Minute Men By Peril Doremus Analysis

It is commonplace to mention that people’s indifference to democratic values, gullibility to fall in the trap of emptiness of empty words of Windrip and their lack of vision conservatism are prominent factors for the rise of Windrip destructive and ruthless regime. People are terrified to observe his terror. At this hour of peril Doremus realizes his responsibility as a journalist to make people aware and invoke them to stand against this vicious regime. When his editorial evincing the dictatorship of the Windrip appears in a himself surrounded by public agitation
He and his colleagues have to face atrocities made by the hysterical anger of the people. Then Minute Men come and on the pretext of saving him and take him to the prison. There,
Doremus gets news of ‘Corpo terrorism’ from every nook and corner of the country. Minute Men have become synonymous with terror, injustice, and social disorder as they are on the rampage round the clock. “ Books of great writers whose timeless writings have been great source of inspiration are burned which is an act of disgrace. They sneak into Doremus’s house and search for something that are termed as seditious and throw them into fire. Windrip’s regime suppresses the prominent voice of the press blatantly.Collided with manifold problems, Doremus along with his family escapes to Canada to propagate the tyranny of Windrip’s regime to make the people
Doremus also joins the same organization whole heartedly to assume a new dimension. He begins new publication of a periodical called The Vermont Vigilance to sustain his fight for righteousness and bring new impetus. The periodical is published and circulated clandestinely. Doremus writes editorials condemning Windrip’s unrestrained and violent tyranny and gross social justice, decaying glory and dark future. Asserting that there is great need to heed this colossus problem to safeguard their lives and culture under several pen names along with ‘Spartan’’ they publish and distribute pamphlets.
In due course, Windrip has lost people’s faith for not keeping his promise. People’s exodus takes place to Canada and many other place to evade tyranny of Corpo regime, as well as living a peaceful life there. Consequently, his hold on power weakens and then he is overpowered by Lee Sarason which creates a massive hoax. He is ousted by Sarason and banished to France. At the end of the novel, commonwealth army has conquered and makes the people free. Doremus comes out as a man of determination and Lewis concludes the novel with an affirmative, optimistic and hopeful sentence