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Introduction: The novel Wait Till Next Year, written by Doris Kearns Goodwin, educates readers about the intriguing 1950s. The book informs the reader about the author’s passion of baseball, which was a popular sport during her childhood. Doris lived on Long Island, and appropriately loved the Brooklyn Dodgers. It also informs the readers about the politics, technology, and the social life of the fifties.
Paragraph 1: One important aspect of the ever-changing 1950’s was the powerful impact of politics. Like today's, politicians could be very brutal, and their actions, sometimes not thought out, could affect many. Kearns shows the shear power of politics,“McCarthy’s scattershot accusations of treason created an atmosphere of fear and anxiety that imperiled civil liberties, ruined reputations, disrupted careers, and destroyed countless lives.” (Pg. 180) McCarthy’s steam train of accusations, as Doris stated, effected many people in ways no one thought were imaginable. McCarthy’s allegations heightened the fear of communism during the height of the Cold War, making most people …show more content…
The social changed over this time period, and affected the way people lived their everyday life.
Conclusion: Doris Kearns Goodwin’s novel Wait Till Next Year provided a useful insight on the culture of the 1950s. The political power of the 1950s was apparent in Goodwin’s writing, especially when she wrote about Joseph McCarthy and his accusations. The technology was ever changing throughout the fifties, like the introduction of television into the commoners homes’. Doris also writes about the social life of the time period, and the effect that the end of World War II had. In conclusion, Goodwin’s autobiography provides an interesting and educational insight on the culture of the