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This paper looks at Philip K Dick's novel Ubik in relation to the period in which it was written, and draws parallels with the events of the narrative and the sociocultural trends of the 1960s. This five page paper includes one source in the bibliography.
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American social and political culture of the period, we need to look first at the radical changes which took place during the 1960s and the impact which these had on
the way that Americans perceived themselves, and the world around them. At the start of the decade, the nation was characterized primarily by optimism,
embodied in Kennedys stated aims of generating prosperity at home and democracy on an international scale. Civil rights movements and peace activism flourished, science and technology was reaching unprecedented levels
with the Apollo lunar program, and there was a sense of stability, progress and prosperity amongst the populace at large. More and more people were able to access the "American
dream" of a good education, secure employment, home ownership and a stable family life. However, the optimism did not last. By the end
of the 60s, investment in domestic infrastructures had been severely undermined by the need to finance an apparently interminable war in South-East Asia; the civil rights movement had lost its
leadership and its impetus, and was fragmenting into separatist groups; the social awareness which had been prevalent in the early days of the peace movement had degenerated into little more
than a drug culture. The Cold War was continuing, with western fears of the "red menace" exacerbated by events such as the Soviets crushing of the Prague Spring reform movement
in eastern Europe. 1969, then, was a time of discord, fragmentation, suspicion and a strong sense of "wrongness" about the modern world. Ubik,
with its complicated narrative, its shifts between illusion and reality, and its contrast between the nostalgic world of the 30s and the insecure, deceptive "reality" of the 90s, effectively conveys
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