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realize that Jim?s mind might be more vital to the party then his own. Another member of

the party, Joy, comes in order to try and win some of the scabs, temporary workers, over

to the side of the strikers but is immediately shot. Mac then uses him as a symbol for the

pickers to follow. But every thing that they try is only a temporary fix and things start to

unravel. Because of the increasing annoyance of the owners and the escalating confusion

of the workers, tension begins to mount. Then in a rapid fire, abruptly-ending scene, Jim

is shot and Mac procedes to try to use him as motivation.

Despite the abundance of communism in the book, it is not the central theme.

The first theme that does arise is that of the need to belong to a group. Jim?s joining of

the party is the initial example. When he is introduced he is alone and claims that his

?whole family has been ruined by the system.?. His father was a ?sticker in a slaughter

house? and ?had a reputation for being the toughest mug in the country.? He fought the

system by himself and was eventually killed by a riot gun. After Jim?s father died, his

mother withdrew from the family and eventually died because she ?she just didn?t want

to live? and wouldn?t talk to Jim. He then turned to the party to be part of a group and to

?work towards something.?

The idea of needing to belong doesn?t end with Jim?s joining of the party. One of

the best examples is during the birth scene. Mac starts delegating tasks which makes the

whole camp feel they are involved in the delivery. This involvement created a ?current

of excitement? that brought the entire camp together. Mac realizes the importance of this

feeling of belonging and uses this knowledge when dealing with the strikers. After the

delivery is made Mac had all the cloth, used and unused, burned. He stated:

?Every man that gave part of his clothes felt that the work was his own. They all

feel responsible for that baby. It?s their?s, because something from them went to

it. To give back the cloth would have cut them out. There?s no better way to

make men part of a movement than to have them give something to it.?

By using all that every man had to contribute, Mac made them feel like they were part of

a cause.

As the book progresses it starts to be apparent that Mac isn?t excessively