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“...for wee must Consider that wee shall be as a Citty upon a Hill, the eies of all people are uppon us; soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our god in this worke wee have undertaken and soe cause him to withdrawe his present help from us…” Winthrop’s idea of “a City Upon a Hill,” was a model society for everyone else. It was based upon a solid Christian foundation, of serving God, being unified, and no one being better than thy neighbor. America is nothing close, nor will it ever be close to John Winthrop’s idea of “a City upon a Hill”. The citizens of America are consumed in themselves, their selfish actions have led to a corrupt nation. America will never become Winthrop’s idea of “a City Upon a Hill” because they turn their backs on …show more content…

In the novel, Sheriff Crockett does not arrest Carlton Toomey on any occasions. Crockett is actually being supplied with pills by Toomey, and does not once try to arrest Toomey, because he is so corrupt. The world will never even possibly be perfect due to the corruption of the government officials, and everyone having a “every man for himself” mentality. This corruption is found right in Swain County. Most drug offenders can be back on the streets within just a few days, or hours even, with no one fighting to keep them in jail. It is also the same in the world. Foreign citizens can get into our country without anyone knowing, are caring for that matter. In “The World Made Straight,” there is symbolism of people having an every man for himself attitude. Characters with this attitude include Crockett, the Toomeys, and Travis. Drugs are the symbol. Most of the characters mentioned in the book had some tie to drugs. Pills were being sold as a means of income, so that people could try to increase their monetary rank, thinking that it would better their overall outlook in life. Everyone had a survival mentality because no one had any respect for anyone else. Travis was caught up in this corruptness and had to live with a survival mentality just to make it in the

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