- The author believes that the reason Jay Z's album sold so well during the week of 9/11 is due to the fact that the population of people who bought the album were young and weren't deeply affected by the events of that tragic day. - The author provides a quote stating that "Young people not directly affected are always more removed from the onset of a national tragedy" (Rose). While this is a generalization, and is not the same for all youth, I do think that younger people are more able to look past certain events and not have it impact their daily life's so much. Therefore, the excitement that they had for something that they were anticipating for a long period of time hadn't changed even after that tragic event. - I think the
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