Development of English in the 1950's

1951

"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger

"The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D. Salinger

Conclusion

1957

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The beat generation is about the way they writeTHey wrote as if they were high - the authors wrote exactly what they meant and did not like to correct language errors. This inluences the language of teenagers immensely as people talked like they did in the book.

"On the Road" by Jack Kerouac

1959

"Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs

1952

James Bond novel by Ian Flemming

James Bond novel by Ian Flemming

1953

"Lord of the Flies" by William Golding