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The McCarthy era was a period not unlike the Salem witch trials in colonial America. It was a time when communists and other supporters of the Left were targeted just for their political beliefs. Lives were ruined due to the black listings and false charges laid upon so many. E.L. Doctorow’s work The Book of Daniel is a novel crafted after the spy trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, that follows the tormented lives of the children of this executed couple. Throughout the novel the reader sees the events surrounding the t rial throught the eyes of Daniel Isaacson—the son the fictitious characters Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, the couple fashioned after Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. As the novel progresses Daniel tries t o understand and come to terms with the execution of his parents by not only revisiting the past but by questioning those around him. Yet, as Daniel searches for answers many voices are heard like Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, Daniel’s sister Susan, his foster parents the Lewins, and historians that interject facts throughout the novel. Not only do these voices help one to understand Daniel butthey give insight into the 1950s and 1960s, showing how these two time periods are linked. Of course, the most promi
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It is quite clear that throughout the novel Daniel looks at the problems with the government and how it is run. From Daniel’s perspective, all that has happened to his parents was unfair and unjust. Although he is not completely sure of his parents innocence, he views the way they were convicted as unfair due the lack of evidence and basis of conviction solely on the word of one man—Selig Mindish. An explanation of the conviction of Daniel’s parents is seen when the voice of the historian states:
Many historians have noted an interesting phenomenon in American life in the years immediately after a war. In the councils of government fierce partisanship replaces the necessary political coalitions of wartime. In the greater arena of social relations—business, labor, the community—violence rises, fear and recrimination dominate public discussion, passion prevails over reason . . . it is attributed to the continuance beyond the end of the war of the war hysteria. Unfortunately, the necessary emotional fever for fighting a war cannot be turned off like a water faucet. Enemies must continue to be found.
This quote seems pure fact, yet it helps us to understand Daniel’s views. This excerpt of the historian tells of how the decisions made concerning Daniel’s parents were out of fear and paranoia with no sound basis. Indeed, it is saying that the political forum of that day was intolerable of dissent due to
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