Blog Post 7: Division Street America

Tom Kearney's story was incredibly interesting in the sense that he tried to portray this world as two groups of people.  There are those who were nationalists and pro-America, and then there were those who either hated America or were indifferent. However he says, "You’re going to have to get along with them. They’re here, so you might as well go to school with them and get along with them” (265) referring to the communists, which are the people who are on the other half of the spectrum.  It is interesting in the life of a policeman because he understands this separation of the worlds.  It is interesting because he notices all of the little things and all he wants is for the world to be at peace.  He didn't have very much money growing up because of the depression, and he mentions how he would have had a better education if only his father could have provided for him.  The fact was, was that his father was not able to provide for his family and they were forced to live the life that they currently live, in Chicago.  He doesn't seem to have many complaints but that's a completely different idea in itself.  Chester Kolar, on the other hand, discussed modern day society rather than the past.  He basically discussed how the press and the media networks that we have today are huge influences.  It is interesting because he claims that news is actually bad for us because in most cases, no news, is good news; this idea is contradictory to the say that any new is good news.