A book was written about an imaginary but with an extraordinarily real feel, idea of the world had the allies not won the Second World War. With the Japanese and Germans winning the war, they then possess the power to take over the world and occupy America equally splitting the nation into three parts, the middle being a neutral zone. This book happens to be titled, The Man in the High Castle, written by Philip K. Dick. His perception of present day America had it lost the war, gives an eerie eye opening read throughout. The thought of this type of world bogles the mind leaving the reader filled with imaginary thoughts and answered questions of how life would be if a few events and battles would have gone the other way during the war. The pieces gathered from the book that give great insight and heavy understanding of this alternate world are the rekindling of slavery, the value of culture, plight of a conquered people, historicity, and power.
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Power can do and create many things but most importantly it can be dangerous. Power is what leads a country to conquer another. Power forces the minds and the willingness to do thing that normally one wouldn’t do on their own. Japan and Germany clearly have the power in this book universe described by Dick. With control over the world everyone answer to them. But this is not the only form of power found in the novel. People also possess power amongst themselves. It can be created by possessing things that people want, being economically on top, and having ties and close connections with many people. Frank Frink believes that Wyndam-Watson is a powerful man. An example from the text is “And yet old W-M was really very powerful. He owned controlling interests in a variety of enterprises, speculations, real estate. As well as the W-M Corporation factory” (Dick 46). Being economically powerful is one thing but having ties with the government makes him even
Power can do and create many things but most importantly it can be dangerous. Power is what leads a country to conquer another. Power forces the minds and the willingness to do thing that normally one wouldn’t do on their own. Japan and Germany clearly have the power in this book universe described by Dick. With control over the world everyone answer to them. But this is not the only form of power found in the novel. People also possess power amongst themselves. It can be created by possessing things that people want, being economically on top, and having ties and close connections with many people. Frank Frink believes that Wyndam-Watson is a powerful man. An example from the text is “And yet old W-M was really very powerful. He owned controlling interests in a variety of enterprises, speculations, real estate. As well as the W-M Corporation factory” (Dick 46). Being economically powerful is one thing but having ties with the government makes him even