Jim is the main protagonist, though Mac and London are also strong characters. Jim is the first character that readers meet. It is a few weeks since his mother's death. He is disillusioned with the system, which he thinks killed his father and his mother. He is leaving his old life behind and joining the Party to dedicate his life to the cause of the working man and his family, the cause of the downtrodden masses. His father died fighting these very battles because he fought alone and always lost. His mother was the cold religious one, but she refused a priest at the death. Jim is a neophyte in the Party, but he is self-educated in social science and psychology.
Harry is one of the one-dimensional characters, just there to fill the.....
