<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Le noveli iphathelene nenzalo yamaphephandaba eqanjiwe yezinhlamvu ezingudadewabo uCaroline noBlaise Sanford. Idlala laba balingisi ngokumelene nabantu bangempela beminyaka ye-1898 kuya ku-1907, le noveli iveza ukuhlangana kukahulumeni nabezindaba ekwakhiweni kweMelika yanamuhla. Njengezinye izincwadi zikaVidal ochungechungeni lwakhe oluthi Narratives of Empire, le noveli inikeza ukuqonda kwezobuntatheli bangaleso sikhathi, kulandela izenzo zikaWilliam Randolph Hearst emizamweni yakhe yokuqeda uTheodore Roosevelt njengomongameli ngo-1904. Ukulandela izenzakalo ezaholela futhi kulandela ukunyukela kukaTheodore Roosevelt ekubeni ngumongameli kulandela uWilliam McKinley  <response>: Ukubulawa kwakhe, ihlanganisa izithombe ezifingqiwe zabantu abavelele bangesikhathi sakhe njengoRoosevelt, uHearst, uHenry Brooks Adams, uHenry James, uNobhala Wezwe uJohn Hay noMongameli uWilliam McKinley. Kulencwadi, inzalo kaCharlie Schuyler, umlingiswa oyinhloko oqanjiwe, iqhubeka ne-saga yaseMelika yokwakha umbuso. Noma kunjalo, iningi lezinhlamvu ezikule noveli akuzona ezangempela futhi zingokomlando. 