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Dr. Thomas Stockman IS Right While He does not have to do what he is doing he can leave but he decides not to leave., Therefore when believing that Thomas Stockman is the right person in the play because he has found out that the drainage system is seriously contaminated. Because The contaminated drainage from the baths could cause a deadly disease. he tries to write an article in the newspaper to inform the community., and Thomas alerts members of the community, and he 's doing investigations on the contaminated drainage from the baths so he can save people from the deadly disease from the baths.. First, I believe Thomas Stockman is the right person in the play because he has found out that the drainage system is seriously contaminated. Since …show more content…

Dr. Stockmann alerts members of the community, and he 's doing investigations on the contaminated drainage from the baths so he can save people from the deadly disease from the baths. It is not that easy for him once the mayor fires him from his job along with his daughter. But his family continues to stick together through the tough time that they are facing with the Mayor and trying to fix the drainage problem. On top of that Stockmann went on a rampage criticizing the foundation of the town and some of the towns people felt that it was offensive towards …show more content…

Indeed, while He did not have to do what he is did he could have left but he decided not to leave. Thomas Stockman is the right person in the play because for the simple reason of him finding out that the drainage system is contaminated so bad that it could give the townspeople a deadly disease, and he 's trying to avoid that. Throughout the play Dr. Stockman attitude changes numerous times. The title An Enemy of the people is like a cover up of him really being okay with being the enemy after all he had went through. Especially after seeing that Hovstad has had a lot of power and also corrupted the town and he is happy to be an enemy of someone like that instead of a

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