Rockwell's "The Runaway"

In the 1950's, Rockwell made painting that held messages about the culture in America. This painting shows that the counter culture occurring in America wasn't taking over. The little boy in the scene is happily chatting with the police officer, which is the opposite of what counter culture was all about. Rockwell's "The Runaway" overlooks the 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 they are.