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RATE the social themes presented in "Leave it to Beaver"
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Date: November 20th, 2015 3:22 PM Author: brilliant kitchen personal credit line >> According to the social mores represented in the show, a happy marriage is the cornerstone of successful middle-class family life, and June and Ward represent the warm, happily married, successful middle class couple. In contrast, the parents of Beaver's friend Larry Mondello are a husband frequently out of town on business and an exasperated wife struggling singlehandedly to raise a son and sometimes depending on Ward to help discipline him.[41][42] Spinsters like prim Aunt Martha are shown as out-of-touch and irksome,[43] while bachelors like globe-trotting, yarn-spinning Uncle Billy, free-loading Jeff, the tramp, and Andy, the alcoholic handyman, are shown to be untrustworthy.[44][45][46] The one episode dealing with divorce[47] shows it as having negative effects on children and family life. <<
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