He also is a [[Literary type#Allegorical types|type]] of any average citizen who discovers that something is very wrong with his civic institutions, and is determined to fight, if necessary, to set it right. He is, of course, in an unusual position, because this story asks what would happen if an average citizen were to find himself thrust into the United States Senate, only to discover that all is not as it should be, and not remotely as commonly described in civics textbooks. | He also is a [[Literary type#Allegorical types|type]] of any average citizen who discovers that something is very wrong with his civic institutions, and is determined to fight, if necessary, to set it right. He is, of course, in an unusual position, because this story asks what would happen if an average citizen were to find himself thrust into the United States Senate, only to discover that all is not as it should be, and not remotely as commonly described in civics textbooks. |