As Sidney Finkelstein is a professor at Dartmouth University, has published twenty books and eighty articles, and has papers featured in: the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Harvard Business Review, Business Week, the London Times, Toronto Globe and Mail, Inc, Fast Company, and CNBC, and is a regular columnist for the BBC, his article is a …show more content…
(Biographical - Adulthood) Mcgrath, Charles. "J. D. Salinger, Literary Recluse, Dies at 91." The New York Times. The New York Times, 28 Jan. 2010. Web. 02 May 2017.
As Charles Mcgrath is a main writer and former editor of the New York Times, his articles featured in the New York Times are reliable. In his article, Charles writes about J.D. Salinger’s youth. Salinger’s father was a descendant of a rabbi who imported ham and cheese, while his mother was from Irish descent. J.D. Salinger himself was not a serious student. He failed McBurney School and then went to Valley Forge Military school, where he became literary editor of the school yearbook and manager of the fencing team. (Biographical - Childhood) Mintz, Steven, and Sara McNeil. "Overview of the Post-War Era." Digital History. Digital
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This source is credible because the author was well versed and taught economy at Harvard University. This book included the political, technical, and societal aspects of the U.S. economy in the 1930’s and 1940’s. The societal impacts of economy after World War II was drastically different from the 30’s to 40’s. The war gave the economy the boost it needed to recover from the Great Depression. This change came with new jobs, industries, and overall advancement. With this change of more money came more things to consume. America spent 2.8 billion dollars on just advertisements for the new modern products emerging from new industries. This included automobiles, T.V.s, and household items that were invented then. This new economy lead to the expansion of the middle class and changed the way Americans used money. Though this new advancement in society was seen as step back for humanity for Salinger. His opinions on the change of society were that they were consumed by materialism and no longer knew how to socially interact. People just cared for what can be paid for. This shown as people in the book are attracted to things of wealth like movie stars and prestigious schools. Holden is the only one who sees this as part of the