Theme Of Plunkitt Of Tammany Hall

This essay is about the compare and contrast of Plunkitt of Tammany Hall and Starship Troopers. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall has various themes; honest graft, civil service reform, patronage, and ways to succeed as a statesman are some of them. The book beautifully describes the political corruption. On the other hand, Starship troopers is presented as a highly selective reminiscence of Juan Rico who joins the elite Mobile Infantry and succeeds on business. The essay also discusses the common grounds as well as the variations of the two governments in terms of political and social impact in the society and the country as a whole.

George Washington Plunkitt was born in New York in November 17, 1842. He was the main leader of the Fifteenth Assembly District, a political member of the Tammany Hall, often described as an urban political machine in American History. He was also the leader of Sachem of the Tammany Society and

For instance, Tammany society gave jobs to his followers and asked them to work for their party of government. In other action, Tammany society asked its followers to join the Fourth-of-July celebration regardless of the weather. They also encouraged people to listen to the reading of the Declaration of Independence and patriotic speeches (69 Riordon). Tammany loved the American flags and used a mass of flags to decorate everywhere except on the floors. They also gave small flags to each man as they entered Tammany Hall for the Fourth-of-July celebration. The men waved their flags whenever they cheered and it took like wildfire. At the same time, the men took flags home to the children and kids got patriotic, too. Tammany was always on deck when the country needed its service. The Tammany leader of the 25th district, John Scannel wrote to Governor Black to offer to raise a Tammany regiment to go to the front after the Spanish-American War broke out. (71