... are no longer any tenable rules of action, culture's every result propels it toward its own dissolution. Just like philosophy the moment it achieved its full independence, every discipline, once it becomes autonomous, is bound to collapse.""(Debord 131) In the late 1960's, Andy Warhol promoted a band called "Velvet Underground." ... County was a breeding ground for frustrated, bored, fed-up kids with nothing to do and lots of places to do it. Four kids at a high school in Los Angeles formed a band called the Germs. They made up stage names, and became Pat Smear, Darby Crash, Lorna Doom a...

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... 18, 1946. You'd have liked him. He was two years younger than I was, but he was about fifty times as intelligent. He was terrifically intelligent" (5.7). Holden obviously had a very high esteem for his brother, and he when he died, it took a toll on Holden; he lost his best friend and afterwards he felt alone. This is what caused Holden to ... abnegation, that she was qualified enough to lead the tribe. This strong sense of community attests for why Pai's original fate was decided for her by her tribe, but her independence and individually lead her to find her own path. Similarly, throu...

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