Even Against The Odds

   Those "Three Days of August" (Woodstock) proved the world wrong of the expected outcome of the "crazy" festival. Even if there were 400,000 people gathered in those muddy hills of August, not even a single crime, rape, or any other type of violence occur. The young and underestimated generation took down every schema made by "the adults." Instead of behaving like the usually rebel and uncontrolled juvenile, the Woodstock crowd was a calm, peaceful one. As mentioned in the article, "As they walked back to their campsites in the crowded dark, they refrained from pushing or shoving. And almost every adult they encountered said they were remarkably polite" (Collins). Even if no crimes were committed, deaths from overdose and other drug-related causes did occur during the festival. But the whole point of this article is that even in that rainy, windy weather, the expected violence to surge in the crowd, and all of the odds accumulated against Woodstock, peace and music, along with the jolly feelings produced by them, cheered the heart of every single person present during those three unforgettable days.
   Even if the "hippie era" has long passed, can a modern day festival of such magnitude run along as smoothly and peacefully as Woodstock did in 1969?

Collins, Gail. "Three Days in August." New York Times. (2009): n. page. 0.