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attempt to expand upon the march’s implications for the national character.

When ''Armies'' was published, the country was divided over the war in Vietnam; according to a 1967 Gallup poll, when asked whether “the U.S. made a mistake sending troops to Vietnam” forty-six percent said yes while almost an equal amount, forty-four percent, answered no.{{sfn|Gallup|1972|p=2087}} Mailer addresses

the division over the war and also the disparaging of anti-war

the division over the war and also the disparaging of anti-war {{pg|483|484}}

protestors in the mainstream press which created a gulf between mainstream America and the anti-war movement: “from late 1967 into 1968 when Mailer wrote this book, open season on the ‘hippie’ had been tacitly declared."{{sfn|MacFarlane|2007|p=131}} Mailer works to familiarize the populace with these voices of

dissent and to humanize them. The cultural clashes Mailer depicts epitomize the volatility of the U.S. at that moment, the rips in the social fabric that were becoming obvious during the escalation of the Vietnam War.

I will also consider how this novel might have acted as a catalyst for activism

for some contemporary readers and how it worked to coalesce support for the anti-war movement, addressing those Americans who were either unsympathetic towards or even appalled by the anti-war protesters

and challenging readers to see the efficacy and patriotism of the marchers’ cause. It is difficult to gauge the novel’s effectiveness on this front, but I will

consider media coverage and popular reaction to the marchers and to the

book itself. It is in the novelistic form that Mailer shares this moment in history,

and he has said that the reading of novels “is a noble pursuit, that ideally

it profoundly changes the ways in which people perceive their

experience."{{sfn|Mailer|1982|p=133}} Mailer understood the great possibility of his

novel to effect change and the opportunity he had to shape readers’ understanding

of what it meant to protest the war in Vietnam.

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 attempt to expand upon the march’s implications for the national character.
 When ''Armies'' was published, the country was divided over the war in Vietnam; according to a 1967 Gallup poll, when asked whether “the U.S. made a mistake sending troops to Vietnam” forty-six percent said yes while almost an equal amount, forty-four percent, answered no.{{sfn|Gallup|1972|p=2087}} Mailer addresses
-the division over the war and also the disparaging of anti-war
+the division over the war and also the disparaging of anti-war {{pg|483|484}}
+protestors in the mainstream press which created a gulf between mainstream America and the anti-war movement: “from late 1967 into 1968 when Mailer wrote this book, open season on the ‘hippie’ had been tacitly declared."{{sfn|MacFarlane|2007|p=131}} Mailer works to familiarize the populace with these voices of
+dissent and to humanize them. The cultural clashes Mailer depicts epitomize the volatility of the U.S. at that moment, the rips in the social fabric that were becoming obvious during the escalation of the Vietnam War.
+I will also consider how this novel might have acted as a catalyst for activism
+for some contemporary readers and how it worked to coalesce support for the anti-war movement, addressing those Americans who were either unsympathetic towards or even appalled by the anti-war protesters
+and challenging readers to see the efficacy and patriotism of the marchers’ cause. It is difficult to gauge the novel’s effectiveness on this front, but I will
+consider media coverage and popular reaction to the marchers and to the
+book itself. It is in the novelistic form that Mailer shares this moment in history,
+and he has said that the reading of novels “is a noble pursuit, that ideally
+it profoundly changes the ways in which people perceive their
+experience."{{sfn|Mailer|1982|p=133}} Mailer understood the great possibility of his
+novel to effect change and the opportunity he had to shape readers’ understanding
+of what it meant to protest the war in Vietnam.
 ===Citations===