This book contains a wide collection of stories regarding spies and agents that have worked both for and against their country. The content here spans from the formation of the United States in the Colonial Era to the more modern day spy stories. Even double agents (and sometimes triple agents) are discussed, in addition to the straight-up stories of spies and what they did. In one of the chapters, the author explains Benedict Arnold's story. He agreed to spy for the British because he felt wronged in his career by the Americans, as he thought he wasn't getting paid as much as he deserved. Arnold spied by pretending to still be on Washington's side and then capturing his "own" fort. There was also Elizabeth Van Lew, who spied for the Union by acting as a nurse in the prisoner camp. She would then get info from gossiping spies. Rose Greenhow also spied for the Confederates by sewing messages into the cuffs of dresses she made. The main purpose of writing this novel was to inform readers of how our government obtained information in the past, and how it still does today. Throughout the book, the author explains events throughout history that involved spying. This is because he wants to make the readers think about how spying was such a big part of our success as a nation.
As The Feminine Mystique is a purely feminist book, is pretty easy to think that Friedan is giving us a feminist view on the way women were seen in the sixties. Feminism intention is to find equality among sexes and what Friedan does in this extract, is to show the key terms releated to feminism: "suburban wife", "dream image", "freed by science and labor", "healthy, beautiful, educated, concerned about her husband and children".
Roger Williams was known as a believer in separating Church from State and he was noted for his tolerance of racial and religious differences. One reason why he decided to write a key into the American Language, was so that settlers would be able to communicate more effectively with Native Americans; as a promoter of tolerance and equality, Williams helped promote more stable interactions between settlers and Native Americans.
