The Runaway

The painting shows a police officer, a little boy who appears to be running away, and a waiter. The waiter and the police officer are talking to the little boy. The feeling is comfortable and accepting. They are oblivious to the fact the boy is running away and struggling. He is showing that he thinks everything should always be fine and dandy when in reality, it's not. Rockwell's "The Runaway" over looks the fundamental rift that is rising in America though out the 1950's- an emerging counter culture that was not concerned with how things were in America put rather how things are.