During the 1950s, novelist John Updike observed:
A) he and other writers felt estranged "from a government that extolled business and mediocrity"
B) communism had become popular in the U.S.
C) federal government was not receptive to the needs of poor Americans
D) the "land of the free" was not the "land of the free"
E) nothing

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John Updike felt estranged from the government during the 1950s because he and other writers felt that the government was extolling business and mediocrity, as opposed to promoting artistic and intellectual pursuits.

During the 1950s, Novelist John Updike Observed