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, Anonymous also manages to let the human side of the tainted politicians shine through, showing that they are imperfect, that they have flaws and weaknesses, and that they make mistakes in exactly the same fashion as all other human beings do. It is with these decadent political figures, Jack Stanton and Freddy Picker, that Anonymous in Primary Colors shows that there is still a nobleness to politics, a dedication to the voters, a love of the political game, and a human compassion in all of it. It is important to mention the definition of noble in ord
Even in the fierce and heartless business of politics, certain noble human attributes such as a dedication to the public, a love of the game of politics, and the compassion shared in this sport are necessary for politicians, such as Jack Stanton and Freddy Picker, to succeed. Through Primary Colors, Anonymous truly depicts their imperfections, defects, and addictions in such manner that the reader realizes that these characters can not be perfect just because they are politicians. Although political figures are in the public eye, they are human like every other person and the pressure and demand to be faultless by the public is unreasonable and superlative. Politician's imperfection is best summarized by Anonymous' character, Jack Stanton: "This is about the ability to lead. It's not about perfection" (503). There are times when ambition does dominate over the candidates' nobleness, but this is only human and the ruthlessness is made up for and replaced with human compassion. Caught up in the race of political campaigning, Stanton almost decides to double-cross Picker with muckraking, Jack has forgotten that his central idea was to bring an end to that type campaigning and "to make it clean. Because if its clean, we win-because our ideas are better" (465). The loss of a dear friend makes him remember his true beliefs and ideals, and that is when his compassion overcomes him as he realizes that he has become as corrupt as any other politician and the only noble thing to be done is to end his campaign (477). But that moment is not the only one where Stanton's emotional side comes forth, for there are many instances where Stanton cries--not fake tears but truly meant ones like when he visits the adult literacy program in Harlem (8). A similar moving situation occurs when Picker shows the same sort of compassion when he takes over Lawrence Harris's campaign and sheds a tear (346). Yet the most compassionate moment is when Picker breaks down while confessing to Stanton that he is afraid of the media's power to destroy his life, and Stanton immediately rushes to hug him, rocks him gently, and kisses him on the top of his head while Picker cries on Stanton's chest (495). The action speaks for itself: two grown men, tough political figures, becoming as loving and caring as a mother with her child--true human compassion. One of the most important components
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Approximate Word count = 1606
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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