Is the novel, “Philip Dru”, a defense of liberty? Philip Dru was a book written by a man named Edward M. House. According to Wikipedia, “Edward Mandell House was an American diplomat, and an adviser to President Woodrow Wilson. He was known as Colonel House, although his title was honorary and he had performed no military service.” According to Goodreads, “The story is about a man, Philip Dru, who leads a revolt against the United States government because it had become too corrupt. After the revolution, he scraps the Constitution and makes himself “Administrator.” He then changes every concept of national and state governments to reflect his view of governance.” Here is an extremely quick summary of the book. Philip Dru joined the military and he was a military genius, but while in the desert he went blind. He won a military competition against other military people, while he was still in his twenties. He was asked to rejoin the military, but refused and went into politics. In the end, he leads a revolt against the government, because it becomes too corrupt. Finally he becomes the dictator of America. 

Is the novel, “Philip Dru”, a defense of liberty? Liberty is most commonly known as freedom to do whatever you choose. That’s why the pilgrims came to America in the first place. They wanted liberty. They were being oppressed because of their religion, so they went to America to be free. That is why Philip Dru is not a defense of liberty. Philip Dru becomes the dictator of the America. According to the Dictionary a dictator is “a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained control by force.” Dictators have complete control over their territory. They oppress people and make them do whatever they want them to. Since we live in America, we have freedom of religion, speech, etc. We also have three common rights. Life, liberty, and property. These thing no one can take away from us as long as we live in America. A dictator would take all of these away from people. Their three basic rights and freedom. America has three separate parts of government to help America not become a dictatorship country. There are the legislative, judicial, and executive branches of government. They all have different roles to play in the government and all keep limits on the government to keep America a free country. When Philip Dru became a dictator, he basically said that he wanted total and complete rule over all that happened in this country. That is nothing that we want and hopefully our government never does anything like it.