|The main character, a liberal author, is portrayed as open-minded and intellectual. He has an unsuccessful relationship with a woman whose family is Republican and are portrayed as materialistic, selfish, narrow-minded and hateful towards any country that is not the United States. | |The main character, a liberal author, is portrayed as open-minded and intellectual. He has an unsuccessful relationship with a woman whose family is Republican and are portrayed as materialistic, selfish, narrow-minded and hateful towards any country that is not the United States. |