Running for Governor is a novel written by Mark Twain in 1870, which unmasks the darkness of the capitalism. I was nominated for governor of the great State of New York. I thought that I had a big advantage over others, which was good character at first. But then a lot of fake news appeared on the newspaper. I suddenly became a perjurer, a thief, a body-snatcher, a delirium tremen, a corruptionist and an embracer. The editors made up one story after another and asked me to answer these charges and thus I had no choice to give it up.
The background of the novel is that after the civil war, the Democratic Party and the Republican Party used a lot of money to attack each other in various ways. Despite the great character of me, I was so weak that I didn’t debate with those who made up fake news so that I give it up, meaning that the ugly politician would finally become the governor, which reflects the disadvantage of the electoral system.
The part that impressed me the most is the ending, where nine little toddling children of all shades of colour and degrees of raggedness rushed on to the platform at a public meeting, clasped me around the legs and called me father, reaching the climax of the novel. I can even imagine the picture of it.
Despite the fact that it was written more than a century ago, it still has realistic significance now. What happened in the novel was what happened in the 2016 election in the United State. What were reported the most were troubled histories of Hilary and Trump instead of their plans. The idea that Russia has interfered the 2016 election and will interfere the 2020 election to let Trump to be elected has never stopped.