Red Scare: A Thematic Summary

Different political systems exist all over the world but the most common is either a Democracy or Communism/Socialist. The United States has a form of Democracy political system called a Representative Democracy. Since the Revolutionary War, the United States has become one of the world’s greatest superpowers. That’s why when the Red Scare swept through America, the citizens were thrown into a state of panic that communism would break into the free country. The reason Communism was so feared and is so fiercely fought against today is because, for one, it goes against what the United States is and fought to have. Communism also denies rights to anyone but the ruler and his entourage. Countries that have a Communist political system are also known to treat their citizens poorly …show more content…
Chiu and his wife, whom the police had thrown water at. Mr. Chiu, standing up for himself and his wife, confronted the police about their mistreatment. A strange phenomenon then took place, as the police harassed Mr. Chiu there were bystanders and witnesses to this behavior, yet all of them admitted that the police did nothing wrong, they had lied because they had been brainwashed by the Communist way, to do so. The story progresses to the officers taking Mr. Chiu into custody and during the interview they try to get him to admit to a crime he did not commit, when he refuses, they throw in in a jail cell that is infested with insects, including bed bugs, they feed him poorly, they still though, insisted he should sign the form admitting to the crime. While in the jail cell Mr. Chiu’s liver becomes inflamed because of his diagnosis of hepatitis, when he told the police officer that he may die and they would face trouble, they ignored him. Mr. Chiu held out for a while before his, supposed, rescuer Fenjin came and was forced into jail and tortured before Mr. Chiu, only them did he concede and sign the form. Both men were