Frank Underwood's House Of Cards

Frank Underwood, a Democratic Congressman from South Carolina, finds out within the first few minutes of the premiere of the show that the president and his Chief of Staff have decided to reverse their promise to nominate him as Secretary of State. Underwood starts to plot his political revenge, by backstabbing and double-crossing everyone and anyone to get his way. He starts to play games with both parties in order to move up the political ladder and get what he feels he deserves. Dirty politics is the underlying theme of the whole show and although it all seems a little unrealistic and I truly don’t believe in being sneaky and ruthless, the show has a way of pulling you in and wanting more, due to the fact that it mimics some things in …show more content…
I think that is one of the reasons why I see some connections between the show and society today. Underwood, his wife and his staff are out for revenge and won’t stop until they hurt the ones that betrayed them and put up obstacles in their climb to power. We see that a lot in today’s society both in the political arena with the Presidential Election and everyone trying to bad-mouth and back stab their opponents to make themselves look better to the people. We also see it in schools and how kids treat each other on a daily basis. Girls are the worse and will do anything to make themselves look better to others no matter how many other girls they hurt. Talking behind each other’s backs, making fun of how others act or dress, bullying and pretending to be friends with someone to get something from them. In one of the episodes of the show Claire makes it seem like she is friends with the first lady and convinces her to go to marriage counseling in hopes that will begin her husband's downward spiral as president. It’s too bad that people have to act or pretend a certain way to get something they want, instead of trying to do it the right way and the kind