Take a nation- struggling to break out of economic catastrophe: hopeless, desperate, frustrated.
Add one man- still dizzy in the aftermath of addiction, thrust into the big break of a lifetime.
What do you get? A former addict who becomes a nation-wide symbol for the American Dream, whose success in sobriety will ultimately lead to the restoration or the final demise of America's optimism.
Ted Williams has no idea what he, unwillingly, has gotten himself into. At a time when our country struggles to restore its own stamina, when Democrats and Republicans battle relentlessly over government regulation, there is no way that this poor man, thrust into the position of national symbol, will ever be able to slip back into normality, whether he is successful in his attempt to clean up or not.
If he succeeds, then maybe there's hope, right? Maybe if this one man, who has made so many wrong decisions in his life, can find an inherent sense within him to take this divine opportunity and make a good man of himself, then society really does have a chance. Maybe the individual is good, and maybe capitalism can be a success.
But if this man falters, the notion of the "truly rational" individual will be crushed forever, swiftly followed by an onslaught of government regulations in an abundance that this country has never seen before.
The saddest part is, when you look into Ted William's timid, helpless eyes, he has no idea the kind of martyr he will become.
