The
previous answer set up the historical context for why Stanley would admire the policies of Huey
Long. Stanley agrees with the idea that a man should be the master of his own home. Like Long,
Stanley casts a critical eye on the wealthy elite class of the south, represented in the
character of Blanche, a former wealthy southern belle who now lacks money but more than makes up
for that with her sense of class snobbery. She looks down on Stanley and his working class
lifestyle, and treats him like an animal.
Additionally, Stanley's tyrannical
character resembles the portrait Long's opponents painted of him: as a potential dictator. Long
was considered...
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