The "Fight" against Drinking

So our HIST book goes a little into the ways the "good" government went on with the fight of prohibition with the Volstead Act f 1919. I am going to go into a little depth about this matter through the highlight of Boardwalk Empire character, Agent Van Alden.

He works in the department of Internal Revenue and is also a part of the Bureau of Prohibition. His character is very extreme with his obsession of making a impact of the law and can also be seen through his devout commitment to his Christian religion. He is the perfect example of the religious enforcer out to get Nucky guilty and throw him in jail. In our Hist book, it talks about the conservative, religious folk who supported Prohibition and the sense of Justice that was always wanted against the mob and criminals breaking the law. Agent Van Alden is a predominate character that tries to catch Nucky and his crew. Eventually in later episodes he is even a key witness against a federal case against Nucky. Part of his dire commitment to justice isn't because he is just told to do so and is good at his job, but he genuinely believes that it is "Gods way" and uses his beliefs in religion to drive his obsession with taking down Nucky Thompson.

It is crazy to think that religion was a powerful drive as to why some people were content with Prohibition and thought that a drink was a horrible. sinful act. I think that his influenced the drive between liberals and conservatives and also embarked on the fact that the 20s was a important time in history when doing the "wrong" thing was good. In the 20s, women started to dress more provocatively and the care to be proper lessened. Morality was not of importance and Van Alden portrays the example of the people that did believe in being morale and right.