Summary: France's Influence On American Civilization

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Domestic life in France had a different kind of negative influence from America during the early 1950s, that being the fear of war. In 1950, 80 percent of Americans expected another world war within the next ten years. With France’s entanglement with the United States during this time period, United States’ Korean War, the impending Vietnam War, the newly-resolved Indochina War, the Unites States and France’s imperialistic attitudes, and the constant threat of nuclear war between Russia and the United States, the common man had good reason to feel threatened by war. This fear is depicted in Atlantic Civilization by the two children looking out of the camouflaged bunker. This represents how most everyone, and even children, feared a world war …show more content…
Bourgeon keeps drawing off this assumption by painting a mother, an infant in her arms, and a little girl living in tents. They don’t have means of helping themselves because the reconstruction took everything away from them and communism isn’t active to give them what they need. The viewer is forced to feel pity for the family because they should be taken care of, but the government failed them. Communists portray this image to be the fault of capitalism and against the essential values of the party. Communist values did not change from the Soviet Union to the PCF. The PCF saw Stalinism as a step forward for their cause. Both systems wanted to push the idea of the ‘working man’ and keep morals as a top priority. The Communist Manifesto criticizes capitalism because it turns sex, religion, love, and family values into business. It is clear that communism views human nature as community-interested, rather than the pluralist and protectives view of humans as self-interested. Communists believe that every citizen should be treated the same, and given the same amount, as long as they are a hard-working
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