Rockwell's "The Runaway"

In Rockwell's "The Runaway", a scene is shown of a little boy, some sort of officer, and a diner worker all engaging in a conversation. Although it would definitely be possible to see this scene happening in the 1950s and on, one would most likely see some variation in the subjects. The three figures seen in this painting are clearly white males that play completely different roles in their society. In the 1950s, if an artist wanted to show the rift that was emerging in society, he would most likely include diversity in what kind of people he portrays. The artist clearly overlooks this fundamental rift that was rising in America throughout the 1950s- an emerging counter-culture that was not concerned with how things were in America but rather how things are.