Namely, from his belief that society is malevolent and that the only thing worth attaining, that is, the only thing of any value, is power. At one point, he confesses to Joe: “I've had many fathers, I owe my life to them, powerful, powerful men. Walter Winchell , Edgar Hoover , Joe McCarthy most of all” (Kushner 2011: 62). The men Roy lists as his father figures definitely show where his political allegiances lie. In one conversation with Joe, Roy confesses: “…if you want to look at the heart of modern conservatism, you look at me” (Kushner 2011: 213). Roy is a Conservative with a capital C. The thing that connects all three of his father figures is that they were all intensely anti-communist. Roy, just like his role-models, shares their hatred
