The Bomb
According to Harrier, the fear itself shows contrasts in anarchists and status. For example in the novel, police are killed and the bomb thrower is unknown. The scenario shows that there was a disorderly government which caused social disorder. Given that fear is the strongest dominant emotion, people are able to differentiate between disorder from normal status and from anarchists (Harris, 6). From the novel, there is evidence that in the past decades, there has been political disobedience which at last brought the terrorist violence. According to the novel, the country had both communism and anarchism and both brings different perceptions in that one believes that there should be no government but rather there should be self governance (Harris, 6). The other believes that there should be communists’ party and there should be no private ownership. In this case, the author shows that before the bomb was thrown, there was labor disputes and political unrest between socialists, anarchists and capitalists in America. The confrontation between the groups creates an emotional response and people tend to define the disorder as a result of anarchy but not normal chaos (Harris, 294). For example, socialists and individualists were not in good terms in that the former wanted more government so that it can progress the society and create a democracy. The latter wanted motive-power and own strength and capitalism. The fear from people’s emotion comes from the notion that the country is disordered and the disagreement between two or more parties brings adverse effects to the well being of the people (Harris, 284). Generally, there is difference between Marxists and anarchists on how the two parties understand the states. For example, the former believes in concentration of power while the latter believes in ‘socialism from above’ and class rule.
Work cited
Harris Frank. The Bomb. Copyright 1909 iy Mitchell Kennerley
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