Analysis Of Primary Colors
Politics is a bloodsport, one big game of corruption, muckraking, prostitution, and defilement, which is played by the politicians, the media, and the seemingly innocent public that tends to forget that politicians are humans also, no better than the masses except for one thing, the ability to play the game. Primary Colors by Anonymous portrays this fraudulent game perfectly, exhibiting all of the dark aspects of a political campaign: from the vicious media in their pursuit of scandals, to the traitorousness of opposing candidates to destroy each other, all the way to the secretive sexual interactions taking place during the campaigning process. Yet in this vice-corrupted novel, ...
Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers
|
to mention the definition of noble in order to avoid misunderstanding the word, for according to the Microsoft Encarta 97 Encyclopedia, the definition of noble is “stately and imposing; of magnanimous nature,” and referring to The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, noble means “characterized by or indicative of virtue or magnanimity; high minded; imposing of appearance; grand; impressive” (475). Both definitions of the word noble imply that a person can have a noble appearance and that a person’s main objectives and actions are noble, but one should keep in mind that even noble people are not perfect people. This is especially true with the characters of Jack Stanton and Freddy Picker. Jack Stanton’s appearance, especially when he is presenting himself to the public, doing what he loves best—mingling with “the folks,” is noble. The public looks up to him, “he was a big fellow” (Anon., 1) and the manner in which he interacts with the people, his meaningful handshakes and physical ...
Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.
Already a member? Login
|
country—and that was what this election had to be about” (144). There is a truth to Stanton’s promises, similar to the way he doesn’t forget people’s names and the aspects of their personal lives, he also doesn’t forget the promises he gives them in return for their support. For example, he remembers the promise that he made to “Fat Willie” about having him open a branch of his restaurant up in the capitol (214). But on the overall it is Stanton’s genius that allows the people to relate to him, he lets them know that he associates with the problems they have and that he really cares about those problems (44), that is a noteworthy feature of his. With Freddy Picker, it is his ...
Succeed in your coursework without stepping into a library.
Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports,
and research papers in 2 minutes or less.
|
CITE THIS PAGE:
Analysis Of Primary Colors. (2006, February 11). Retrieved December 23, 2024, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Analysis-Of-Primary-Colors/41082
"Analysis Of Primary Colors." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 11 Feb. 2006. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Analysis-Of-Primary-Colors/41082>
"Analysis Of Primary Colors." Essayworld.com. February 11, 2006. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Analysis-Of-Primary-Colors/41082.
"Analysis Of Primary Colors." Essayworld.com. February 11, 2006. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/Analysis-Of-Primary-Colors/41082.
|
Save
Report