City Of Scoundrels Analysis

Author Gary Krist attitude and/or tone towards Mayor Thompson is portrayed quite frequently throughout the book City Of Scoundrels. Showing his response to how the Mayor handles each situation in each disaster or political event going on. From handling the race riots Krist portrays how involved Mayor Thompson tries to be with the situation alone. Lone his vast support base from the African Americans and his support he gives them, he stays distant when decisions have to be made. Though uses his respect for the African American community to find his way to ‘victor’. Thompson uses his ‘somewhat’ wise tactics to keep his public figure on the good side. Krist voices his opinion on how remote the Mayor keeps upon the choices he has to make, while
After the primaries, Fred Lundin had determined that Thompson could win the general election by capturing big margins among three important demographics: blacks, the Irish, and Germans. None of these groups has been particularly pro war.” (Krist.81).having such a big support base alone off the three races especially the African Americans he especially knew how to satisfy what the African American community and live up to their need. With the knowledge and early help of his father whom “fought the slave-owning rebels at Mobile Bay” in his time. (Krist.71). All in all, he did not need the support of the white people, when he had such support from the people who really needed attention. In this case Krist shows how much he is able to achieve without trying to hurt the African American community, in which is believed the tone he sets towards him is quite respectable, even with his failed attempts at keeping the militia out of the picture for