Wise Blood | Compare and Contrast

  • Late 1930s and 1940s: Reeling from the effects of the Great Depression Americans conserved their money.

    1950s: Americans became avid consumers, spending more and more money to buy the new products that technological advances provided them.

    Today: With the advent of shopping services on the Internet and television, as well as the proliferation of shopping malls (which first began in the 1950s), and a strong economy, consumerism defines much of American...

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