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 an atmosphere of

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