses hairspray which many other girls applied to their hair, following the trend and aggravating their parents. The music in the 60’s, like rock and roll genres, acted as a catalyst towards Connie’s rebellion; it was often prohibited from adolescents so there would be no distractions from the typical, dutiful wife and sister that Connie saw within her own family. Connie’s actions represent what many teens did by having a separate life from home and outside of home. At home they were still kids in the eyes of their parents, but with their friends they forced themselves to act mature by expressing their sexuality at a young age. Her vanity and attitude she created from listening to music created conflict with her mother’s demands. There was a sense of division between them; it represented the usual conflict that parents disliked about rock and roll music. The music romanticized adult life and sexuality which Connie and many other teens indulged over back then. Overall, the music expressing sexuality was new and groundbreaking, it made teen life follow the trend because it was an act of rebellion, whether they expressed that through their appearance or their actions—trying to seem more adult, but made them look even more naïve. From her appearance to her actions, it represents what teens were like in the 60’s from their discovery of sexuality and adulthood.
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