Question: What did the Beat generation writers try to defeat in America?
Answer: <u>The Beat Generation writers tried to defeat literary formalism and the American culture built on capitalism and materialism.</u>
Explanation: The Beat Generation was a group of writers and they emerged in the 1950s, in the post World War || period. They rejected literary formalism and the American culture built on materialism and capitalism. Though there were some women involved, it was mostly men. They had a huge impact in culture and poetry in America. During the Beat Generation, people began to question the society they lived in and step out of it.
Atticus was threatened and his children were treated poorly by their peers, because he had the courage to stand up for the oppressed. Harper Lee's main message to the readers is not to treat others according to who or what they are but according to their behaviours.
